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What can Europe learn from America?
Reader comment on item: Europeans: From Venus?
Submitted by Carmen Smith (United States), Nov 19, 2002 at 22:56
After reading the article and nearly all the comments on it, I have come to this inevitable conclusion: Instead of Rick Steves, lover of all things European, asking on his website 'What Can America Learn From Europe?', he should be asking 'What Can Europe Learn From America?'...Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
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| God Bless America [14 words] | Frank Pilsen | Feb 21, 2016 20:49 | 228179 | ||
| A preview of coming attractions [70 words] | Bernie | Nov 19, 2009 15:54 | 164758 | ||
| One way Europe could stand up and be noticed [64 words] | There is NO Santa Claus | Nov 18, 2009 10:14 | 164720 | ||
| Will the EU, by feeeling much less appreciated by Obama, open even more doors to Islamism? [323 words] | Svet | Nov 18, 2009 02:18 | 164701 | ||
 The EU's Mixed Relationship with America the Result of European Diffidence Towards America [361 words] | M. Tovey | Nov 24, 2009 12:02 | 164701 | ||
| 2 | Europa super omnia!!! [133 words] | Regnum_Lusitanicum | Aug 9, 2009 15:08 | 159900 | |
| Europe will die.. [40 words] | Michael | Nov 17, 2009 22:04 | 159900 | ||
| Really? Habitator Caeli Ridebit DOMINUS Subsannabit Eos [693 words] | M. Tovey | Nov 18, 2009 12:32 | 159900 | ||
| Europa Super Omnia? [161 words] | Peter Herz | Nov 23, 2009 17:33 | 159900 | ||
| China as America's Mistress [53 words] | Peter Herz | Nov 23, 2009 17:38 | 159900 | ||
| China's Emergence as a World Power Moves in China's Inscrutability [594 words] | M. Tovey | Nov 23, 2009 18:48 | 159900 | ||
| To Mr. Tovey [158 words] | Peter Herz | Nov 24, 2009 19:41 | 159900 | ||
| RESPONSE TO REGNUM LUCITANICUM [417 words] | DANIEL REDMOND | Nov 26, 2009 14:23 | 159900 | ||
| European Superiority Complex [95 words] | Straight_Talk_Luigi | Dec 15, 2009 15:08 | 159900 | ||
| no one is innocent [597 words] | ron | Jul 2, 2009 08:55 | 158379 | ||
| A young persons view - Human-beings twisted minds [1068 words] | Matilde Andersen | Apr 15, 2009 12:01 | 153921 | ||
| Have you read de Tocqueville? [447 words] | M Branscombe | Feb 19, 2008 14:50 | 120542 | ||
| Europeans Imitating Americans for THEIR "Blue Card". [494 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 20, 2008 14:18 | 118631 | ||
| 2 | Americans and Europeans equality [289 words] | Tyler | Jan 7, 2008 20:24 | 117692 | |
| Pride comes before the fall [165 words] | Christian | Sep 1, 2007 11:27 | 107443 | ||
| Standing Up for America [381 words] | Zero | Aug 28, 2007 23:28 | 107151 | ||
| Attempting an unbiased comment... [750 words] | Will | Aug 20, 2007 10:50 | 106562 | ||
| What about Great Britain? [404 words] | Squire Tom | May 20, 2007 08:03 | 93686 | ||
| Agreed [189 words] | Mike | Jan 11, 2009 09:58 | 93686 | ||
| Segun yo [314 words] | Dan | Feb 11, 2007 03:04 | 76769 | ||
| Young european (Swede) [371 words] | Johan | Jan 30, 2007 16:41 | 75181 | ||
| For Johan [46 words] | Peter Herz | Nov 23, 2009 17:46 | 75181 | ||
| A better world [855 words] | Tim | Jan 9, 2007 02:23 | 72127 | ||
| 1 | US defeated Germany? [436 words] | Anne | May 7, 2006 08:31 | 44979 | |
| 2 | Nazi Germany was defeated primarily by the Soviet Union [61 words] | Oliver L. | Jun 17, 2010 21:32 | 44979 | |
| Europe vs.America? [655 words] | Niels | Feb 28, 2006 11:54 | 38352 | ||
