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Billo_Really said:We always say were the best country on earth. I was thinking the other day just what makes us a great country. Is it our military strength? Our educational system? Our technology? The character of our citizens? Our Constitution? Our willingness to bear the burden as the worlds policeman in concert with the UN? Our willingness to aid country's that have suffered natural (or man-made) disasters? What do you think makes us a great nation?
Billo_Really said:We always say were the best country on earth. I was thinking the other day just what makes us a great country. Is it our military strength? Our educational system? Our technology? The character of our citizens? Our Constitution? Our willingness to bear the burden as the worlds policeman in concert with the UN? Our willingness to aid country's that have suffered natural (or man-made) disasters? What do you think makes us a great nation?
Plain old me said:Certianly from my point of view I would have to say that the system of government is a huge part of it...mainly because its a system that even democracies that have been around longer then the US has been a country (*cough*) still havn't come up with something nearly as awsome. The whole idea of checks and balances, seperation of powers, hell, the whole idea of a bill of rights in an actual physical constitution, all ideas that were created by the USA way ahead of its time.
TimmyBoy said:Damn, you bursted my bubble. And all this time I thought America was the oldest democracy. I know you are referring to the UK or Greece.
Billo_Really said:We always say were the best country on earth. I was thinking the other day just what makes us a great country. Is it our military strength? Our educational system? Our technology? The character of our citizens? Our Constitution? Our willingness to bear the burden as the worlds policeman in concert with the UN? Our willingness to aid country's that have suffered natural (or man-made) disasters? What do you think makes us a great nation?
I was just thinking about this today and just thought I would throw this out there. Have you heard of the expression, "Land of Opportunity?" Maybe that's what makes this country great. People come her from all over the world to start a new life for themselves. We have so many ways a person can make a living. Notice anyone that moves here tells us, "you don't know how good you got it here". Then I think about all the people that are homeless in this country or living life as a bum, I wonder if Sam Kinnison was right. In his last recorded appearence before he died, he said, "You could eat out of the garbage bins behind our restaurants better than you could in a third of the worlds' countries. If you can't make it here, where did you expect to go to make a life for yourself? If you can't do it here, where you have more opportunity than anywhere else, you're f_cked!"Originally Posted by kal-el:
I think it is our exceptional freedoms and of course, the technology we posess at our fingertips. France thinks that they are the beakon of freedom, but they be wrong. Actually, its the US that is the country of freedom. French national propaganda, propagated by the media, succeded in convincing the French population that their freedom is a matter of national pride, or part of their heritage. They are so proud of the idea they have of themselves, they fail to realize, freedom itself has almost eroded
Billo_Really said:I was just thinking about this today and just thought I would throw this out there. Have you heard of the expression, "Land of Opportunity?" Maybe that's what makes this country great. People come her from all over the world to start a new life for themselves. We have so many ways a person can make a living. Notice anyone that moves here tells us, "you don't know how good you got it here". Then I think about all the people that are homeless in this country or living life as a bum, I wonder if Sam Kinnison was right. In his last recorded appearence before he died, he said, "You could eat out of the garbage bins behind our restaurants better than you could in a third of the worlds' countries. If you can't make it here, where did you expect to go to make a life for yourself? If you can't do it here, where you have more opportunity than anywhere else, you're f_cked!"
So maybe the reason we are a great nation is the opportunity we offer for a person wanting a better life.
Just a thought.
Billo_Really said:We always say were the best country on earth. I was thinking the other day just what makes us a great country. Is it our military strength? Our educational system? Our technology? The character of our citizens? Our Constitution? Our willingness to bear the burden as the worlds policeman in concert with the UN? Our willingness to aid country's that have suffered natural (or man-made) disasters? What do you think makes us a great nation?
You can thank SKILMATIC for that one. He called me that on another thread that is now closed. I don't have a clue as to what it means. Probably just another mis-spelled word. Even so, I've become enamored with it. It is the kind of something where people read it and go, "...huh?"Originally Posted by kal-el:
Hey Billo, what's the deal with lying bogot? Anyway, you're right, as usual. When someone suggests a country of freedom to someone that's jealous, or less fortunate, they will quickly recite the downsides of America: it might be "too free", not safe enough, and that the US still empolys the death penalty, so does poverty, and other oversimplified things.
But the problem with freedom is, its all or nothing.
Billo_Really said:You can thank SKILMATIC for that one. He called me that on another thread that is now closed. I don't have a clue as to what it means. Probably just another mis-spelled word. Even so, I've become enamored with it. It is the kind of something where people read it and go, "...huh?"
Don't know what your talking about here. I didn't use it because I was angry.Originally Posted by SKILMATIC:
O c'mon billo you and I both know we were both joking around. I think you are more mad that it got closed from the sarcasm than me actually calling you that name.
I don't know about that. But I do like it for some odd reason. What that reason is, I'm still trying to figure that one out. Ain't no big thing.Originally Posted by SKILMATIC:
Btw, I think the name suits you for some odd reason.
Inuyasha said:"My dad can beat the sh¡t out of your dad."
kal-el said:What???????????
Inuyasha said:Think about it.
kal-el said:"My dad can beat the **** out of your dad"
What is that supposed to mean our military can despose of any other one? We are the world's superpower.
Inuyasha said:Wrong! Keep at it.
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