We're in a Recession Because the Rich Are Raking in an Absurd Portion of the Wealth

[Captain Oates 911]

Well yes but this is common im most developed countries. What makes America unique and special is the better question.

Certainly is and I have yet to see anyone dream anything up which is even remotely credible.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Actually, what I care most about is proper spelling and grammar. My own transgressions in this area are perhaps the most painful of all.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Certainly is and I have yet to see anyone dream anything up which is even remotely credible.

And Im supposed to believe you give a dam about this country?

I suggest you crack open a history book and not just focus on the negatives.

[_Simpson_ 250]

I shudder at your concept of "world peace".

I shudder at your concept of patriotism

[Captain Oates 911]

And Im supposed to believe you give a dam about this country?

I suggest you crack open a history book and not just focus on the negatives.

I suggest you state what makes the US 'superior' or better than any other 1st world country

It all my eye it really is

Non of you nationalists can name anything of substance which makes the US stand out as being better than other 1st world countries

You always have to compare with uganda or north korea or some such dump.

That's like me saying I am more handsome than someone who has been dead for 6 months

Americans will only have grown up when they can say that their country is just another 1st world country and some aspects of it are to be preferred (like big parking spaces) and others need to be changed and there is nothing about the US law or constitution which is exceptional

Habeas corpus, searching houses, free speech, billeting troops in houses, no slavery etc etc - just what is that the others don't have that the US has ?

Nobody knows, nobody can name anything

It's a mystical illusion but every American believes there is something - they just cant name it - that's brainwashing

Edited July 16, 2010 by saywhat

[Captain Oates 911]

And what makes you the authority to judge all Americans? How grown up are you to suggest that it's ok for an adult to have sex with a 13 year "goer"? Perhaps you're the one who is brainwashed?

I take it you can't name what's so special about America and so you are trying to change the subject

Please quote where I said Polanski was ok to do that - you cant - you can't quote that or one example of American exceptionalism as regards the constitution either.

Actually, you cant think of, or do, anything ... therefore you are superfluous to the discussion and not contributing at all

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

compared to Saudi Arabia or Somalia perhaps

not compared to the rest of the 1st world...

So why not love USA and France and Sweden and Germany equally if they all have the same attributes ? apart from guns, their constitutions are pretty much identical but with more accent on not having inhumane prisons in Europe. Really, what rights does the constitution give that others dont have ? Pehaps tbe rights of illegal immigrants kids to be USC's but nothing of substance. I am thinking of the law - the justice system- all pretty much the same. Free speech ? Who hasn't ? Freedom of travel ? What, to Cuba ? I lost that right.

Elections ? Democracy ?

What is so special about the USA ? Really what is ? Why should anyone love it more than any other 1st world country ?

Internationalism without communism is the way of the future and saying that one 1st world country is best is like saying one gender is best.

Claiming that the US has some fundamental rights that other people don't have is simply not true and should only be believed by people of limited knowledge who have never lived or worked outside the US and so don't know - there are plenty of them.

I know this doesn't apply to you chucklette

Well no ban on face coverings for one. Oh and I can build a minaret here. I can display a swastika (not that I want to)

Edited July 16, 2010 by Sousuke

[_Simpson_ 250]

I suggest you state what makes the US 'superior' or better than any other 1st world country

It all my eye it really is

Non of you nationalists can name anything of substance which makes the US stand out as being better than other 1st world countries

You always have to compare with uganda or north korea or some such dump.

That's like me saying I am more handsome than someone who has been dead for 6 months

Americans will only have grown up when they can say that their country is just another 1st world country and some aspects of it are to be preferred (like big parking spaces) and others need to be changed and there is nothing about the US law or constitution which is exceptional

Habeas corpus, searching houses, free speech, billeting troops in houses, no slavery etc etc - just what is that the others don't have that the US has ?

Nobody knows, nobody can name anything

It's a mystical illusion but every American believes there is something - they just cant name it - that's brainwashing

Hollywood and Benjamin Franklin for starters

Being a melting pot has spoken volumes over the years for this country considering how much of impact we have had on the world and considering how young of a country we are

You really need to crack open a history book.

Edited July 16, 2010 by _Simpson_

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Well no ban on face coverings for one. Oh and I can build a minaret here. I can display a swastika (not that I want to)

By the way I'm not saying the US is better...just highlighting some of the differences.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

You really need to crack open a history book.

Mmmmm. Nothing like an ice cold history on a hot summer's day to really quench your thirst.

edit: this originally said just "history" sans the "book", which will make the context of my snark a little clearer.

Edited July 16, 2010 by elmcitymaven

[_Simpson_ 250]

I merely quoted what you said in another thread. Be a man and admit what you posted. My posts are just as relevant to the discussion as anyone else's, including yours. Unlike you, I consider child rape a serious offense, even if the 13 year old was a "goer".

It sickens me when people defend Polanski in any way,shape or form.

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Instead of wasting money treating them in our jails, we should deport all child molesters to Europe. They will fit in well there.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Mmmmm. Nothing like an ice cold history on a hot summer's day to really quench your thirst.

edit: this originally said just "history" sans the "book", which will make the context of my snark a little clearer.

The edit button is there for a reason.

[Captain Oates 911]

Well no ban on face coverings for one. Oh and I can build a minaret here. I can display a swastika (not that I want to)

There is no ban on face coverings in the UK

There are more minarets in Europe than the US

People displying swastikas outside my house is an advantage of living in the US ?

Sex at 16 is allowed all over Europe - in the US ?

Drinkin a beer is lawful in the UK at 18 - all over the US ?

Where is this freedom ? where is this liberty ? It doesn't exist more than in the 1st world and in many cases it's less.

Hate speech and incitement to murder is lawful in the US (watch telly) - is that really an advantage over other countries ?

Look at the hordes of Moslems burning US flags in London - what do the Americans say ? Arrest them !

Freedom of religion except when its in new york and its moslem - that's hypocrisy

This freedom stuff is laced with hypocrisy and very selective - enjoy the nazi flag if it's so important to you but I wouldn't cross oceans to see it fluttering

Edited July 16, 2010 by saywhat

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It seems to be more accepted there than it is here. Maybe it's a cultural thing?

Yeah, I think it is. They like to get their freak on out there. We don't want none of that over here.