| tooth fairy [187 words] | donvan | Feb 9, 2007 15:27 | 38352 | ||
| Early US Settlers [213 words] | Cathy | Dec 25, 2005 20:27 | 30559 | ||
| The Lost Continent [63 words] | Steve Luck | Dec 15, 2005 16:39 | 30033 | ||
| The only thing the rest of the... [15 words] | Christian F. | Jan 20, 2007 11:14 | 30033 | ||
| 5 | American arrogance and other observations. [940 words] | Joseph | Nov 18, 2005 14:30 | 28594 | |
| Pride!! [343 words] | Ticker | Jan 23, 2006 05:36 | 28594 | ||
| wow [43 words] | Christina Nguyen | Jan 17, 2007 11:12 | 28594 | ||
| You can't generalize Europe [32 words] | T.B | Nov 29, 2008 06:37 | 28594 | ||
| American opinion [453 words] | BRAD VALENTINE | Oct 26, 2005 06:16 | 27361 | ||
| America Insecure? [308 words] | David | Dec 28, 2005 09:39 | 27361 | ||
| Brad i agree with much of what you say [763 words] | sonsam | Sep 13, 2006 22:27 | 27361 | ||
| AMERICANS [50 words] | Jay | Oct 19, 2005 00:57 | 27084 | ||
| response to Jay: please, this is stupid. [295 words] | Fred | Oct 26, 2005 22:19 | 27084 | ||
| thanks for all the INTELLIGENT comments. [266 words] | Luke | Nov 19, 2005 22:44 | 27084 | ||
| Europeans want to be American [21 words] | Mike | Oct 15, 2006 20:43 | 27084 | ||
| Judgemental [32 words] | SamSpade | Nov 15, 2006 11:47 | 27084 | ||
| Is it really true [100 words] | Tim | Feb 8, 2007 12:03 | 27084 | ||
| Bless you... [62 words] | American Patriot | Mar 14, 2011 19:02 | 27084 | ||
| 6 | The US didn't save France from Germany, they saved it from USSR [304 words] | Jacques Lema | Oct 3, 2005 06:25 | 26555 | |
| USA is not a free country [61 words] | Jesse Mattson | Apr 16, 2007 07:13 | 26555 | ||
| Better late than never [5 words] | Anita | Nov 6, 2011 14:43 | 26555 | ||
| Why Europe cant compare [321 words] | Walt | Sep 20, 2005 04:19 | 26038 | ||
| Who has broken the enigma for real [118 words] | vMAXv | Jan 7, 2006 14:32 | 26038 | ||
| American? Europe Invention [254 words] | Kem | Mar 6, 2006 19:48 | 26038 | ||
| yes [142 words] | sonsam | Sep 13, 2006 22:59 | 26038 | ||
| World War 2 [1150 words] | Sharunas | Nov 1, 2006 15:32 | 26038 | ||
| Good answer [43 words] | Jake | Jan 19, 2008 17:17 | 26038 | ||
| european reply [581 words] | Grizelda | Sep 15, 2008 15:34 | 26038 | ||
| Time to stick up for the Brits!! [376 words] | Tom | Jul 21, 2005 14:25 | 23683 | ||
| A Few QUICK thoughts [63 words] | P Snyde | Jun 24, 2006 13:09 | 23683 | ||
| Respect for the British. [128 words] | SDude | Nov 1, 2006 15:50 | 23683 | ||
| Not quite [66 words] | jake | Jan 19, 2008 17:08 | 23683 | ||
| A little jealous? [123 words] | Moser | Jun 5, 2005 20:41 | 22573 | ||
| America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave [210 words] | Brody | Apr 29, 2005 23:48 | 21895 | ||
| Brody is inaccurate and blinded by patriotism [319 words] | Luke | May 2, 2005 19:36 | 21895 | ||
| America: Land of the Hopeless, Home of the Stupid [99 words] | Fran | Feb 24, 2006 10:06 | 21895 | ||
| Not our fault [141 words] | unknown | May 19, 2006 09:36 | 21895 | ||
| GET OVER YOURSELF [329 words] | Come off it ... | Aug 8, 2006 03:39 | 21895 | ||
| RIGHT ! [32 words] | iron | Oct 10, 2006 12:55 | 21895 | ||
| Europe can't handle what the U.S can [49 words] | mike | Oct 15, 2006 20:59 | 21895 | ||
| Hmmmm [409 words] | Sharunas | Nov 1, 2006 16:39 | 21895 | ||
| stop bickering about past differenes and look whats lying ahead [639 words] | AS | Nov 2, 2006 08:14 | 21895 | ||
