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Pantso:
LorKorub, you should also know that posting obscene or profane remarks in the forums constitutes a direct violation of the terms and conditions you agreed upon, when you joined. Not that you'd care. Just a friendly reminder.
[ February 04, 2003: Message edited by: Panos ]
emh:
I just want to say that, as an American (in the state of Missouri, to be exact), I am ashamed of LorKorub's posts in this thread. I don't think we should go to war with Iraq, and I find myself in agreement with a lot of the posts here.
I hope you guys understand that LorKorub is not representative of all of America. The majority of Americans can think rationally and don't mind a little bit of constructive criticism.
That being said, I move that this thread be locked.
xyle_one:
i want to apologize. not all americans are this arrogant & closed minded. though it does speak loudly for what most people in this country think. id say he is a perfect example of why the world hates us.
Siplus:
hey calum, i wear the same size shoe as u!
anyway....
do u think that US citizens really want the US to be policing the world? that we want to bomb other nations? i don't think bombing does anything except waste millions of our tax dollars for doing nothing more then makeing the rest of the world hate use even more. i also can't stand that we are giving so much money to countries that hate us (and countries that we hate)...
AND WILL SOMEONE PLZ tell me why u ppl think bush is sooo bad??
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by emh:
I just want to say that, as an American (in the state of Missouri, to be exact), I am ashamed of LorKorub's posts in this thread. I don't think we should go to war with Iraq, and I find myself in agreement with a lot of the posts here.
I hope you guys understand that LorKorub is not representative of all of America. The majority of Americans can think rationally and don't mind a little bit of constructive criticism.
That being said, I move that this thread be locked.
--- End quote ---
i would like to say that i fully acknowledge that lorkorub probably represents a minority of US citizens, however it only takes a handful of men to forge the foreign policy of a huge nation, what if they happen to fall into that bigoted minority too?
In the US you have a unique form of democracy, you vote on everything so that there are tons of public offices that nobody even gets nominated for. all you good hearted ones just need to get your twenty signatures and run for some office. after a while you'll all be moving up the ladder, or else you won't and there'll just be more and more of you until all the local offices are filled with open minded and fair individuals! why do you not take advantage of this opportunity?????
it annoys me that the US citizens, whatever they may think, allow this to happen. Your democratic system allows you to change the way your country is run so if you really do disagree with the way it is run then do something about it. That is really all. I observe that the US citizens have *not* done anything about it and i am left with no choice but to assume that they are happy with the way things are.
and my problem with bush is that he is firstly very stupid, and therefore is a puppet for those around him, and secondly he is selfish and singleminded. he could be spending all that war money on education, housing, health or the legal/penal system in the US (they are all on or over the brink of complete desolation from what i have heard from many US citizens, it's a big country though, so i suppose not everybody finds themselves at the sharp end) but instead he chooses to attack countries in the middle east for reasons of economy, trading and general oneupmanship (you know US planes were spotted flying over Afghanistan the night before the sept 11 disaster?) and that's my problem with bush. he's fractionally better than clinton and gore i suppose, but nader would have been a lot better, in my limited foreign opinion.
FYI by the way, the 'Mike Strikes Back' link in my signature leads to a page which lists updates on the state of the US which is frequently updated, so if you're interested, do visit it often. i have a feeling it's a more accurate state of the union roundup than some you may have heard recently.
[ February 05, 2003: Message edited by: Calum: Member # 81 ]
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