I'm wondering what's great about your country.
Tell me all the good stuff 
(or the bad stuff 
)
I live in Norway and it has it's ups and down's.
For example: Norway is one of the richest countries in the world, but it does have some of the highest tax and gas prices in the world too though.
To bad 
Is it not obvious?
The British Empire spanned a quater of the globe!
Need I say more?
To quote many people....
This will not end well.
Well, I'm from the US, so I expect (and will tolerate) any US-bashers, but I honestly think that one of the things that make the US great is it's diversity. And I don't mean from a corporate "Human Resources" point of view. I think our strength comes the fact that people from all over the world came (and come) here to escape oppression, poverty, stagnation, whatever. I think that is a great pool of people to add to a population.
And, please, don't bring up the current issues with Mexico. Whether we close the border or not is something for the future and not appropriate to this thread.
America's Minuses: Our idiot president and that the majority of people actually think he's a good president and follow his every move, not understanding the meaning of open-mindedness; the ever increasing number of fast food joints and the coincidental amount of ever increasing obesity; the complete ignorance of people; the concerned parents who want to ban EVERYTHING and the FCC which agrees with them; the idea that the same exact majority follows where America is the police of the world and so on...
America's Plusses: We have the band "The Killers!" They're totally worth it.
The countyside, the moderate climate, the people and being free!
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Did you even read the title, bro? <sigh>Hungary is a very small country. We don't have much resources. (We had before; we even had three seas once! But that's an other story.)
But we have one thing that the rest of the world can count on: we have brains!
Yes, we are clever. Name an invention and I will name a hungarian who invented it or participated in the invention from ball-point pen to electric locomotive or from carburator to hologram... even the nuclear bomb!
I often don't like post like this because it assumes that you think you're country is great and often times you lose site of the things that are wrong with your country. Your country is what you make of it, and believe me if there is anyone who is able to speak candidly about their country then they cannot argue with this point.
My response to your question. I like the fact that there is no official language of the U.S. (one of the only non-subjective facts about the U.S.) To dig a little deeper I like the fact that this is supposed to symbolize that the government cannot tell you what language to speak, this is in the same spirit as the constitution which was designed to protect the people from the government, not the other way around.
Hm...what's so great about Canada? Poutines.
Oh, and the fact that we have so many different people and pretty scenery and such...
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Hm...what's so great about Canada? Poutines.
Oh, and the fact that we have so many different people and pretty scenery and such... |
and for those who don't know about Poutines (like me! I had to look it up) here is the wiki quote!
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| ...is a popular meal consisting of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with hot gravy and sometimes other additional ingredients. |
No offense, muffin, but ewwww <shiver> It's probably as tasty as can be but the description sounds bad. I'll have to track that down and try it.However I do not know how I feel about people who are in the United States who can't speak English. I know there is no official language of the U.S. so technically we can't say "Welcome to the U.S. learn to speak English" because who died and made us king? But at the same time most people in the U.S. were never taught how to speak another language so I'm really torn cognitively on this subject.[/quote]
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| However I do not know how I feel about people who are in the United States who can't speak English. I know there is no official language of the U.S. so technically we can't say "Welcome to the U.S. learn to speak English" because who died and made us king? But at the same time most people in the U.S. were never taught how to speak another language so I'm really torn cognitively on this subject. |
I wasn't gonna say anything, but since you brought it up.... 
Well, I'm conflicted also...leave it at that for now.I live in the Netherlands. We can use drugs when and wherever we want! It's great!
Actually it isn't. Things I do like... I just can't think of anything, this place is pretty decent though.
My country Jordan is great even it is a small country with few natural resources ...
Jordan is the country of peace .... you will never be in a country and feel safty as in Jordan .
Our Army and police forces are one of the great samples in the world ...
Want to know some about jordan ???
Go here
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/jo_information.html Great about the UK.... ok well we have water, some money, housing.
Cant really think of much else! Nothing exactly special about the UK
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| Quote: | | ...is a popular meal consisting of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with hot gravy and sometimes other additional ingredients. |
No offense, muffin, but ewwww <shiver> It's probably as tasty as can be but the description sounds bad. I'll have to track that down and try it. |
To me, that sounds really REALLY good...The Philippines has been a beautiful country and has been a part of the world history... in fact, my country has been closely related to the US. Home of some most famous sceneries and historical places in SE Asia, my country is also the home of the most hospitable and generous people. One of the best trait I admire most about Filipinos is the "close family ties".
But sad to say, Philippines' good images has been covered by the dusts and muds brought about by politics...
VENEZUELA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hot woman’s, cheap beer, hmm small bikini’s, beautiful beaches, actually no good lows enforcer so u can go as fast as your car goes, and well PARADISE. What ells can be said. 
Hmm OUR PRESIDENT it’s the worst that can happen to our country. And maybe the minimum wage. What can be great about Israel?
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(or the bad stuff )
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America is responsible for decades of suffering, death, bereavement, occupation, oppression, homelessness, and victimization throughout the world.
America is an evil power which denies people their "freedoms and democracy."
America exterminated millions Iraqi women and children for the purpose of punishing one man under the guise of a national threat of WMD that obviously never existed.
American government are greedy, fat, lazy, thieving slobs living off the backs of the working world.I like the United Kingdom, it's expensive but worth it.
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| I'm tired of being singled out by the moderators for no other reason than being in support of the US, Bush and the War against Terror. |
<sigh>ky, What is your malfunction? You aren't being singled out because of your views. Look around, there are plenty here with similar views. What singles you out is the way you express yourself. And you're smart enough to know that. So, drop the martyr act and give being reasonable a try.
And to RightClickScott, I appologize for my earlier post. I honestly did not see the "or the bad stuff" in the first post and thought it was asking only for the good stuff. My bad. | HoboPelican wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | I'm tired of being singled out by the moderators for no other reason than being in support of the US, Bush and the War against Terror. |
<sigh>ky, What is your malfunction? You aren't being singled out because of your views. Look around, there are plenty here with similar views. What singles you out is the way you express yourself. And you're smart enough to know that. So, drop the martyr act and give being reasonable a try.
And to RightClickScott, I appologize for my earlier post. I honestly did not see the "or the bad stuff" in the first post and thought it was asking only for the good stuff. My bad. |
You want to pick a fight, do it in another thread and don't hijack this one.Since the bad was part of the request, let's see...I think the US school system is getting to be problematic. We not only need to better compensate teachers to attract good people, but I am really amazed at all the "new ideas" school boards try out without proper evaluations. In effect, the students are just lab rats.
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You want to pick a fight, do it in another thread and don't hijack this one. |
No hijack, I'm talking to someone in the thread who is acting like a spoiled kid. And if that post sounds like I'm picking a fight, you are very wrong. I simply was trying to explain that you aren't being singled out for your views, just your way of expressing them. You posted, I replied. No hijack. Not pickig a fight. Figure it out.
