those who already walk submissively will say there is no cause for alarm.
but submissiveness is not our heritage.
the first amendment was designed to allow rebellion to remain as our heritage.
Thanks for your thoughtful reply, which considerably illuminates your previous comment.
Is it not possible that people who complain about U.S. policies, and seek to change them, are showing greater love of country than those who simply wave the flag?
those who already walk submissively will say there is no cause for alarm.
but submissiveness is not our heritage.
the first amendment was designed to allow rebellion to remain as our heritage.
Anyone who does not wish to live here in the US can get the **** out!!
Well, thanks for this thoughtful comment. Bet you can't wait to tell the boys at the bar how you showed us.
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
You do not know what you are talking about and all of your name calling and/or four letter words will not change that.
What are you saying? That there is no connection between our military adventures abroad and our wasteful, materialistic standard of living? That every foreign involvement was altruistic? Do you have any idea how naive that is?
When I lived in California, I saw undocumented workers treated like crap, picking lettuce and broccoli. Then I went to the store and bought cheap lettuce and broccoli. Which part of that is hard for you to understand? Or do you see no connection?
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
Often I've heard expressed , that it is the US's moral obligation to help because of our countries wealth.
It's the U.S.'s obligation to help other countries because we've systematically raped other countries to fuel our absurd style of living.
I guess at this point, I wish the US would become isolationist. I would like our government to deport all of the illegal aliens; they come over our borders by the millions, living off of the workers of this country,
You idiot. We live off them. Our food system, for example, depends on cheap labor by undocumented workers. All of our goods and our cheap oil depend on systematic oppression of weaker countries.
Simon, I gotta say, I'm really wishing I could use a certain 4 letter word for copulation right now...
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,841083,00.html
A must read interview of one of the greatest living Americans - Michael Moore. Notice the interview is in a British paper.
Edited by - og on 20 November 2002 17:18:9
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
U.S. Capitalists were also selling whatever they could to Hitler...
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
"Patriotism is a childhood disease of nations, like measles." - Einstein (paraphrased)
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
I have to say, world events lately make me ashamed... not of being an American, but of the things that are being done in my name, and also of our greed, intolerance and stupidity. I think the reason so many of the world's people hate us is that we do hateful things.
We sponsor slave labor so that we can have cheap tennis shoes. We go to war with Iraq so that we can drive SUVs. We assassinate enlightened S. American rulers so that we can have cheap fruit. And the list goes on...
thanks, americans, that really nice of you.
englishman.. this statement lead me to thinking something.
i am not posting this to argue, cause a flame war, or the like.
Americans are pretty awful, and as a country we do awful things.
And, of course, we continually and flagrantly use a certain single syllable word for copulation that really gets the Brits' knickers in a twist.
Clearly, there is no place for us in a polite society of nations.
i haven't written in a long time...and i guess there's no excuse...being too busy should never be an excuse for not keeping up with your family; and that's what you guys are...one big family.
you're the only ones who really, truely understand.
at first i didn't want to write what i'm going through in here...i was embarrassed.
"How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously" by Gerrold Mundis is a pretty good book about debt and getting out of it.