| Why we in Europe dislike America [112 words] | Mariano | Aug 25, 2007 21:12 | 21895 | ||
| The last bastion of democracy! [204 words] | Michael | Nov 17, 2009 21:55 | 21895 | ||
| Lesson from the past [163 words] | Sebastian | Mar 21, 2005 15:30 | 21093 | ||
| Thoughts of a Young American [242 words] | KT | Feb 26, 2005 01:47 | 20532 | ||
| Europe is healing give her time!! [433 words] | Rudolph | Jan 25, 2005 17:36 | 19867 | ||
| America is awesome [101 words] | T | Dec 14, 2004 22:43 | 18999 | ||
| America is Awesome? [355 words] | Dave Prince | Jan 3, 2005 19:39 | 18999 | ||
| A reason to leave [15 words] | Joshua Corkern | Oct 28, 2004 22:35 | 18026 | ||
| 1 | It's not just the Europeans [217 words] | M. | Oct 28, 2004 11:45 | 18014 | |
| Europe DOESN'T get it [68 words] | Max | Sep 27, 2004 13:04 | 17404 | ||
| Please stop. [186 words] | Carsten Bogh | Sep 22, 2004 21:03 | 17109 | ||
| Europe a shining example of a continent that learned from its mistakes! [348 words] | Melvias Dreyfus Harken | Sep 11, 2004 22:00 | 16907 | ||
| Americans knowledge of Europe and respect for other cultures [287 words] | Debbie | Feb 10, 2009 18:34 | 16907 | ||
| Reasons for disliking the US [650 words] | NR | Dec 6, 2003 14:30 | 12507 | ||
| Ignorant and arrogant America [107 words] | Miquel (Catalonia) | Jan 23, 2008 04:06 | 12507 | ||
| US and Israel vs the world!! [66 words] | American Patriot | Dec 6, 2003 11:35 | 12505 | ||
| Literary confusion... [14 words] | jim | Jul 21, 2006 15:25 | 12505 | ||
| Europe will stand strong [122 words] | Kevin | Sep 5, 2003 19:58 | 11055 | ||
| what? [219 words] | sonsam | Sep 9, 2006 04:18 | 11055 | ||
| reactions about Europe [188 words] | Quentin H | Aug 10, 2003 01:06 | 10490 | ||
| not your enemy [273 words] | sonsam | Sep 9, 2006 05:00 | 10490 | ||
| Pipes got it wrong about Venus... [212 words] | Olivier Zimmermann | Jul 7, 2003 18:20 | 9908 | ||
| Zimmerman i agree with you on this one [310 words] | sonsam | Sep 13, 2006 23:47 | 9908 | ||
| I'm scared of Americans [400 words] | Farin Urlaub | Apr 15, 2003 06:36 | 8368 | ||
| My theory on why Europe hates US [800 words] | Linden | Apr 9, 2003 03:22 | 8199 | ||
| My thoughts [912 words] | sonsam | Sep 9, 2006 02:15 | 8199 | ||
| 1 | Royal europe [129 words] | John | Jan 14, 2007 21:14 | 8199 | |
| WOW!!! [3 words] | AGA | Apr 17, 2007 14:28 | 8199 | ||
| Now the Eur-os want the US taxpayer to bail them out [144 words] | Not Bill Clinton | Mar 3, 2009 02:09 | 8199 | ||
| Delusional Americans [299 words] | Ruairi Kavanagh | Feb 11, 2003 09:49 | 6539 | ||
| 1 | european superiority ? ! [484 words] | Tyrone Jackson | Feb 1, 2003 18:22 | 6241 | |
| 35 | Europe is superior to everything on Earth [146 words] | Nitramón | Dec 29, 2006 13:21 | 6241 | |
| Euros [79 words] | jeremy | Oct 1, 2007 03:23 | 6241 | ||
| USA [27 words] | Asathru | Jun 4, 2011 15:23 | 6241 | ||
| how uneducated is this guy? [101 words] | pridedefiler | Dec 9, 2012 08:02 | 6241 | ||
| European superiority [85 words] | Lee Paxton | Jun 21, 2016 10:10 | 6241 | ||
| US and Iraq Petrol [232 words] | QazaQ | Jan 25, 2003 11:11 | 5973 | ||
| Reply to QazaQ [37 words] | amiexpat | Feb 10, 2003 10:21 | 5973 | ||
| To commenter QazaQ [118 words] | Fave | Jul 24, 2003 13:06 | 5973 | ||
| Spelling [38 words] | Jerry Soupdog | Mar 26, 2008 22:08 | 5973 | ||
| Tarzan English? [108 words] | Peter Herz | Dec 25, 2009 23:07 | 5973 | ||
| superficial and predicatble [3 words] | danny | Mar 14, 2013 23:24 | 5973 | ||