Last edited by HoboPelican on Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:42 am; edited 1 time in total Hmmmm...what can I say about america?
Positive: my friend from india says they torture you for certain crimes, WE DON HAVE THAT YAY.
Negative: Sending military to iraq, use a nuke stupid.(yes i relize thats an ignorant statement.)
Belgium
The good: One of the first countries with gay marriage and adoption.
The bad: Anti-smoking laws are not restrictive enough. I want it to be illegal to smoke next to a person before prior permission of that person.
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Belgium
The good: One of the first countries with gay marriage and adoption.
The bad: Anti-smoking laws are not restrictive enough. I want it to be illegal to smoke next to a person before prior permission of that person. |
Just curious, what are the laws there currently (and is it nationwide or local)? Where I live, it is unlawful to smoke within 50 feet of a public building, even bars.Smoking in offices and in public places is forbidden since like 1 year ago (finally), but not in the restaurants/pubs/tea-rooms/bars.
What I rather mean is when you are waiting for the bus while it is raining outside and there comes a hard-core smoker sitting next to you forcing you to either face the smell and cancer or go outside and get totally wet and a cold.
Both the gay marriage and smoking laws are nationwide.
Colombia It's a great country, have two oceans, a excelent fauna and flora... Excelent beachs and good people... India.
Good:- We Indians have a solution for every problem. Also, we really can make high technological products at very less cost. For eg. our super computer Param. We have 'Paradise on Earth' in the form of Kashmir. We have many beaches. Most of climatic zones exist here - Hot Desserts,Cold Mountains,Highest rainfall in Leh,very less rainfall in Thar Desert. Extreme temperature variations in some place to no temperature change in other.
And many other things which just cant be written in such short time.
Bad:- Our politicians, Corruption in government departments.
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What I rather mean is when you are waiting for the bus while it is raining outside and there comes a hard-core smoker sitting next to you forcing you to either face the smell and cancer or go outside and get totally wet and a cold.
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Yeah, that can be a drag. But, and I am dreaming here, I see a place where people don't need laws to behave civilly. A place where blithering into your cell phone at a theater wouldn't even be considered. A place where, when you see a mile of stopped cars in the right lane and sign saying "left lane closed", you get in the correct lane and not zoom down the left lane and force your way in at the end. Yes, a place where laws to enforce common courtesy are not needed, because the people are not so self-involved that all they can think about is their own petty little lives.
I see land where we don't have to enact laws to act civilised. I see Freedonia. Where rudeness is a deportable offense (ok, we had to make a law for this, but that's it!). All hail Freedonia!Denmark.. - We're alway provoking other people. 
No.. but we have nice beaches, nice girls and lot of green country.. I live in Belgium and although it's one of the smallest countries in the world, we have the best chocolate, beer and chips, we have too a terrible climate.
Spain
Pros: Good weather (most of the time in most of the places), good wine, great food, great girlz
Cons: Politicians and gossip on TV (and Spanish TV, by the way) Turkey:Good and interesting...
I think the beaches and cultural destinations are good..Because we are the bridge Asia to Europe or Europe to Asia:
So the continents have different cultures but in Turkey you can see all of them..For example Ephesus and Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque
So there is no need to visit Greece,Romania,Saudi Arabia etc....Turkey has all of their cultural examples Well for me it is South Africa, besides what the world thinks we have a wonderful free life here. We spend much of it outdoors and have some of the best sights around. I have a view of the famous Table mountain and just yesterday was out on the beach photographong the kite surfers. take a look.
Well, I come from Melbourne. Some good things about Melbourne are:
- There's great cultural diversity here
- We have the best tap water in the world
- Weird weather (most people see this as bad, but I find it quite interesting
- If you get lost in Melbourne's CBD, there's always people to help you find where you're going
- And other stuff This is a very long article. I received it as an e-mail from my former high school teacher and I just want to share it with you people. I think this article captures many of the great, unusual, and fun things about my home country and our culture, the Philippines.
I hope you could all finish reading this long but great article. Thanks!
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The following is from a British journalist stationed in the Philippines. His observations are so hilarious!!!! This was written in 1999.
Matter of Taste by Matthew Sutherland
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I have now been in this country for over six years, and consider myself in most respects well-assimilated.
However, there is one key step on the road to full assimilation which I have yet to take, and that's to eat BALUT.
The day any of you sees me eating balut, please call immigration and ask them to issue me a Filipino passport. Because at that point there will be no turning back.
BALUT, for those still blissfully ignorant non-Pinoys out there, is a fertilized duck egg. It is commonly sold with salt in a piece of newspaper, much like English fish and chips, by street vendors usually after dark, presumably so you can't see how gross it is. It's meant to be an aphrodisiac, although I can't imagine anything more likely to dispel sexual desire than crunching on a partially-formed baby duck swimming in noxious fluid. The embryo in the egg comes
in varying stages of development, but basically it is not considered macho to eat one without fully discernable feathers, beak, and claws. Some say these
crunchy bits are the best.
Others prefer just to drink the so-called 'soup', the vile, pungent liquid that surrounds the aforementioned feathery fetus...excuse me, I have to go and throw up now. I'll be back in a minute.
Food dominates the life of the Filipino. People here just love to eat. They eat at least eight times a day. These eight official meals are called, in order:
breakfast, snacks, lunch, merienda, pica-pica, pulutan, dinner, and no-one-saw-me-take-that-cookie-from-the-fridge-so-it-doesn't-count.
The short gaps in between these mealtimes are spent eating Sky Flakes from the open packet that sits on every desktop. You're never far from food in the
Philippines. If you doubt this, next time you're driving home from work, try this game. See how long you can drive without seeing food and I don't mean a
distant restaurant, or a picture of food. I mean a man on the sidewalk frying fish balls, or a man walking through the traffic selling nuts or candy. I bet it's less than one minute.
Here are some other things I've noticed about food in the Philippines. Firstly, a meal is not a meal without rice - even breakfast. In the UK, I could go a whole
year without eating rice. Second, it's impossible to drink without eating. A bottle of San Miguel just isn't the same without gambas or beef tapa. Third, no
one ventures more than two paces from their house without baon and a container of something cold to drink. You might as
well ask a Filipino to leave home without his pants on. And lastly, where I come from, you eat with a knife and fork. Here, you eat with a spoon and fork. You try eating rice swimming in fish sauce with a
knife.
