2002
|
Rank |
Entity |
AAI |
|
1 |
Iraq |
33.84 |
|
2 |
Afghanistan |
14.02 |
|
3 |
Democrat
Party (U.S.) |
13.14 |
|
4 |
United
Nations |
11.72 |
|
5 |
North
Korea |
11.69 |
|
6 |
Iran |
8.43 |
|
7 |
European
Union |
6.85 |
|
8 |
Pakistan |
5.64 |
|
9 |
San
Francisco (U.S.) |
4.61 |
|
10 |
Public
Radio / NPR (U.S.) |
4.42 |
|
11 |
South
Korea |
4.10 |
|
12 |
Israel |
3.94 |
|
13 |
Vietnam |
3.80 |
|
14 |
Boston
(U.S.) |
3.57 |
|
15 |
Egypt |
3.30 |
|
16 |
Russia |
2.59 |
|
17 |
South
Africa |
2.50 |
|
18 |
Seattle
(U.S.) |
2.11 |
|
19 |
Ukraine |
1.97 |
|
20 |
Germany |
1.57 |
|
21 |
Italy |
1.56 |
|
22 |
China |
1.53 |
|
23 |
India |
1.47 |
|
24 |
Berkeley
(U.S.) |
1.04 |
|
25 |
Greece |
1.02 |
|
26 |
Poland |
1.01 |
|
27 |
Spain |
0.95 |
|
28 |
France |
0.87 |
|
29 |
Brazil |
0.86 |
|
30 |
Mexico |
0.79 |
|
31 |
England |
0.78 |
|
32 |
Ireland |
0.75 |
|
33 |
Japan |
0.65 |
|
34 |
Norway |
0.63 |
|
35 |
Argentina |
0.59 |
|
36 |
Canada |
0.59 |
|
37 |
Sweden |
0.59 |
|
38 |
Australia |
0.52 |
The table to the left, then, ranks anti-Americans in descending order, according to the proprietary Anti-American Index™ (AAI), which was computed based on data from the World Wide Web. For each country, organization, etc., the volume of its anti-American rhetoric was divided by its Web presence. This yielded a practical measure of each entity’s anti-Americanism.
Make of this snapshot index what you will, but keep in mind that the AAI makes an excellent shopping aid. After all, there can’t be much quality in goods produced by people who loathe their own customers.
— PacRim Jim
