12-12-2003, 06:20 PM | #21 | ||
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I'm not generalizing - I've experienced it as I have said. I would like to know how many people on this board who bithc and moan about the US and about our patriotism have actually been here.
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12-12-2003, 06:28 PM | #22 | |
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And that's basically my opinion on patriotism
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And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 12-12-2003 at 06:30 PM. |
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12-12-2003, 06:47 PM | #23 | |
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12-12-2003, 06:59 PM | #24 | |
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Some countries/cultures are richer/fuller in history/accomplishments than other countries/cultures. Sometimes this is known sometimes it is not. (by this I mean that people today are aware of past history/accomplishments. For example: Atlantis: we really know very little about Atlantis (if it exists) but it could have been a very rich culture with many accomplishments) Somethings in other countries are better than the US some are not. Two examples that I am familiar with: I think mass transit (buses & Trains primarily) in Greece is better than the US. (From the perspective of one traveling from town to town without a car.) I think the US road system is much better than Greece. The roads in the US are generally wider with more lanes than the roads in Greece. I think that there are things that can be learned from different cultures/countries to the benefit of all. It just requires an open mind and a willingness to exchange ideas.
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12-12-2003, 07:18 PM | #26 | |
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12-12-2003, 08:58 PM | #27 | |
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12-12-2003, 09:53 PM | #28 | |
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12-12-2003, 09:58 PM | #29 | |
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I'd happily wear an American shirt with the American flag in Europe.
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12-12-2003, 10:30 PM | #31 | |
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Oh and who was wearing sweaters - your freinds or Arizonians? Because if it was Arizonians - that's becuase for them it is cold. In Southern California - it gets to 60 degrees and they start pulling out jackets.
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12-13-2003, 12:29 AM | #32 | |
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12-13-2003, 12:33 AM | #33 | |
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my texan realtives were like that this past summer. They came up to see my mom's uncle who recently died of cancer and were freezing when we all thought it was hot.
anywho, we have gone of topic
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12-14-2003, 06:30 AM | #36 | |
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Or the Poles, Ukranians, Latvians, Estonians, what they think about Russian patriotism. Or the Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesians, what they think about Japanese patriotism.
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12-18-2003, 12:24 PM | #37 | ||
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I do not know the feelings of all Europeans, so I cannot say that we Europeans are jealous on the US. They may be, and they may not be.
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12-18-2003, 03:24 PM | #38 | ||
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By the way - I live in a small state too - only 7,836 square miles.
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12-18-2003, 04:43 PM | #39 | |
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Hey, we have been a true superpower! Ask a monk on the coast of Britain 1200 years ago, and you'll see.
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