| Polls [133 words] | Jhonny Mcdougle | Jan 23, 2003 03:43 | 5903 | ||
| UK and U.S will stand together [60 words] | Mike A W | Jan 22, 2003 15:05 | 5890 | ||
| Brits disagree [13 words] | daniel | Aug 25, 2007 21:22 | 5890 | ||
| Islamic strongholds? [92 words] | Jeff | Jan 19, 2003 17:32 | 5859 | ||
| No [21 words] | Till | Aug 25, 2007 21:25 | 5859 | ||
| Europe Vs. America: response to Mr. Firzli [125 words] | Leah Bankel | Jan 13, 2003 19:57 | 5704 | ||
| EUROPE'S JEALOUSY [127 words] | JUAN ARAUJO | Dec 17, 2002 14:09 | 4701 | ||
| don't hate US because u ain't US...europeans r just jealous [46 words] | jennipher l. | Apr 3, 2007 15:05 | 4701 | ||
| How sad... [258 words] | Catherine | Jun 22, 2007 11:19 | 4701 | ||
| Democratic perspective of US [266 words] | Bourscheidt | Aug 27, 2007 14:29 | 4701 | ||
| European countries top the democracy index. The US does not. [198 words] | Anders | Oct 20, 2009 05:18 | 4701 | ||
| The EIU assessment of Swedish democracy i manifestly an outright fraud - we have the proof [115 words] | Grundlag | Dec 2, 2009 10:55 | 4701 | ||
| Germany [39 words] | jim lovington | Dec 8, 2002 21:05 | 4487 | ||
 What can Europe learn from America? [47 words] | Carmen Smith | Nov 19, 2002 22:56 | 4059 | ||
| Do the ends justify the means? [384 words] | Kieron Daniels | Nov 8, 2002 11:50 | 3725 | ||
| America vs Europe [119 words] | J.Aregger | Sep 18, 2002 19:49 | 2554 | ||
| Reasons [155 words] | Michael | Jan 1, 2007 01:37 | 2554 | ||
| Europe: Land of appeasers [83 words] | An American Patriot | Aug 29, 2002 17:20 | 2199 | ||
| re Europe: Land of appeasers An American Patriot [354 words] | anon | Feb 10, 2003 16:58 | 2199 | ||
| Re: An American Patriot [199 words] | Norsk! | Apr 3, 2006 14:51 | 2199 | ||
| Norsk [225 words] | sonsam | Sep 14, 2006 00:47 | 2199 | ||
| Venus IS the issue between US and Europe [429 words] | j steinke | Aug 24, 2002 19:45 | 2090 | ||
| 1 | The European World View [280 words] | Gary Vineberg | Jul 29, 2002 02:50 | 1464 |
| Europeans seem quite Masochistic [187 words] | Ryan Neidlinger | Jul 26, 2002 21:56 | 1446 | |
| The true cause of US-EU rift [119 words] | Greg Ofiesh | Jul 25, 2002 04:59 | 1432 | |
| Sad about the current drift [122 words] | Ka Shei | Jul 23, 2002 13:45 | 1400 | |
| The Historical Facts [323 words] | Brendan James | Jul 21, 2002 08:58 | 1382 | |
| i agree [273 words] | sonsam | Sep 12, 2006 03:50 | 1382 | ||
| Are you sure? [33 words] | Romeu Lourencao | Jul 20, 2002 22:47 | 1378 | |
| Woe to Europe [62 words] | John | Jul 19, 2002 21:20 | 1371 | |
| Remember History's Lessons... [107 words] | Mark | Jul 19, 2002 13:49 | 1362 | ||
| A voice from Germany [351 words] | Michael Kleiner | Jul 19, 2002 12:47 | 1356 | |
| Hatred and fear in Europe [149 words] | Leonard Sokolic | Jul 19, 2002 08:29 | 1350 | |
| U.S. did not defeat Germany [315 words] | Stephen Hudson | Jul 18, 2002 23:47 | 1348 | |
| A bit of perspective [954 words] | Petter O. Nikula | Jul 18, 2002 21:45 | 1346 | |
| The Atlantic seems even wider these days [156 words] | N Lambert | Jul 18, 2002 18:58 | 1342 | |
| Have Another? [134 words] | Clinton | Jul 18, 2002 15:55 | 1336 | |
| Multi-racial victimology [229 words] | Michael White | Jul 18, 2002 13:57 | 1332 | |
| We shouldn't still pay for Europe's defense [108 words] | Catherine | Jul 18, 2002 13:33 | 1331 | |
| It would be great wouldn't it ? [194 words] | Sharunas | Nov 1, 2006 17:22 | 1331 | ||
