The wussifying of America

[homesick_american 1]

did y'all forget how that one turned out?

Why are you being racist? Don't you dare play dumb since you criticize people left, right and center about their grammar..

ROFLMFAO

You....think....y'all....is RACIST!

Oh my god, how ignorant. I'm glad I'm not your wife; I'd be afraid to open my mouth for fear you'd deck me for saying some innocent word that you improperly perceive to be racist. I wonder what it would be like to live with someone that prickly.

Between you threatening to punch people on the road despite claiming to be Mr. Zen behind the wheel and this, you've been very entertaining lately!

Read it and weep: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/y'all

Y'ALL

Edited April 19, 2007 by homesick_american

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Well, I am organic.

i'm sure someone will notice this gem

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Well what the ??? Did Slim post and then just get all verklempt or something??

Anyway, I agree most with the post Caladan made way back...the one that got roses thrown at her. Bravo is right.

The rest I don't care to comment on except to say, I may be a sap but it consistently brings tears to my eyes to see these pictures being shown on CNN and everywhere else...of those who lost their lives...and to think of their families. I think it's pretty sad to insinuate that they may not have been as heroic as they could have been. I wonder if you would charge, unarmed, at a man with a gun Slim. No matter what you *say* I have to wonder. As Caladan so eloquently pointed out, there were PLENTY of heros on that campus and WAY too many victims. M.

[Alex+R 0]

One gun can kill more than 100 people. If the 6 million people used a phalanx battle formation, maybe they could overcome the SS.

Or just maybe...they could have taken a more peaceful approach,such as calming the SS with the lift of an eyebrow, perhaps even muddling the tongues of their enemies simply by uttering the word ' Boink ' , or better yet, just shoot rubber bands at their butts and actually get away with it... a highly skilled technique for getting back at those thumbsuckers.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

SO glad I went back far enough to catch this gem of a post. for Charles

[Heracles 417]

ROFLMFAO

You....think....y'all....is RACIST!

Oh my god, how ignorant. I'm glad I'm not your wife; I'd be afraid to open my mouth for fear you'd deck me for saying some innocent word that you improperly perceive to be racist. I wonder what it would be like to live with someone that prickly.

Between you threatening to punch people on the road despite claiming to be Mr. Zen behind the wheel and this, you've been very entertaining lately!

Um. It was a joke. I was stirring her up.

So you just rolled yourself, once again. But you're from Texas so I understand.. Not exactly renowned for intelligence down there..

Edited April 19, 2007 by Infidel

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Well, I am organic.

lotsa organic found here too btw

[homesick_american 1]

Um. It was a joke. I was stirring her up.

Yeah, I believe that.

So you just rolled yourself, once again. But you're from Texas so I understand.. Not exactly renowned for intelligence down there..

Awww, isn't that cute...you got pwned so you're trying to make ME look stupid. This from the guy who encouraged us to watch the "video's" on MSNBC's website.

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

But you're from Texas so I understand.. Not exactly renowned for intelligence down there..

careful with that

[homesick_american 1]

But you're from Texas so I understand.. Not exactly renowned for intelligence down there..

careful with that

The guy is nuts, Charles...I wouldn't listen to a word he says. I'm just glad my husband is nothing like that.

[*JG* 2]

It's ugly to think about, but we as Americans have lost our stomach for a good fight. We'd rather die a blameless death than be judged for standing up and protecting ourselves. I'm not saying go out and fight someone because they piss you off. I am saying though, next time you see something like a massacre of students by ONE MAN armed with pistols, instead of telling your kids to be careful at school and to run away from impending death, teach them to fight back, and rely on courage and the will to not go down without a fight. If just one of those students would've rushed the gunman, perhaps another would've helped. Then another, then another, then another, and before you know it, instead of 33 dead, we have 3. The three that first rushed the gunman and died saving the rest of their class. The three that will be remembered as heroes... not victims.

I don't see how this is just an "American" trait.

When you look at history, unfortunately, I think it is just human nature, when faced with such odds, to almost give up and face their deaths.

What happened there other day, to me does not seem much different than the behavior all those unfortunate souls faced during WW2, in the German concentration camps, where , I am sure if you counted the amount of people in those camps, they would no doubt by FAR outnumber the guards watching them.

And yet, even though , perhaps had they mounted some kind of attack on them..............in force................many of them might have succeeded in escaping to their freedom, they almost never tried to do any such thing.

Instead, they just basically lost their will................and allowed themselves to be marched to their deaths.

That's just one example, but I would imagine, it wouldn't be too hard to look up and find other examples of similar situations.

I think what you saw the other day was more and example of "human nature".....rather than "American nature".

I don't see how you make such a distinction that it is just us Americans who behaved in such a way.

Especially, with you having ties to Russia..........................don't you remember that "theater" in Russia, where the people in the theater were gassed to death. And even though the people holding them hostage , were just a few and far outnumbered................no one fought back.

From the account I read, there were 850 hostages.....................compared to only 33 terrorists.

They were only freed because of the Russian "special forces" , who stormed the building.

Even so, 129 people died.................all of whom, "could" have fought back......but "didn't".

I think what you are describing is the western world, especially Europe. Very few people nowadays would put their life on the line to save others.

I think you are wrong in that last statement.

9/11.....the plane....those people died to save others. All the rescue workers put their lives on the line.

The recent shooting.....the teacher

Recent floods.....rescue workers

I'm sure I could think of more if it weren't so darn early in the morning and the caffine has not kicked in as of yet.

We just don't hear enough about the heros as opposed to the villans in the news. Given the right circumstances, people do incredibly heroic things.

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

But you're from Texas so I understand.. Not exactly renowned for intelligence down there..

careful with that

The guy is nuts, Charles...I wouldn't listen to a word he says. I'm just glad my husband is nothing like that.

maybe cause he can't get a word in edgewise? *runs*

[Nagishkaw 510]

Well, I am organic.

lotsa organic found here too btw

What a beautifully scattered gem !

[homesick_american 1]

But you're from Texas so I understand.. Not exactly renowned for intelligence down there..

careful with that

The guy is nuts, Charles...I wouldn't listen to a word he says. I'm just glad my husband is nothing like that.

maybe cause he can't get a word in edgewise? *runs*

LOL, no...my husband (like me) is a card-carrying Mensan with strong Aspie traits! Yay geeks!

[Heracles 417]

The guy is nuts, Charles...I wouldn't listen to a word he says. I'm just glad my husband is nothing like that.

We cannot all be geniuses like yourself.

Enlighten me on your view of me..

Edited April 19, 2007 by Infidel

[homesick_american 1]

The guy is nuts, Charles...I wouldn't listen to a word he says. I'm just glad my husband is nothing like that.

We cannot all be geniuses like yourself.

Enlighten me on your view of me..

No thanks; it's a waste of my time. Have a nice life.