One really nice thing about Filipino food culture is that people always ask you to SHARE their food. In my office, if you catch anyone attacking their baon, they
will always go, "Sir! KAIN TAYO!" ("Let's eat!"). This confused me, until I realized that they didn't actually expect me to sit down and start munching on their boneless bangus. In fact, the polite response is something like, "No thanks, I just ate.." But the principle is sound - if you have food on your plate, you are expected to share it, however hungry you are,with those who may be even hungrier. I think that's great. In fact, this is frequently even taken one step
further. Many Filipinos use "Have you eaten yet?" "KUMAIN KA NA?") as a general greeting, irrespective of time of day or location.
Some foreigners think Filipino food is fairly dull compared to other Asian cuisines. Actually lots of it is very good: Spicy dishes like Bicol Express (strange, a dish named after a train); anything cooked with coconut milk; anything KINILAW; and anything ADOBO. And it's hard to beat the sheer wanton, cholesterholic frenzy of a good old-fashioned LECHON de leche feast. Dig a pit, light a fire, add 50 pounds
of animal fat on a stick, and cook until crisp. Mmm, mmm... you can actually feel your arteries constricting with each successive mouthful.
I also share one key Pinoy trait ---a sweet tooth. I am thus the only foreigner I know who does not complain about sweet bread, sweet burgers, sweet spaghetti, sweet banana ketchup, and so on. I am a man who likes to put jam on his pizza. Try it! It's the weird food you want to avoid.
In addition to duck fetus in the half-shell, items to avoid in the Philippines include pig's blood soup (DINUGUAN); bull's testicle soup, the strangely-named
"SOUP NUMBER FIVE" (I dread to think what numbers one through four are); and the ubiquitous, stinky shrimp paste, BAGOONG, and it's equally stinky sister, PATIS.
Filipinos are so addicted to these latter items that they will even risk arrest or deportation trying to smuggle them into countries like Australia and the USA, which wisely ban the importation of items you can smell from more than 100 paces.
Then there's the small matter of the blue ice cream. I have never been able to get my brain around eating blue food; the ubiquitous UBE leaves me cold.
And lastly on the subject of weird food, beware: that KALDERETANG KAMBING (goat) could well be KALDERETANG
ASO (dog)... The Filipino,of course, has a
well-developed sense of food.
Here's a typical Pinoy food joke: "I'm on a seafood diet." "What's a seafood diet?" "When I see food, I eat it!"
Filipinos also eat strange bits of animals --
the feet, the head, the guts, etc., usually barbecued on a stick. These have been given witty names, like "ADIDAS" (chicken's feet); "KURBATA" (either just
chicken's neck, or "neck and thigh" as in "neck-tie"); "WALKMAN" (pigs ears); PAL" (chicken wings); "HELMET" (chicken head); "IUD" (chicken intestines), and
"BETAMAX" (video-cassette-like blocks of animal blood). Yum, yum. Bon appetit.
"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches" -- (Proverbs 22:1)
WHEN I arrived in the Philippines from the UK six years ago, one of the first cultural differences to strike me was names. The subject has provided a continuing source of amazement and amusement ever since. The first unusual thing, from an English
perspective, is that everyone here has a nickname. In the staid and boring United Kingdom, we have nicknames in kindergarten, but when we move into adulthood we tend, I am glad to say, to lose them.
The second thing that struck me is that Philippine names for both girls and boys tend to be what we in the UK would regard as overbearingly cutesy for anyone
over about five. Fifty-five-year-olds colleague put it. Where I come from, a boy with a nickname like Boy, Blue or Honey Boy would be beaten to death at school by pre-adolescent bullies, and never make it to adulthood. So, probably, would girls with names like Babes, Lovely, Precious, Peachy or Apples. Yuk, ech,ech. Here, however, no one bats an eyelid.
Then I noticed how many people have what I have come to call "door-bell names". These are nicknames that
sound like - well, door-bells. There are millions of them. Bing, Bong, Ding, and Dong are some of the more common. They can be, and frequently are, used in even more door-bell-like combinations such as Bing-Bong, Ding-Dong, Ting-Ting, and so on. Even our newly-appointed chief of police has a door bell name Ping. None of these door-bell names exist where I come from, and hence sound unusually amusing to my untutored foreign ear. Someone once told me that one of the Bings, when asked why he was called Bing, replied "because my brother is called Bong". Faultless logic.
Dong, of course, is a particularly funny one for me, as where I come from "dong" is a slang word for... well, perhaps "talong" is the best Tagalog equivalent.
Repeating names was another novelty to me, having never before encountered people with names like Len-Len, Let-Let, Mai-Mai, or Ning-Ning. The secretary
I inherited on my arrival had an unusual one: Leck-Leck. Such names are then frequently further refined by using the "squared" symbol,as in Len2 or Mai2. This had me very confused for a while. Then there is the trend for parents to stick to a theme when naming their children. This can be as simple as making them all begin with the same letter, as in Jun,
Jimmy, Janice, and Joy.
More imaginative parents shoot for more sophisticated forms of assonance or rhyme, as in Biboy, Boboy, Buboy, Baboy (notice the names get worse the more kids there are-best to be born early or you could end up being a Baboy). Even better, parents can create whole families of, say, desserts (Apple Pie, Cherry Pie,Honey Pie) or flowers (Rose, Daffodil, Tulip). The
main advantage of such combinations is that they look great painted across your trunk if you're a cab driver. That's another thing I'd never seen before coming to Manila -- taxis with the driver's kids'
names on the trunk.
Another whole eye-opening field for the foreign visitor is the phenomenon of the "composite" name. This includes names like Jejomar (for Jesus, Joseph and Mary), and the remarkable Luzviminda (for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, believe
it or not). That's a bit like me being called
something like "Engscowani" (for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Between you and me, I'm glad I'm not. And how could I forget to mention the fabulous concept of the randomly inserted letter 'h'. Quite what this device is supposed to achieve, I have not yet
figured out, but I think it is designed to give a touch of class to an otherwise only averagely weird name. It results in creations like Jhun,Lhenn, Ghemma,
and Jhimmy. Or how about Jhun-Jhun (Jhun2)?
How boring to come from a country like the UK full of people with names like John Smith. How wonderful to come from a country where imagination and exoticism
rule the world of names. Even the towns here have weird names; my favorite is the unbelieveably-named town of Sexmoan (ironically close to Olongapo and Angeles). Where else in the world could that really be true?
Where else in the world could the head of the Church really be called Cardinal Sin?
Note: Philippines has a senator named Joker, and it is his legal name.
Where else but the Philippines!
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my country is america, I would name the bad stuff, but I would be posting for the next three hours, insted, I will list whats good about it:
1. where free
Sweden.
The many forests provides us with a great nature. Not more than 9 milion people
living here, so it isn't very crowded. The changes in seasons is great, winter
with snow aswell as hot summertimes. I like the quietness and that you can
move at a slow pace if you choose to.
