What were the first few things you learned to say in Russian, and why?

[slim 1,530]

You could call it stupidity or something else, but very rarely do you have folks willing to stand up to group mentality. We're conditioned as Americans not to rock the boat and if that's what everyone wants or feels, we should too.

[Brad and Vika 129]

You could call it stupidity or something else, but very rarely do you have folks willing to stand up to group mentality. We're conditioned as Americans not to rock the boat and if that's what everyone wants or feels, we should too.

I think less so than in other cultures. I know that you have lived in the orient, as I have. I find that the Japanese saying "the nail that stands the highest gets hammered down" or some such is much more true there than here. Here we tend to romanticize the rebel or underdog, and reward individual achievement/independence.

[slim 1,530]

Here we tend to romanticize the rebel or underdog, and reward individual achievement/independence.

Yes, but only afterward!

[Brad and Vika 129]

Here we tend to romanticize the rebel or underdog, and reward individual achievement/independence.

Yes, but only afterward!

Also true. The difference between a rebel and a loser is in the numbers, however we measure.

[slim 1,530]

Also true. The difference between a rebel and a loser is in the numbers, however we measure.

Sam Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Joseph Warren, George Washington....... all TERRORISTS!!!! Well, at least they would've been if the numbers would've shifted the opposite way.

[Brad and Vika 129]

Also true. The difference between a rebel and a loser is in the numbers, however we measure.

Sam Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Joseph Warren, George Washington....... all TERRORISTS!!!! Well, at least they would've been if the numbers would've shifted the opposite way.

So there is still hope for Bin Laden to rehabilitate his rep? I cannot believe it.

[mox 298]

Definitely. History is written by the winners. If King George had won, the colonial terrorists would be villainized to this day, and even worse, we'd all be speaking English.

[slim 1,530]

So there is still hope for Bin Laden to rehabilitate his rep? I cannot believe it.

Sure. We weren't so mad at Bin Laden when he was funneling money and heavy equipment into Afghanistan back in the '80s.

If King George had won, the colonial terrorists would be villainized to this day, and even worse, we'd all be speaking English.

That's why we have a British-controlled Pitcairn Islands. And also why we speak English. - Hey, wait a minute!

[mox 298]

It's a conspiracy. The English actually won, but they're making us think we won so as to keep us all docile and hopped up on supersized burger meals and Big Gulps.

Damn...sounds like another Nicolas Cage Indiana Jones ripoff movie. I f*cking hate Nicolas Cage.

[Brad and Vika 129]

I f*cking hate Nicolas Cage.

Me too - but I love big gulps and gamburgers.

[mox 298]

Me too - but I love big gulps and gamburgers.

The British got to you too? Blimey. (oh #######! They got to me too!)

[sivad 0]

Me too - but I love big gulps and gamburgers.

The British got to you too? Blimey. (oh #######! They got to me too!)

lolololol...you guys are ruining the image of my hero general george washington.lololololololololol

Edited May 31, 2009 by sivad

[slim 1,530]

I f*cking hate Nicolas Cage.

I'm with you. I once made sweet love to this extremely large-breasted woman and when we talked about all the important things in life, she mentioned her favorite actor was Nic Cage. Needless to say, after that, it was only about the ibatsa.

[mox 298]

Raising Arizona was the only movie he was ever even tolerable in. Somebody drug me to Ghost Rider and I just wanted to claw my eyes out. I still have the scars. Edited June 2, 2009 by mox

[slim 1,530]

Anyone who can take The Rock seriously needs to be sent to Alcatraz. If you would've replaced him with any other actor, and I mean ANY other actor, it would've been an awesome flick. "Carla was the prom queen."