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Post by blake on Jun 6, 2007 15:37:50 GMT
EVERYBODY generalises.
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Post by resurrectart on Jun 6, 2007 15:38:59 GMT
To an extent, yes, but I am guessing you are being a smarty pants.
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Post by blake on Jun 6, 2007 15:42:03 GMT
To an extent, yes, but I am guessing you are being a smarty pants. correct!
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Post by lltoastll on Jun 6, 2007 15:42:17 GMT
BUT YOU GUYS VOTED FOR HIM NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! The man who makes generalizations!
i mean if it was a mistake the first time, i'd let it go, but twice that's just plain ridiculous. And it was 72% for the iraq war, when iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Talk about a big generalization there. FAIL.
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Post by resurrectart on Jun 6, 2007 15:45:46 GMT
I didn't vote for him. No one I know personally did. The first time may very well have been mistakenly counted, and neither time did he win by much.
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Post by resurrectart on Jun 6, 2007 15:52:47 GMT
I can't speak for the deep south. It is sometimes scary down there. /end generalizing
Actually, if you go to the right places, the south can be very pretty and a nice place to be. I think all the crazies move specifically to the backwoods.
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Post by stentorsrevenge on Jun 6, 2007 15:55:35 GMT
I can't speak for the deep south. It is sometimes scary down there. Yeah, it is. Southern Pennsylvania is scary enough. I live on the Mason-Dixon line. I feel very alone here. However, I know America is a great country considering its freedom. I hate Bush, but I deal with him and do what I can. With our House of Representatives leaning towards the left side now, I hope the intelligent people can counter the stupid actions of our presidential "leader." Oh, and it is very beautiful here. I love where I live. I just wish there were more liberals here to enjoy it with me.
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Post by lltoastll on Jun 6, 2007 15:58:10 GMT
I can't believe the KKK still exists in Charleston!
not all of America is scary, I suppose, the bay (yay) area is gorgeous.
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Post by resurrectart on Jun 6, 2007 16:00:57 GMT
Yea, well Nazis still exist here and in other countries as well. There will always be self riotous bastards.
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Post by mimicry on Jun 6, 2007 16:15:23 GMT
BUT YOU GUYS VOTED FOR HIM NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! The man who makes generalizations! i mean if it was a mistake the first time, i'd let it go, but twice that's just plain ridiculous. And it was 72% for the iraq war, when iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Talk about a big generalization there. FAIL. The "second" time was the "first" time. In the 2000 election, the Supreme Court stopped the recount in Florida, which resulted in Gore conceding. That is not how elections work; he was not elected president. In the 2004 election, Bush won by 1% when Kerry decided not to contest the results in Ohio even though they hadn't counted many Ohio ballots. Those aren't exactly decisive victories there.
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Post by admin on Jun 6, 2007 17:26:46 GMT
true you have people like Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky put along side people like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, and I'm pretty sure the general population knows more about the latter two females as opposed to the former which makes the world quite a bleak place. But it's true of the vast majority of Western countries that the general population are more interested in the day to day life of celebrities than they are academics or politicians; that's not to say that I agree with it, but not everyone is going to be interested in the same things that I am. America is an easy target; the whole 'George Bush is a knob' schtick has become cliche now (although I'd contest the fact that George Bush is stupid; he was clever enough to become President, and - as such - one of the most influential men in the world; I don't think he should be made into some comedic bumbling fool; he's a genuinely frightening man with dubious morals, and it's going to take more than a few whacky, whacky sketches to make people do something about it). Cheerio, Michael. xxx
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Post by Manly name. on Jun 6, 2007 17:31:17 GMT
D'you reckon stupidity would be smart enough to recognise nationality?
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Post by oldgregg on Jun 6, 2007 18:35:50 GMT
I can't believe the KKK still exists in Charleston! I can. But as GypsyQueen said there will always be scary people in every country, it just seems that either there are more in America (sorry, nice American people I don't mean to generalise) or they get more publicity. There are people like the BNP and a lot worse in the UK but we don't have a reputation for having nutters as much as America. The country itself really fascinates me - it's like its own continent, the variety of views and ways of life there are over there.
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Post by Lauren on Jun 6, 2007 19:30:46 GMT
Scarily enough, the KKK still exists in a town really close by where I live. Which is not in the South and is a very diverse place.
I've only been to the deep south once. We didn't gel very well, since all I saw down there was fried chicken, gun stores, "Have you hugged jesus today?" billboards, and country music.
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Post by Xteenuh on Jun 6, 2007 22:21:05 GMT
yea but the sad thing is, people know how Britney Spears' vagina looks like but they don't know what Australia looks like, it certainly is not Iran. LOLZ. My father reminds me everyday that there is no shortage of idiots in the world. He doesn't need to though. I see it with my own two eyes. Not just America but everywhere. We live in Idiot Lands on Idiot Planet!!! And oldgregg, I never posted in this thread til now... lolz avatar confusion!!! But I'm keeping mine. Because changed it first, I did.
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Post by thornyking on Jun 6, 2007 22:53:07 GMT
When I was in middle school I used fake tanning some months. It was more giving in because I was picked on tons for my glowing skin, but now I embrace it yee. Still frightening.
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Post by obeseguy on Jun 6, 2007 23:09:26 GMT
Stupid people are everywhere. Just in America they feel the need to film themselves. That's all.
Jx
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Post by fabbit on Jun 7, 2007 19:32:40 GMT
No one can resist the lure of the television set!
Eh, they have KKK around here too. It's really kind of odd. It ran into a meeting once, near the canals, it's such a beautiful area, makes me sad. But I guess they do have the right to assemble, too?
I think most people voted for Bush in '04 because of how he handled 9/11. In a way, it's a good thing he won, not that I agree with anything he does, or like him in any form. Kerry plain and simply wouldn't have made a good president. Also, Kerry's candidate for VP was for getting rid of the agency my dad works for. My dad losing his job would mean a bit more money, but also living in Minnesota. My parents did end up voting for Kerry, but (and I know this is kind of selfish) to me, Kerry as president, means a whole different life for me. Can I just say Obama for '08?
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Post by cheshire on Jun 7, 2007 19:53:05 GMT
I think with the state of the country today, a man named Obama will never be president, no matter his heritage. He could have 110% of the votes, but a darker-skinned person named obama will never be president.
It's just the way the country works. Depressing but true.
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Post by fabbit on Jun 7, 2007 19:58:39 GMT
Hm, and why is that? He doesn't need 110% of the votes to be president, hell, he doesn't even need 50%.
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