Perhaps we're a bit lame in politics from times to times, but then again, we havn't
been at war in almost 400 years, and that speaks for something.
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Perhaps we're a bit lame in politics from times to times, but then again, we havn't
been at war in almost 400 years, and that speaks for something. |
It's a different world now.
I hope you're prepared...I like the US since it has allowed me to take a great many things for granted which many other countries may not have. I am worried about some of those though with the passing of the strong arm laws in the past few years, but if the system works as intended, I won't have to do much but vote.
i come from slovenia
a bad thing is it's a very small country
but we have a bunch of good things
1.)the price of petrol is among the lowest in europe
2.)if you don't drink wine you're considered weird
3.)you can see any type of terrain(mountain, beach, hills, low lands) in just 3 hours drive max
it's chicken shaped(not sure if this is bad or good)
and there would probably be a lot more, but this are the things i remembered first | sibbahz wrote: |
Great about the UK.... ok well we have water, some money, housing.
Cant really think of much else! Nothing exactly special about the UK |
Oh yes, and ordinary folks don't have guns...I live in Poland. Here everything is best. Woman, alcohol and ... much more.
But what you think about Poland?
| coder wrote: |
I live in Poland. Here everything is best. Woman, alcohol and ... much more.
But what you think about Poland? |
I imagine most of us haven't been there 
But if "everything is the best" there it must be better than everywhere else! The UK is everything that the US says it is but better
... - we are relatively fair to all members of society without being communist (nothing wrong with communism I just prefer being a capitalist)
- we have a very rich history which is fantastically preseerved
- we combine four completely different nations (England, N.Ireland, Scotland and Wales) which all have dfferent needs and requirements, traditions and styles of life
- we are open to any number of people seeking refuge (this is being stopped but its nice the people that are here feel comfortable enough to stick to their traditions helping to enrich society)
- we have no shame in losing, after all we allow anyone to leave the empire without asking questions and yet always believe we can win, look at football - we never win the world cup and we accept that but we always belive we will NEXT TIME
the list goes on...
One problem I have: Why am I close-minded because I agree with President Bush?
Onto America:
1) We're a nation of many people, the world's melting pot.
2) We were able to forge an alliance with the country that first oppressed us.
3) We are trying to spread freedom and democracy to the world, so that people will no longer live under oppressive dictators
Bad things:
1) I live next to Detroit (highest murder rating in the world)
2) Intolerance
3) Gas prices (I had to add it). Psh, and people claim we're in Iraq to steal oil.
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| One problem I have: Why am I close-minded because I agree with President Bush? |
I think it's because he is surprisingly similar to Abe Lincoln. All Lincoln wanted to do was make people happy. We didn't care either way if the slaves were freed or not, he just wanted credibility and to have most of the US on his side. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against both of them, it's just the fact that all of the things Bush is pushing are what most of America wants, and that is terrible! The majority of America is uneducated and they just want to hate. Not only that, but debates like abortion and gay marriage are gigantic in America, yet in other countries, it's legalized, and they have prospered. People are just too stupid in America, and it's really dragging us down as a nation in it's entirety. I don't condone euthanasia, but some people just need to die. | rightclickscott wrote: |
| Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against both of them, it's just the fact that all of the things Bush is pushing are what most of America wants, and that is terrible! |
I don't buy that If he's just doing what the country wants, his approval rating says he stinks at doing it! | HoboPelican wrote: |
| rightclickscott wrote: | | Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against both of them, it's just the fact that all of the things Bush is pushing are what most of America wants, and that is terrible! |
I don't buy that If he's just doing what the country wants, his approval rating says he stinks at doing it! |
It's what his administration believes white anglo-saxon Christian Republican red staters want. | rightclickscott wrote: |
| It's what his administration believes white anglo-saxon Christian Republican red staters want. |
That is a possiblity. I worry that he doesn't even care about that, but is doing only what he thinks is "right". oooooh! Isn't THAT scary, children! | Bondings wrote: |
Smoking in offices and in public places is forbidden since like 1 year ago (finally), but not in the restaurants/pubs/tea-rooms/bars.
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The funny thing about Quebec is there is a ban from smoking in public places, Offices and restaurants, pubs ect. Anything public.I live in the Philippines, let me see. one great thing about our country is mangoes. If I remember it correctly Philippines has the most delicious mangoes. I love mangoes thats why. ehehehhe and another thing is Filipinos are hospitable. Foreigners will love it here if only this is a peace ful country
now the bad stuff.........
Rallies here and there
I live in the US. Although I may not like the current political state of the US I have to be thankful that I live here. I cannot avoid the images on the TV of countries in turmoil (tho some of the pricks leading my country are to blame in some cases; sorry). Even when we have problems here our lives are good. Even when disaster strikes the provisions we are afforded are more than many less fortunate countries. I am not saying that the US is 'THE BEST' because thats a relative matter and left to the individual but it is a beautiful place with alot of opportunity and for that I am thankful.
Yet we look to the television for our "world news" ... American popular media is a joke. I will take BBC over CNN anyday. I am also beginning to think that when people say "we have it good," it just means we're spoiled. I'd rather be living like the rest of the world, really. It only seems fair. Stupid Americans.
i'm training to be a Navy SEAL. and all i have to say is in the last couple of years we've blown up Iraq, AND Afghanistan. ****** with us, and we'll ****** you over. We're the only country thats used nuclear bombs as an act of war. TWICE. Nobody wants to mess with us, because they know we are a super power, and super crazy.
GOD bless America. | Quote: |
I think it's because he is surprisingly similar to Abe Lincoln. All Lincoln wanted to do was make people happy. We didn't care either way if the slaves were freed or not, he just wanted credibility and to have most of the US on his side. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against both of them, it's just the fact that all of the things Bush is pushing are what most of America wants, and that is terrible! The majority of America is uneducated and they just want to hate. Not only that, but debates like abortion and gay marriage are gigantic in America, yet in other countries, it's legalized, and they have prospered. People are just too stupid in America, and it's really dragging us down as a nation in it's entirety. I don't condone euthanasia, but some people just need to die. |
PM me if you want to argue gay marriage, PLEASE do. As far as abortion the same goes. I come from Sydney.
Good things about Sydney:
It's in Australia!
Australia has lots of cool landmarks
There are many Interesting things happening here.
Australia is clean and has not many bad diseases
We are friends with the United States.
Multicultural Mad (since 1999 (Harmony day first started then))
Look Somewhere on the web for more info!
I live in India
and I think if i will start writing what's great about my country i will earn more that 1000$ frih at a time.
| area547 wrote: |
| <ignorant bS> |
You, sir, are an a** and an embarassment to everything the US of A stands for. In fact, it's people with attitudes like yours that are responsible for the attacks on 9/11. You alienate everyone with your "we'll kick your a**" BS. No wonder so many people hate us.
