I guess all the ppl in the world love american, eh!

[thelastpetitioner 218]

How about being in love with an American

Very true.

I was fine living in my third world country with my single parent and had no intention of leaving my country ornher. But I and to chose between my husband or my safe,assuring routine life and I chose the first.

It's not about bashing any country. Your life in your home country is somewhat of a routine that makes you feel reassured and safe.not that many people are into the idea of leaving everything they have earned and worked for behind just to live in America , that's all

[B_J 2,752]

None.

I'm almost speechless.

You've posted so much about the US and yet you've never been here. Seriously?!?!

You've made multiple posts criticizing this country and it's citizens; yet you've never been here.

Where did you get your supposed knowledge of this country?

[Dana-Mića 51]

To defend the US a little here is an example my mom gets about 3 weeks vacation and in a year she will have 5 weeks. My father can take as much as he wants and even if he doesn't take a vacation every three months he gets a vacation check. Mind you they both work jobs that don't really need anything but a HS diploma but they are Unionized and have great benefits including health insurance that still covers me even though i am married.

On the other hand I wish I can get 24 months of maternity leave or be a stay at home mom but that just isnt possible for me. Im not saying its not possible to do so in America its just not possible for me right now.

[Gigli2008 70]

Right. So you made my point that religion is out of the school.

Without religion, there is no moral standard.

So, where do we disagree?

My point was, that the decision to take religion out of school was not because the government was anti-religion. It was to protect the rights of all, so that all can choose when and where and what to worship. In any case, I did mention that religion is a parent's responsibility. If you as a parent are waiting for your child to receive religion in school, then you the parent is the one failing your child. What you are asking for is for the government to dictate to all 300 Million of us what religion we will follow. So today we get a Muslim president or a Muslim inclined government and all of us are forced to adhere to Islam. Tomorrow we get a Christian president and a christian inclined government and half the population that is not christian is forced to adhere to christian principles. Is that what you want? Teach your children what you want them to believe and if you are a successful parent, they will follow your moral teachings.

[Peter_Pan 661]

I'm almost speechless.

You've posted so much about the US and yet you've never been here. Seriously?!?!

You've made multiple posts criticizing this country and it's citizens; yet you've never been here.

Where did you get your supposed knowledge of this country?

I've never been to Iran either, guess I shouldn't criticize their treatment of gay people?

I have made multiple posts in which I have quoted objective facts about the US. What did I claim about Americans that is not true?

[james&olya 1,121]

And where did racism came from? I'll have you know I am not racist, I hate everyone without discrimination.

[AngelAndJoy 22]

Utter baloney. I'm a non-believer, the child of non-believers, who was raised with a high moral standard. Religion is one manner of codification of moral standards. One need not be religious to be moral, and conversely one need not be moral to be religious.

Why thank you! I'm in decent fettle this morning despite not having had my morning cuppa.

You can shmaloney baloney as much as you want, but morality = delineating from right or wrong.

Right or Wrong is codified in our US Laws.

The history of US Laws is based on JudeoChristian principles (all the way back to English common law).

US laws change based on social norms. Social norms in the1960s(most of the people going to some church on Sundays) is much different than social norms of 2010s (no religion in school). The moral standards have changed. Would you say for the better?

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian as role models for little girls? Look at Facebook and read what teenage girls are writing. Would you say the moral standards today are for the better?

Hiding your head under the ground like an Ostrich does not solve any problems.

[mawilson 2,133]

What did I claim about Americans that is not true?

"Our health insurance sucks"

[B_J 2,752]

I've never been to Iran either, guess I shouldn't criticize their treatment of gay people?

I have made multiple posts in which I have quoted objective facts about the US. What did I claim about Americans that is not true?

Let's just look at this one quote:

Health insurance sucks, paid vacations are non existant, ditto for maternity leaves, guns everywhere and super costly education. No, I don't love the US (America is a continent, not a country), but, alas, sometimes you have to make some sacrifices in life.

We'll go through these one at a time.

