Jryan
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How exactly is a nation arrogant? Does the nation have it's own conscience?
Is Russia crude? Canada feckless? China all-too-serious?
How exactly is a nation arrogant? Does the nation have it's own conscience?
Is Russia crude? Canada feckless? China all-too-serious?
Woah, I didn't say they didn't matter... or at least I didn't mean to.
Since I'm not the only one who questioned the post I quoted, perhaps you'd be so good as to enlighten us on exactly what it meant.
I was saying that not everyone in the Nazi party were evil. I was then corrected (Someone said something about the people of Poland), with which I replied, "lol, who were mostly jews :Shrug". I was loling at myself for such an oversight. I'm not seeing how this could be implied that I think the Jewish people didn't matter...
You would be correct that not everyone in the NAZI party were evil. There were around 15 assassination attempts on Hitler's life by NAZIs. One of the prominent attempts is outlined in the movie, Valkyrie.
43 attempts, a lot of which were high ranking officers. (Sorry for the :nerd: I just watched a documentary on it)
Interesting. Then the end of Valkyrie that said there was around 15 attempts was incorrect. 43 attempts is an even better case. Thank you.
What an arrogant statement! Thanks for keeping us at the top of the list!
That is my theory on all of this. There will come a day when we wont be known as The Great America, land of the free, etc etc. We will still be a country, we just wont be a great country. We will be like England or France...
England isn't a great country? Stood on their own aginst the Axis in WW2 and actually stopped the Germans from launching operation sea lion! Havent been conquered for nearly 1000 years! Backed America up in the war on terror, these are just a few great things about England!...America is still a baby don't forget that!
Also who calls it the great America?
England isn't a great country? Stood on their own aginst the Axis in WW2 and actually stopped the Germans from launching operation sea lion! Havent been conquered for nearly 1000 years! Backed America up in the war on terror, these are just a few great things about England!...America is still a baby don't forget that!
Also who calls it the great America?
Just about anyone with a brain and a sense of perspective
anyone who was liberated from the German Death Camps
all the Chinese who were doomed to be Japanese slaves or genocide victims
South Korea
all the people who benefited from the BILLIONS we have spent on eradicating AIDS in sub-saharan Africa
Israel
etc
etc
etc
etc
Then seek humility. Be gone.Everyhing is relative. Compared with the US, North Korea is about twice as humble.:shock:
Everyhing is relative. Compared with the US, North Korea is about twice as humble.:shock:
And about four times as insane. Kim Jong Il's "Juche" system is responsible for the deaths of millions. Based on the actions of one dictator a plethora of people have died.
No. We are unique, and we are very patriotic, and more nationalist (in the good fashion, you silly Godwinist fools) than many states. It's not our fault many other countries have neither pride nor interest in their states like we do.
I have been lucky enough to have lived in many countries, the US is the 7th country and one thing seems consistent and that is that most countries are arrogant! Most countries are proud and stubborn and America is just the same way. Maybe the biggest difference between America and other countries I have visted is that many Americans remain a little naive about the rest of the world. In Europe its very common for young people to go on gap years and see a bit of the world and most people in Europe vacation in different countries etc, where as in the states it is still a minority of Americans who own a passport. Most Americans dont leave the country and therefore dont know anything else but America. They never get to see how amazing a high speed rail system is and how efficent it can be or how amazing the autoban is etc. Every countries people have their faults and I think this is Americas!
That's because there is NOTHING outside this country that I have any need to see. I see no point in high speed rail or the autoban. The things in Europe that would interest me haven't been used in 500+ years (I'm a medieval history affecianado). I can see them just as well in a photo or a book. I especially have no interest in putting money into an economy and society that I abhore on every possible level (socialism). So there's no reason for me to ever leave the USA.
yet you have never left this country so how would you know? Thank you for proving my point
p.s seeing stuff in a book is not the same thing.
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