And I'm sure you don't care that it's morons like you that are the root cause of Americans being killed and tortured around the world. Nah. You aren't really a patriot. You a are just a freakin bully using any excuse you can find to justify you worthless existence.
I know you will repsond with more ignorant blither. You will enrage more people. More Americans will die. Congratulations, you are making a mark on the world. | HoboPelican wrote: |
| area547 wrote: | | <ignorant bS> |
You, sir, are an a** and an embarassment to everything the US of A stands for. In fact, it's people with attitudes like yours that are responsible for the attacks on 9/11. You alienate everyone with your "we'll kick your a**" BS. No wonder so many people hate us.
And I'm sure you don't care that it's morons like you that are the root cause of Americans being killed and tortured around the world. Nah. You aren't really a patriot. You a are just a freakin bully using any excuse you can find to justify you worthless existence.
I know you will repsond with more ignorant blither. You will enrage more people. More Americans will die. Congratulations, you are making a mark on the world. |
and what have you done today for our country?
Please answer honestly. | area547 wrote: |
and what have you done today for our country?
Please answer honestly. |
Well, today I tried to let other reasonable humans know that not all Americans are jingoistic madmen. That might save a few americans. And what have you done?
The point is, your attitude is exactly what the world hates about Americans. You have to be smart enough to see that, don't you? We are a freakin' amazing country and have s**t loads to be proud of, but your braggin about f**king countries up and killing is just gonna piss the world off, right? Ya think maybe that sort of attitude might be what terrorists use to justify killing Americans? I honestly think it's attutde like yours that are, in part, responsible for 9/11, embassy bombings and the murder of Americans abroad.nothing is great about were i live (uk) it is realy boring and all there is 2 do is go moutingboarding or hate the chavs
mm it is nice in some place's but i dont realy go 2 there.
i like were i am because i have my friends around me thats all that is good about it
| rocksta wrote: |
| nothing is great about were i live (uk) it is realy boring |
yea but there are really cheap flights on ryan air to other european countries with nice beaches like spain and france and italy and greece | HoboPelican wrote: |
The point is, your attitude is exactly what the world hates about Americans. You have to be smart enough to see that, don't you? We are a freakin' amazing country and have s**t loads to be proud of, but your braggin about f**king countries up and killing is just gonna piss the world off, right? Ya think maybe that sort of attitude might be what terrorists use to justify killing Americans? I honestly think it's attutde like yours that are, in part, responsible for 9/11, embassy bombings and the murder of Americans abroad. |
You have no idea what its like to risk your life to say what you have just said. Yeah after you step out of your comfort zone you might appreciate the sacrifices your fellow citizens have made. No I am not proud of some of the things our country has done, but neither am I ashamed (Even though our current policies are pushing that envelope). I wasn't bragging about killing people, I was trying to show how we are currently the country with the most powerful political, and military power.
But besides that one of my fundamental beliefs is a quote from Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
And no, I am not in this game to bully other people around. We have emotions too. That's why we break down in tears every time we receive a letter from somebody telling us how much much they appreciate our efforts. No matter who receives that letter, at very least their eyes will become misty with emotion. We aren't thoughtless barbarians, we are simply citizens who are doing what we do best to protect our country.
Apparently what you do best is hide behind your keyboard and change the world from there... I personally have something against that, because i see that as pure cowardice. That is why you aren't in any branch of our current government. Its because you don't have the guts to crawl out of your parents basement, and stand up as a person for what you think is right. If you have feelings that are that strong, then get out there, do some fund raising, and run for a political office. But no, you are probably too afraid (you probably blame it on being too busy) to do that, and that's why you sit behind a keyboard where nobody can harm you.
You are a coward, and unless you grow some balls you will be that for the rest of your life.
You're sympathizing with terrorists makes you even more despicable. Are you actually suggesting that we deserved the attacks that happened on Sept. 11th? You realize that if you think this way that you are advocating terrorist activity, and I (as well as many, many other good citizens) swore to protect this country from all enemies "foreign and domestic". I am sorry but if you sympathize with our enemy, then you are the enemy, and I can only wish that God himself has chosen to let you rot in a hell 10 times worse than you could have possibly imagined. How can you call yourself and American, and say there was a just cause behind the killings of innocent civilians?
More than anger that i have towards you, I have sadness. The reason I protect my country is because I am trying to do the very best in my profession to hopefully stop attacks were American citizens are at risk. And it hurts me more than anything else to see people that seem to wish some of our own citizens nothing but harm.our country malay food is best!! and also laksa.....
| cybernie wrote: |
The Philippines has been a beautiful country and has been a part of the world history... in fact, my country has been closely related to the US. Home of some most famous sceneries and historical places in SE Asia, my country is also the home of the most hospitable and generous people. One of the best trait I admire most about Filipinos is the "close family ties".
But sad to say, Philippines' good images has been covered by the dusts and muds brought about by politics... |
I totally agree with this...
Anyway, from what I here about people from here that goes somewhere else (US or wherever), one common feedback is that life was sort of like a "robot" there. Everything's already planned. No excitement. No thrill of riding the bus while keeping a close guard on your belongings. It's fun to be here. I hope the officials will be better and not go to the position for money. | area547 wrote: |
| HoboPelican wrote: |
The point is, your attitude is exactly what the world hates about Americans. You have to be smart enough to see that, don't you? |
...More than anger that i have towards you, I have sadness. The reason I protect my country is because I am trying to do the very best in my profession to hopefully stop attacks were American citizens are at risk. And it hurts me more than anything else to see people that seem to wish some of our own citizens nothing but harm. |
Ok, I was wrong, you aren't smart enough to see what I'm saying.
You totally blew off what I was saying and got back on your bandwagon.
I'll try to keep this simple.
1) Do you think this statement is going make people LIKE us or hate us?
"Nobody wants to mess with us, because they know we are a super power, and super crazy"
2)This line IS all about braggin'. Nothing else.
"We're the only country thats used nuclear bombs as an act of war. TWICE."
Again, it's an attitude like yours that is creating so many enemies for the USA. Maybe that's your plan, job security. ( I almost deleted that last as being inappropriate, but maybe not so much)
And don't be an a**. I'm not sympathising with terrorists. I'm pointing out the sort of things that CREATE them.
And just to make sure it is understood. None of my remarks are intended for our military in general. I have the greatest respect for them and they things they have to go through to keep our country safe and free. (BTW-you are way off base on who I am and what I've done) My remarks are directed people like you who simply want to kill and us patriotism as an excuse.
I'm sure you know the source for this, right?
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.
I think you've embarrassed General Lee. | HoboPelican wrote: |
I'm sure you know the source for this, right?
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.