1. I like my health insurance.

2. I get 10 weeks paid vacation.

3. You've already been shown info about maternity leave.

4. I don't own a gun, they are not everywhere, but I appreciate having the right to own one if I choose.

5. My education was free for the first couple of years; then I found a part time job and ended up with about $3K in student loans - not super costly by any measure.

So, we'd have to say that nothing you said there was necessarily true...

Now, where are the objective facts?

[james&olya 1,121]

That's called the 1st amendment of the country you so dislike.

Your point of view is hurtful toward Americans

(This is itself quite a generalization)

and a vast generalization/stereotype. Lest I remind you?

Boy, Europe is gonna be lucky to have you!

(They probably will be very happy there. Europe has many very nice features that are different than the USA. Better is a point of view and is dependent on what you find most important in your life!)

[WrightFamily 34]

I'm almost speechless.

You've posted so much about the US and yet you've never been here. Seriously?!?!

You've made multiple posts criticizing this country and it's citizens; yet you've never been here.

Where did you get your supposed knowledge of this country?

Agreed!!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

You can shmaloney baloney as much as you want, but morality = delineating from right or wrong.

Right or Wrong is codified in our US Laws.

The history of US Laws is based on JudeoChristian principles (all the way back to English common law).

US laws change based on social norms. Social norms in the1960s(most of the people going to some church on Sundays) is much different than social norms of 2010s (no religion in school). The moral standards have changed. Would you say for the better?

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian as role models for little girls? Look at Facebook and read what teenage girls are writing. Would you say the moral standards today are for the better?

Hiding your head under the ground like an Ostrich does not solve any problems.

A large number of Aemrican men watch porn, which is pretty much legal under US laws. What is your point?

[Peter_Pan 661]

Let's just look at this one quote:

We'll go through these one at a time.

1. I like my health insurance.

2. I get 10 weeks paid vacation.

3. You've already been shown info about maternity leave.

4. I don't own a gun, they are not everywhere, but I appreciate having the right to own one if I choose.

5. My education was free for the first couple of years; then I found a part time job and ended up with about $3K in student loans - not super costly by any measure.

So, we'd have to say that nothing you said there was necessarily true...

Now, where are the objective facts?

Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position. It is a kind of fallacy of selective attention, the most common example of which is the confirmation bias. Cherry picking may be committed unintentionally.[1]

The term is based on the perceived process of harvesting fruit, such as cherries. The picker would be expected to only select the ripest and healthiest fruits. An observer who only sees the selected fruit may thus wrongly conclude that most, or even all, of the fruit is in such good condition.

Cherry picking can be found in many logical fallacies. For example, the "fallacy of anecdotal evidence" tends to overlook large amounts of data in favor of that known personally, "selective use of evidence" rejects material unfavorable to an argument, while a false dichotomy picks only two options when more are available.

[james&olya 1,121]

Ethnicity.

Fail!

[AngelAndJoy 22]

BS. The United States has an absolutely tremendous level of education for women that, when weighted by population, blows the rest of the world out of the water. China has about 80,000,000 illiterate women. How many do you think the US has? 80% of women in the world are literate. 99% of American women are illiterate. Want something more than literacy? Throughout the world, only about 7% of the population have college degrees. In many countries, women are extraordinarily underrepresented in the population of college degree holders, as sending a person to college is something families can at best afford to do once, and men get the priority. And in the US 27% of American women have college degrees and women go to college at higher rates than men. It is just patently false to say that the US isn't educating women. In fact, from what I've seen on this webpage, that is precisely the problem that many American men have with American women: they are not uneducated and docile enough for their tastes. It's pretty repulsive, actually.

So you seem to assume as a universal truth that an 'educated' person is supreme to an 'uneducated' one. I am sure you know that is not true, right? If you were to start a new society on an island, would you rather have a Mother Teresa or a Michael Ross (an Ivy League 'educated' serial rapist and killer)? Repulsed you say? I am repulsed by your snobbish outlook on foreign women who did not have the easy life of getting 'educated' with a piece of paper versus women who got educated with hardships of life and love for and of humanity. Give me a break dude. I am almost repulsed by your snobbish post.