Re: Americans who think America sucks.
Originally posted by Norma Jean
You suck. We are a land of freedom, where people come from lands of dictatorship to be in a country of liberty.
That's why so many Europeans migrate here back in the 1900's.
Originally posted by Norma Jean
If your American, you should love your country, regardless if we have a crappy president.
Let's see you don't like the president but you should love the country. Isn't that some other way of declaring yourself as a nationalist?
Originally posted by Norma Jean
America has done awful things and still does, but other countries have done worse things.
Err....America has done some bad things...but other countries have done worse....Wouldn't it be better to say humanity has done a lot of bad things?
Originally posted by Norma Jean
If you're truly American, you'll love your country for being your country
Huh?! You said we have a crappy president and that president promotes patriotism....but you said he is a crappy president.....but now you're saying to love the country which is very patriotic..... I'm confused!
Originally posted by Norma Jean
President Bush is a douche, but don't let that stop you from loving the free country you were born in.
Ignore the President he is too patriotic......but still love your country....also very patriotic.
Members of the European Union:
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
The Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Yes although they are part of the european union, I still stand by the fact that the UK is made up of Islands and that europe is a continent.
You will note Switzerland is not in that list.
You might also note that frigging Israel is in the Euro-broadcasting zone.
Until the EU becomes a State, these things come down to mere definition, of widely varying criteria.
Geographically, UK is part of the continent 'Europe' in the same way Cuba is in the Americas. But normally when we refer to Europe in a political sense, we mean the mainland "or 'the Continent', as people tend to say here... as if the whole world consists of a. the UK and b Europe.)
Maybe its the not-really-being-a-part-of-the-landmass thing in our case,
(Except for our links via the Channel tunnel...) a lot of us always been proud to of this, I guess.... Which is why I respect Ireland's wish to be a seperate republic also. But then you have Scotland and Wales who are connected to us, and while parts of the UK they will always be respected by me as their own countries firstly and foremost.. Maybe the issue of our disconnectivity its because of our historical track record with a fair few European countries then...? I do find it interesting...