I think you've embarrassed General Lee. |
And there's (one of the) reason(s) why George Dubya Bush is such a bad* president - he has said:
| Bush wrote: |
| I am the war president! |
*this is my oppinion - not "the truth" (neccesarily)
Anyway
Im danish, and i have mixed emotions about my country. Most people around my age are good people, however grownups and especially older people often border on rascism.
Denmark is a very free country which is great, but highly misunderstood by 99% of the population - they think because they are REAL danes (technically im one of them) they are somehow more important than the rest of the population and free to say what they want and decide what everybody else must do. The real meaning of freedom of expression is "Freedom to argue for what you mean" not "Freedom to say im right, your wrong!"
We have high tax rates 50% + , however we have posibly the best public sector in the world. That is one of the great things about my country which i hope future governments will work hard to retain. | LukeakaDanish wrote: |
Denmark is a very free country which is great, but highly misunderstood by 99% of the population - they think because they are REAL danes (technically im one of them) they are somehow more important than the rest of the population and free to say what they want and decide what everybody else must do. The real meaning of freedom of expression is "Freedom to argue for what you mean" not "Freedom to say im right, your wrong!"
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Just curious, when you are talking about "real" danes, are you talking about those born there or something else (like a racial or ethnic group)? | HoboPelican wrote: |
| LukeakaDanish wrote: |
Denmark is a very free country which is great, but highly misunderstood by 99% of the population - they think because they are REAL danes (technically im one of them) they are somehow more important than the rest of the population and free to say what they want and decide what everybody else must do. The real meaning of freedom of expression is "Freedom to argue for what you mean" not "Freedom to say im right, your wrong!"
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Just curious, when you are talking about "real" danes, are you talking about those born there or something else (like a racial or ethnic group)? |
People born in denmark and usually also people who are patriotic about about denmark in the way our dear friend area579 is about america... | LukeakaDanish wrote: |
People born in denmark and usually also people who are patriotic about about denmark in the way our dear friend area579 is about america... |
thanks for the explanation.
I've never been to Denmark, but I have made it up to Kiel. I guess it was never part of Denmark, but was ruled my them back in the 1700s. Maybe next time I can get a little further north | HoboPelican wrote: |
| LukeakaDanish wrote: |
People born in denmark and usually also people who are patriotic about about denmark in the way our dear friend area579 is about america... |
thanks for the explanation.
I've never been to Denmark, but I have made it up to Kiel. I guess it was never part of Denmark, but was ruled my them back in the 1700s. Maybe next time I can get a little further north |
hehe cool...
Do you mind if i quote you when trying to prove to my mates that far from all americans arent [insert some word here only to see it censored by the forum]? | area547 wrote: |
i'm training to be a Navy SEAL. and all i have to say is in the last couple of years we've blown up Iraq, AND Afghanistan. **** with us, and we'll **** you over. We're the only country thats used nuclear bombs as an act of war. TWICE. Nobody wants to mess with us, because they know we are a super power, and super crazy.
GOD bless America. | Quote: |
I think it's because he is surprisingly similar to Abe Lincoln. All Lincoln wanted to do was make people happy. We didn't care either way if the slaves were freed or not, he just wanted credibility and to have most of the US on his side. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against both of them, it's just the fact that all of the things Bush is pushing are what most of America wants, and that is terrible! The majority of America is uneducated and they just want to hate. Not only that, but debates like abortion and gay marriage are gigantic in America, yet in other countries, it's legalized, and they have prospered. People are just too stupid in America, and it's really dragging us down as a nation in it's entirety. I don't condone euthanasia, but some people just need to die. |
PM me if you want to argue gay marriage, PLEASE do. As far as abortion the same goes. |
I'm not going to do that because:
1. I've got much better things to do then waste my time arguing with someone about things that have been argued about since Roe vs. Wade and as far as gay marriage goes, that is one of the stupidest arguements since the debate between evolution and intelligent design in schools. It's an arguement fueled by hate because so many people just want to find a scapegoat for their problems, and saying that gays are ruining family values, that's terrible! Most opposite sex marriages really last a month at the most. If gays want to get married, let them get married! It's not your business to but in with people's personal lives!
2. By saying all the stupid sh*t you said, you're just further proving my point.
3. For America, I've expressed my freedoms, my freedom of speech, my freedom of the press, and if I wanted to start a militia in my town, I would, but that too would a serious waste of my time. I want to show the best of what America has to offer to the rest of the world, because, so far, our appearance to them is that of a boarish nation who thinks that we are the police of the world. We do not have power over other countries, and the fact that you condone the killing of Arab and Muslim peoples is appaling, and someone as uneducated about the world around you just like yourself really should never be able to consider anything they say a valid point. Now leave me alone, I've got sh*t I need to do. | Helios wrote: |
| What can be great about Israel? |
Israelis. Denmark
Great things about Denmark
- We have good politcs
- We dont turtor
- We care about the countrys Secriuty and Co2 opuse
| Ichilla wrote: |
Denmark
Great things about Denmark
- We have good politcs
- We dont turtor
- We care about the countrys Secriuty and Co2 opuse |
Jeez...HOW can you like our government 
[danish]jeg er dansk[/danish]
BTW...they are using less money on stuff like carbon emissions than their predecessors...
[exagerated] And the kinda of politics which DF are producing could nearly be called torture against foreigners... 
[/exagerated]There is no country in the world named America. America is a big continent, just like Europe, Asia, or Africa. Thus containing dozens of different countries and of course people. I am American myself since I was born in México, just as french are europeans, and chineese are asians.
Perhaps this article may help you have a clearer view of America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas_%28terminology%29
By the way some great things about my country:
Mainly ladies, beautiful, sexy ladies, in many parts of the country.
Some natural places, arqueological ruins and some beaches.
cons: people do not really help each other if needed, there is a ot of selfishness in many peoples hearts.[/url]
Last edited by maclui on Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:41 am; edited 1 time in total well, asking what's great about my country???
hmmm... i guess because im born here KORNY!
nah.. let me give you great background about my country PHILIPPINES...
well, as an archipelago, there's a lot of islands, forest and BEACH here.. also awarded some places of the philippines as worlds best scuba diving area...
so if you love scuba diving you better visit philippines...
hmm.. next? ahh.. the people here are nice... also known as HOSPITABLE...
Foods here are delicacies...
hmm.. there's a lot to say.. but i guess EXPERIENCE is more convincing,
so better visit PHILIPPINES to know whats great about it.. and i promise you'll be amazed and surprised of alot of things new to you! 
Last edited by charlo_blade123 on Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:39 am; edited 1 time in total i have lived in america my whole life (new jersey). it has many downs but some ups. one down is our government, they say theyre just and all but i mean with bush spying on us cheney shooting people and terrorists attacks man its not a good place to be. a good part about it is were FREEE!!!! well not really according to the government but...
actually i would rather live in england because when they say record its sounds funny and i recently had a kid from whales join my school system hes pretty cool but can be annoying.