| Europe has returned to mentality of the '30's [122 words] | Yossi Ben-Aharon | Jul 18, 2002 10:11 | 1329 | |
| Reply to Yossi Ben-Aharon : reaction to zionist hatred towards europe [236 words] | Quentin H | Aug 10, 2003 17:56 | 1329 | ||
| reply to quentin [233 words] | sonsam | Sep 14, 2006 01:30 | 1329 | ||
| Subsidizing Europe [105 words] | Francois Krodel | Jul 18, 2002 10:07 | 1328 | |
| Europe and Germany [97 words] | Curtis Kreutzberg | Jul 18, 2002 09:23 | 1327 | |
| Europeans need to follow America [57 words] | Andrew Yunger | Jul 18, 2002 08:12 | 1326 | |
| 2 | European attitudes to the US [391 words] | Ian Black | Jul 18, 2002 07:16 | 1325 |
| what do you expect? [101 words] | Frank | Nov 28, 2013 14:57 | 1325 | ||
| Towards a More Complete Reference [164 words] | Dr Winston Pickett | Jul 18, 2002 05:00 | 1323 | |
| No alliance with Turkey [207 words] | Gerald Gerjekian | Jul 17, 2002 21:14 | 1322 | |
| Europeans cannot resist violence [151 words] | Dan McDowell | Jul 17, 2002 20:45 | 1321 | |
| reply to dan [169 words] | sonsam | Sep 14, 2006 02:06 | 1321 | ||
| America's New Center of Gravity [67 words] | Paul M. Neville | Jul 17, 2002 20:25 | 1319 | |
| Europe is on a downhill slide [42 words] | Donna Pillar | Jul 17, 2002 15:53 | 1317 | ||
| Perfectability of man [253 words] | Byron Murgatroyd | Jul 17, 2002 13:38 | 1314 | |
| U.S. domestic shortcomings [327 words] | Ron Goldstein | Jul 17, 2002 13:13 | 1313 | |
| Europe is antagonistic to the U.S. [39 words] | Prof. Richard Millman | Jul 17, 2002 11:08 | 1312 | |
| Too much credibility given to EU and UN [124 words] | Shirley Dobry | Jul 17, 2002 10:35 | 1311 | |
| Americans should spend like the Europeans [28 words] | Edward Dubin | Jul 17, 2002 10:30 | 1310 | |
| Why is America so self-confident ? [103 words] | Sabrina | Jul 17, 2002 09:19 | 1309 | |
| Sabrina, you're so wrong [164 words] | sonsam | Sep 15, 2006 00:53 | 1309 | ||
| Chaos and Order [188 words] | D.R. | Jul 17, 2002 03:28 | 1306 | |
| Great job! [77 words] | Matt Mathias | Jul 17, 2002 03:15 | 1305 | |
| The Article is "Spot-On" as the Europeans Would Say! [112 words] | Charles Louder | Jul 17, 2002 02:14 | 1304 | |
| Who will they call? [278 words] | Arlene Swartzman | Jul 16, 2002 17:16 | 1300 | |
| Too much credit to Europe [149 words] | PG | Jul 16, 2002 14:44 | 1297 | |
| If the rest of the world could do the same... [31 words] | Henry Morgan | Jul 16, 2002 13:43 | 1295 | |
| The soft and yielding Euros [262 words] | Sheerahkahn | Jul 16, 2002 13:43 | 1294 | |
| NOT JUST INDIA [74 words] | GRAHAM RAEL-BROOK | Jul 16, 2002 13:17 | 1293 | ||
| The Left Wing is a Cult [137 words] | Art Altman | Jul 16, 2002 13:08 | 1291 | |
| The reason Europe has lost it's nerve [373 words] | Ken Besig | Jul 16, 2002 13:04 | 1290 | |
| Sense quo vadis? [291 words] | Grizelda | Sep 15, 2008 15:58 | 1290 | ||
| How Polarized are We? [77 words] | Frank Blazey | Jul 16, 2002 13:03 | 1289 | |
| Military defeat, not diplomacy [151 words] | Tim | Jul 16, 2002 12:28 | 1287 | |
| Could UK and Russia be exceptions? [81 words] | Stephen Fong | Jul 16, 2002 12:28 | 1286 | |
| Up in Smoke or Sweet Dreams [120 words] | Glenn Klotz | Jul 16, 2002 11:51 | 1285 | |
| God Bless America - The last hope for the world [97 words] | Jeff Bercovitch | Jul 16, 2002 11:11 | 1282 | |
| Americans and Europeans: Martians & Venusians? [94 words] | Michael A. Coffey | Jul 16, 2002 09:40 | 1281 |
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