A Reality Check.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

interesting you guys are arguing about a clip from a tv show, a piece of fiction prepared for cable subscribers.

Just saying.

It's an opinion offered in the context of a TV show but really not all that different from any opinion offered in any op-ed or newspaper column which are the subject of discussion here all the time.

Just saying.

[Darnell 8,479]

ah ! cool !

[decocker 7,198]

moral decay, like the tooth variety, moves slowly yet progresses still. first the big screen and now cable and then on to public broadcasting. remember terms of endearment? dumb and dumber? that's where this all started.

[Darnell 8,479]

i would argue the starting point, and claim the two movies you've mentioned were put on the big screen about 22 years past the start of the moral decay.

[decocker 7,198]

i would argue the starting point, and claim the two movies you've mentioned were put on the big screen about 22 years past the start of the moral decay.

divided by the eleven years between films or should i multiply?

[Karee 4,191]

Some are not endowed with the ability to handle more than "black and white".

Unfortunately, it's more than some.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Perhaps a good wake up call then. We no longer have the same bragging rights as we used to.

perhaps a moment of clarity for you. maybe this place isn't for you & you should leave. the USA is the best damn country in the world. it was yesterday, it is today, and it will be tommorrow.

[decocker 7,198]

perhaps a moment of clarity for you. maybe this place isn't for you & you should leave. the USA is the best damn country in the world. it was yesterday, it is today, and it will be tommorrow.

typical.

[SMOKE 1,426]

typical.

pride in your country. it better be

[GandD 5,966]

I liked dumb and dumber........

[decocker 7,198]

pride in your country. it better be

that wasn't pride, that was arrogance. big difference.

[SMOKE 1,426]

that wasn't pride, that was arrogance. big difference.

my believe that the US was is & will always be the best country is arrogance? pfft. like you or your opinion matter.

[GandD 5,966]

like you or your opinion matter.

If anything else, this part is arrogance.

[SMOKE 1,426]

If anything else, this part is arrogance.

it was intended to be

[duraaraa 203]

my believe that the US was is & will always be the best country is arrogance? pfft. like you or your opinion matter.

How could you ever say that it was, is, and will always be the best country?

Was it the best country for African slaves? Even after slavery, there was a long segregation between blacks and whites. There was a famous story of a black man who was a POW during the Korean War, who decided to live in China after the war because he was told that all races were treated equally there... he ended up marrying a Chinese woman, something which would have been impossible for him to do in the U.S.

Is it the best country for those who want to marry someone of the same sex? They can't. If they had been Canadian, Dutch, or even Spanish, they would be able to marry the person they love.

Is it the best country in the view of people whose innocent children were killed by the drones sent to Pakistan?

Saying that it will always be the best country is also ridiculous. Nobody can know what the future will look like.

I understand that you love your country, and that's a nice thing. Please don't let your love for your country blur your vision, though. It is the best country in the world, for only some people, and other people have, throughout history, been treated like ####### in the U.S.

Edited April 23, 2013 by duraaraa