*twitches*
My country is great [USA]. We get to invade other countries and kill people. Which of course gives us great power in the world, and many other luxuries. So I'm not going to start complaining. Of course I'm not going to start helping with the cause either. But hell, if they want to make me a general then that's the only thing I'll sign up as, tee hee. 
Yep, can't wait to get into one of the cities though... | maclui wrote: |
| There is no country in the world named America. |
Can I go off topic here for a sec? I promise I will not pursue it.
I've thought about this before and have always been confused. Apparently I'm not the only one. Check out this article at wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_the_word_American
But here is my query. Our country is "The United States of America". What "should" we be called? Mexico is "The United Mexican States" so any use of United or states could be confusing. The USA is the only country with "America" in it's name, so I think it's understandable why we us it.
So what do the spanish-speaking world think we should call ourselves?My country maybe a small one, but the ppl living in the country have a big heart.
| maclui wrote: |
There is no country in the world named America. America y big continent, just like Europe, Asia, or Africa. Thus containing dozens of different countries and of course people. I am American myself since I was born in México, just as french are europeans, and chineese are asians.
Perhaps this article may help you have a clearer view of America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas_%28terminology%29
By the way some great things about my country:
Mainly ladies, beautiful, sexy ladies, in many parts of the country.
Some natural places, arqueological ruins and some beaches.
cons: people do not really help each other if needed, there is a ot of selfishness in many peoples hearts.[/url] |
You know what, buddy? It's f*cking slang. People who live in the USA call it America. Why? Because Canadians don't call their country America. Mexicans don't call their country America. What the f*ck am I going to call myself? An American of the United States? It's not f*cking happening, so don't go around acting like you're f*cking smarter than everyone else, patronizing Americans because you want to make a stupid point. F*cking Dumb*ss. I can't believe some people who think they're smarter than everyone else, even if what I'm writing may seem hypocritical.
GAWD That felt good...
I gotta have some more Bawls.New Zealand!
New Zealand is like the best country to live in (and thankfully I do!), because you get all the befits of a first world country (environment, health, science etc) but not the pollution, corruption and evil corporations (and people) of most bigger countries. Another reason is that New Zealand has a voice... being part of the commonwealth and a respected country New Zealand has always been able to speak out... and we have.
New Zealand was like first in women's rights, 40-hour-(working)week, universal voting, nuclear free etc.
I don't think there a any major cons to New Zealand (compared to other countries) except it is small (less business opportunities etc).
New Zealand rocks!!!! and the people here a good too!
PS. Anyone else from New Zealand? Your thoughts?
Well..I'd have to say (being originally from lebanon): the food. It's known everywhere for being divine.
what bothers me when i go back home is how superficial people are. It's nothing you don't find anywhere else though. I'd have to say a greater con is the pollution that isn't remedied that much.
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You know what, buddy? It's f*cking slang. People who live in the USA call it America. Why? Because Canadians don't call their country America. Mexicans don't call their country America. What the f*ck am I going to call myself? An American of the United States? It's not f*cking happening, so don't go around acting like you're f*cking smarter than everyone else, patronizing Americans because you want to make a stupid point. F*cking Dumb*ss. I can't believe some people who think they're smarter than everyone else, even if what I'm writing may seem hypocritical.
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Take it easy pal, I do not think I am smarter than anyone here, I guess it is just that I am not that orthodox or pragmatic, just a little controversy do not take it personal please.
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| By saying all the stupid sh*t you said, you're just further proving my point. |
Take rest, if sh*t proves your points perhaps you are giving a stupid opinion. | maclui wrote: |
I am American myself since I was born in México,
By the way some great things about my country:
Mainly ladies, beautiful, sexy ladies, in many parts of the country.
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That makes you a Mexican, unless you've legally become a citizen of the US. THEN you can call yourself an AMERICAN.
BTW, Why the ****** is this thread still open?
Moderators falling asleep on one job while micro-managing others... 
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BTW, Why the **** is this thread still open?
Moderators falling asleep on one job while micro-managing others... |
I dont see why it should be closed -
Sure, some people arent being as friendly as they should, however it is a rather interesting topic, so there is really no need to close it imo | LukeakaDanish wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | ...
BTW, Why the **** is this thread still open?
Moderators falling asleep on one job while micro-managing others... |
I dont see why it should be closed -
Sure, some people arent being as friendly as they should, however it is a rather interesting topic, so there is really no need to close it imo |
Oh, I bet if I stepped in and was HALF as 'unfriendly' as some here, it would get closed pretty quick. The spirit of this topic is to let people know what to look for in your home country (kinda like publicity for people to have them visit your country)
Since the interest of the topic is obvious, it will remain open for now.
If and when the time comes we have to close it, reasons for closure will be considered and the participants that have derrailed from the theme will be evaluated.
Let's keep on topic and without braking the rules, please.
Just a heads up for past posts (wich are under consideration by the team):
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Be Well | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| Oh, I bet if I stepped in and was HALF as 'unfriendly' as some here, it would get closed pretty quick. |
Don't think it would have any impact being you or any other member. rules are to be followed by everyone.
Be Well | Bockman wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | Oh, I bet if I stepped in and was HALF as 'unfriendly' as some here, it would get closed pretty quick. |
Don't think it would have any impact being you or any other member. rules are to be followed by everyone.
Be Well |
Oh.
Right.
So if I said some things like..
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You, sir, are an a** and an embarassment
it's morons like you
You a are just a freakin bully using any excuse you can find to justify you worthless existence.
You are a coward, and unless you grow some balls you will be that for the rest of your life.
You know what, buddy? It's f*cking slang
so don't go around acting like you're f*cking smarter than everyone else
F*cking Dumb*ss.
if sh*t proves your points perhaps you are giving a stupid opinion.
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They wouldn't get deleted?
Yeah, I feel like I'm learning a fair bit here. Mods, plese leave open for a bit.
@Maclui - I applogize for the clown that replied to you, but I still am curious what you propse we call ourselves instead of "American". I understand you issues, but I don't see an alternative. Since I read the the Spanish-speaking world has issues with this, what do they think we should be called. Just curious.
| maclui wrote: |
| Quote: | | By saying all the stupid sh*t you said, you're just further proving my point. |
Take rest, if sh*t proves your points perhaps you are giving a stupid opinion. |
That wasn't even directed towards you, so why are you taking offense?
| S3nd K3ys wrote: |
Oh.
Right.
So if I said some things like..
| Quote: | You, sir, are an a** and an embarassment
it's morons like you
You a are just a freakin bully using any excuse you can find to justify you worthless existence.
