* bows* i do very much respect you for all your views, good or bad. in truth i respect more for the honesty to know when one is wrong or at some fault, as i myself take to do on myself. because if you cant be truthful to your self cant be truthful to anyone else. ( hope that gets my meaning accross o.o; )

It happens to have weaknesses, is part of being human, the important is to get overcome those and don't repeat the same mistakes again ^^

"Your mistakes do not define you now, they tell you who your not." - 3 DOors Down. No worries, we've all been there.

I congratulate you for this - standing by ones mistakes and learning from them is a good character trait, and leaving them up instead of hiding them takes courage and strength.

It is pretty awsome for you too say this! and as said above have my respects moreso. Accepting mistakes and moving on is how we learn and to be honest better ourselves. :)

Perhaps you regret the previous journal (did the friend in question see it?), but if it helps I don't see a problem with it. Country-based criticisms can be a very touchy subject, but you didn't say too inflammatory, or anything that isn't true to a degree. It's clear you don't characterise America as arrogant, simply individuals within it.

Additionally, I feel it can be fairly said that people in America can afford this brand of arrogance more than most, so it would stand to reason that the less enlightened among them would lean towards it. Perhaps that's just my perspective as somebody growing up in a western country that isn't America. Something as simple as the entertainment industry, which is dominated by American media, quickly causes you to realise that yours is not the only country in the world, but to live within America is to be exposed to fewer outside influences, as well of a constant barrage of hyper-patriotism.

I'm at great pains to word this comment in such a way that it doesn't read as an indictment of America - I'm not suggesting that Americans are arrogant, just that I can see some influences that can potentially cause arrogance. Arrogance can happen anywhere. I'm also not suggesting that I, as a healthy white (yellow?) male, am not in a privileged position that can foster ignorance of those who are not.

Finally, even though I don't think you have anything to apologise for, I admire you for doing so, and for wishing to leave the previous journal as evidence rather than hide from it and portray yourself inaccurately.

Well, if we are talking about nationalistic arrogance, it has happened to pretty much any nation of the world whenever it's been a Great Power; see: British Empire, Spanish Empire, most european Colonial empires actually, China, Japan, stretching all the way back to the Roman Empire and even before that. It's just that at the moment, the US happens to be the top dog with noone left to challenge them, makes sense it would end up going up their heads sooner rather than later.
PS: Just wanted to clarify, I'm not American, nor am I defending American jingoism, just noting it seems to be a common issue along mankind's history.

As my leading female role once said to a lucky guy...
"Modesty never hurts."

Unintentional wisdom is some of the best wisdom.

TBH I didn't find anything bad in your previous journal. You seem to be a level headed, intelligent person, with some interesting vies and ideas. I'd love getting to debate history/politics with you sometime.