with all the arguing going on on this thread i think its time we put aside our differences as people and band together for the common good....here in america and over in England we as a collective whole have become apathetic to what goes on in other parts of the world...G8-"oh theyre gonna help people in Africa and make everything all better" is what i garner from the media...they care not about Africa or working class Americans or Britons...unless you are in the upper 1% youre nothing but cannon fodder for the "Bush /Blair super-hour of Power"(BTW...FORD has attached their name to the summit as official sponsors for the summit) I do remember when 9/11 happened all i could think was "everyones gonna send condolences and feel pity but this too shall pass and we in america have now caught up with the rest of the world and are no longer safe from terrorist attacks that happen abroad(read IRA, Hamas, Hezbollah et. al.) my condolences, thoughts and prayers are with England rightnow for what has happened but i dont think that this will coerce, cajole or otherwise force the collective of our two societies into putting aside differences to "join hands" and everything will be alright and world leaders will suddenly care about us and my English neighbors across the pond🙂
Originally posted by magic_hate_ball
with all the arguing going on on this thread i think its time we put aside our differences as people and band together for the common good....here in america and over in England we as a collective whole have become apathetic to what goes on in other parts of the world...G8-"oh theyre gonna help people in Africa and make everything all better" is what i garner from the media...they care not about Africa or working class Americans or Britons...unless you are in the upper 1% youre nothing but cannon fodder for the "Bush /Blair super-hour of Power"(BTW...FORD has attached their name to the summit as official sponsors for the summit) I do remember when 9/11 happened all i could think was "everyones gonna send condolences and feel pity but this too shall pass and we in america have now caught up with the rest of the world and are no longer safe from terrorist attacks that happen abroad(read IRA, Hamas, Hezbollah et. al.) my condolences, thoughts and prayers are with England rightnow for what has happened but i dont think that this will coerce, cajole or otherwise force the collective of our two societies into putting aside differences to "join hands" and everything will be alright and world leaders will suddenly care about us and my English neighbors across the pond🙂
I think as peoples your posts shows we already care about each other my friend😄
Originally posted by whirlysplat
I get sick of reading people slag off America on this forum. I am no George Bush fan but dammit, In England we share a set of values with many nations and we do have a "special" relationship with the US.
Yesterday I wondered if I had lost my brother, due to the events in London. I do not believe all Muslims are evil, I do not believe they should be persecuted. I do believe America is England's friend and I do believe that no global conspiracies caused the explosion yesterday outside of a mad group of fanatics wishing to attack the shared values of all decent people world wide. Do you believe the US and Britain are friends as I do?
I'm glad to know that the United Kingdom dissolved at the weekend and Wales,England,Scotland and NI are all separate countries.