Phone hacker & insider trader Piers Morgan gets axed from CNN

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I don't mind disagreeing with someone's opinions or political view, but to completely dismiss them simply because they aren't American is effing ignorant as hell.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Apparently you have to be an American citizen to have an opinion. I didn't read that in the TOS.

When it comes to British media you need to take it with a grain of salt... Honest journalism has been all but banished from Fleet St.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Apparently you have to be an American citizen to have an opinion. I didn't read that in the TOS.

That line in the TOS is like the sign outside Quentin Tarantino's house in Pulp Fiction. You didn't see the sign because it's not fvcking there.

I don't mind disagreeing with someone's opinions or political view, but to completely dismiss them simply because they aren't American is effing ignorant as hell.

Xenophobic even.

Edited February 26, 2014 by Papa Lazarou

[JohnR! 5,495]

I don't mind disagreeing with someone's opinions or political view, but to completely dismiss them simply because they aren't American is effing ignorant as hell.

I agree but you must also consider that Americans are not very good at looking at things through the eyes of others, hence the resistance to foreign media criticism outside the realm of the Golden Globe awards. Also, remember many of these people are hoarding food and ammo for the imminent collapse of Murkhan true values... It is the clash of titanic pots and kettles...

Edited February 26, 2014 by Gegel

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I agree but you must also consider that Americans are not very good at looking at things through the eyes of others, hence the resistance to foreign media criticism outside the realm of the Golden Globe awards. Also, remember many of these people are hoarding food and ammo for the imminent collapse of Murkhan true values... It is the clash of titanic pots and kettles...

Well I'd sincerely hope that a guy who obsesses about firearms and racially abuses the President every chance he gets isn't representative of the majority of Americans.

[GandD 5,966]

Apparently you have to be an American citizen to have an opinion. I didn't read that in the TOS.

If you don't like America, you can get out!!

If I don't like America, you can get out!!!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's funny, ten years ago if you didn't believe in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan you'd be labelled a traitor (if you were a USC) or a dangerous dissident (if you were a foreign citizen resident in the US). Now you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who buys into that idea.

Now the issue is gun rights and the conversation is exactly the same. Don't agree with the dangerous proliferation of firearms - 'get out of my country'.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Well I'd sincerely hope that a guy who obsesses about firearms and racially abuses the President every chance he gets isn't representative of the majority of Americans.

He isn't. He is representative of those politicians with whom he associates though

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Edited February 26, 2014 by Gegel

[B_J 2,752]

Apparently you have to be an American citizen to have an opinion. I didn't read that in the TOS.

I don't know about TOS. But it's definitely in the Constitution. Or maybe I'm thinking of the Ten Commandments.

[JohnR! 5,495]

If you don't like America, you can get out!!

If I don't like America, you can get out!!!

On the upside, consider that most who share that point of view would not be able to find the US in a map of North America... It is interesting to wonder what 'out' really means in that context...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I don't know about TOS. But it's definitely in the Constitution. Or maybe I'm thinking of the Ten Commandments.

I think you're confusing biblical myth with a Cecil B De Mille film starring Charlton Heston. Contrary to popular belief, Charlton Heston was not a descendant of Moses, nor were film cameras around during the Old Testament era to record miracles for posterity.

[GandD 5,966]

On the upside, consider that most who share that point of view would not be able to find the US in a map of North America... It is interesting to wonder what 'out' really means in that context...

That's because they don't have maps......

I think you're confusing biblical myth with a Cecil B De Mille film starring Charlton Heston. Contrary to popular belief, Charlton Heston was not a descendant of Moses, nor were film cameras around during the Old Testament era to record miracles for posterity.

Now you're just being anti-american.

[JohnR! 5,495]

That's because they don't have maps......

Now you're just being anti-american.

True.. Education is overrated!

[B_J 2,752]

I think you're confusing biblical myth with a Cecil B De Mille film starring Charlton Heston. Contrary to popular belief, Charlton Heston was not a descendant of Moses, nor were film cameras around during the Old Testament era to record miracles for posterity.

Blasphemy.

[Karee 4,191]

Apparently you have to be an American citizen to have an opinion. I didn't read that in the TOS.

Now you're getting it. Go back to Scotland commie!