You are a coward, and unless you grow some balls you will be that for the rest of your life.
You know what, buddy? It's f*cking slang
so don't go around acting like you're f*cking smarter than everyone else
F*cking Dumb*ss.
if sh*t proves your points perhaps you are giving a stupid opinion. |
They wouldn't get deleted? |
I did kind of go alittle overboard on some parts, I'm just alittle, uh, opinionated. I just can't stand some people.United States:
Good-
Freedom of Religion; Freedom of Speech; Democratic Government
Bad-
High gas prices; Taxes; Too many secrets kept in the Government
Su 37, Vodka and Women, Guess what country I'm from =D
New Zelanad is awesome too as I have lived there for 4 years and Rome too AND MALTA!
Ah the United States what a kind of wacky place to live. America is a land of irony were almost every form of intelligence kind be found, also every type of food fast or slow. America is the land of bipolar thoughts (fat:thin, good:bad...etc) America is very much the land of opportunity but it is also a land of dissapointment and corruption. No one person in America can represent us wholly in every belief it is almost funny with how much variety there is. We now have a choice to choose a choice, if not odd enough. But most of all, yes we need it, god bless america.
Teh worlds playground. | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
India.
Good:- We Indians have a solution for every problem. Also, we really can make high technological products at very less cost. For eg. our super computer Param. We have 'Paradise on Earth' in the form of Kashmir. We have many beaches. Most of climatic zones exist here - Hot Desserts,Cold Mountains,Highest rainfall in Leh,very less rainfall in Thar Desert. Extreme temperature variations in some place to no temperature change in other.
And many other things which just cant be written in such short time.
Bad:- Our politicians, Corruption in government departments. |
Yup, I gotta say, India does own. It's really peaceful in the country side in the "winter" (not actually that cold). It's nice and sunny and lots of trees, depending on where you go, and not to hot or not too cold.
The bad: No one makes good hamburgers. (Or poutines for that matter). I love poutines as well.im english
id say.. the fact r country so small but we have such an impact in the world
our pride in our heritage - perhaps, tho thats possibly goin down a bit now
| HoboPelican wrote: |
@Maclui - I applogize for the clown that replied to you, but I still am curious what you propse we call ourselves instead of "American". I understand you issues, but I don't see an alternative. Since I read the the Spanish-speaking world has issues with this, what do they think we should be called. Just curious. |
Well I am not an authority in this matter, so I cannot tell you a precise term. How ever in spanish the correct way to call a citizen of the USA is "estadounidense" but I do not want to make an incorrect translation.
This issue is really banal, I think it is just easier to call yourselves "americans" because how can you find a proper Gentilitious when you have this complex name: United States of America? Besides calling yourselves americans makes you the owner of the continent just as Monroe stated when Spain tried to recover one of their colonies. I guess the US holds the copyright of the term "american" because they are a country that have really outstand in the whole continent and no country in America can compete or argue with the USA.
Perhaps in a hundred years Brasil, Mexico or other american country will be the next americans of the continent.
Last edited by maclui on Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:26 pm; edited 1 time in total | maclui wrote: |
Well I am not an authority in this matter, so I cannot tell you a precise term. How ever in spanish the correct way to call a citizen of the USA is "estadounidense" but I do not want to make an incorrect translation.
This issue is really banal, I think it is just easier to call yourselves "americans" because how can you find a proper Gentilitious when you have this complex name: United States of America? Besides calling yourselves americans makes you the owner of the continent just as Monroe stated when Spain tried to recover one of their colonies. I guess the US holds the copyright of the term "american" because they are a country that have really outstand in the whole continent and no country in America can compete or argue with the USA. |
I think your harsh judgement on why the americans refer to themselves as americans should be more precisely placed - it is afterall not the current americans fault that they are known as americans, but americans from 500 years ago (or something like that) who are to blame for the rather confusing naming...
Unless americans decide to rename themselves to "humans" or maybe "leaders" im not complaining ()- at least everyone is clear on what an american means - technically incorrect as it may be. | LukeakaDanish wrote: |
| maclui wrote: |
Well I am not an authority in this matter, so I cannot tell you a precise term. How ever in spanish the correct way to call a citizen of the USA is "estadounidense" but I do not want to make an incorrect translation.
This issue is really banal, I think it is just easier to call yourselves "americans" because how can you find a proper Gentilitious when you have this complex name: United States of America? Besides calling yourselves americans makes you the owner of the continent just as Monroe stated when Spain tried to recover one of their colonies. I guess the US holds the copyright of the term "american" because they are a country that have really outstand in the whole continent and no country in America can compete or argue with the USA. |
I think your harsh judgement on why the americans refer to themselves as americans should be more precisely placed - it is afterall not the current americans fault that they are known as americans, but americans from 500 years ago (or something like that) who are to blame for the rather confusing naming...
Unless americans decide to rename themselves to "humans" or maybe "leaders" im not complaining ()- at least everyone is clear on what an american means - technically incorrect as it may be. |
Also this could be because we dominate The Americas in general, as in most people from the Europe are stereotyped into Europeans, and people from england are English. Or people from the middle east are characterized by being indian, arab, or asian.
All of these are just ways of catagorizing a large group of people who all came from a common ancestor( not the first human being but the first inhabitants in their area).
America also does embodie more then a name of a nation, it still stands for a few values which these United States of America uphold. Rather then condemning our leader, i would go to say that yes America has been in others foriegn affairs since the cold war but one thing of all the USA promotes freedom of man and women under the rule of domocracy, and even though most people disagree that we are forcing our policies, which probably is the case, the end result is for the people to choose. If any one is currently under a dictatorship please give us your opinion? | DeFwh wrote: |
| If any one is currently under a dictatorship please give us your opinion? |
Most people under dictatorships probably arent allowed to give their oppinions 
In America people have the right to be fools. That's whats so great about my country.
One of my teachers tells that to me all the time when I do stupid things but he is right; a bad thing in America, I believe, is that liberties sometimes go too far, especially with sueing rights and people sueing others for something stupid that they did. If a robber was to try and break into my house and he stumbled on a loose brick, he could sue me for medical costs.
Other than that I think America is great
| LukeakaDanish wrote: |
| DeFwh wrote: | | If any one is currently under a dictatorship please give us your opinion? |
Most people under dictatorships probably arent allowed to give their oppinions |
True but people can still ask questions in the countries not under dictatorship.
To add to the question anyone who has recently or has been under a dictatorship and can share their opinion please do!I love my country because we unite together in times of trouble and we never forget those who die as heros for all of us
| SS0305 wrote: |
| I love my country because we unite together in times of trouble and we never forget those who die as heros for all of us |
Good to know. Do you want to tell us where that is?