America is Pathetic.

Yarr · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: America is Pathetic.

Im not saying im "Proud" to be Canadian, or that Canadians are better. Canada has its own stupid problems.

I just cant believe some of the stupid things I see happen in the US. I think the thing that bugs me the most is how people sue for the most retarded reasons ever.
Ever since I got HD-TV I have been forced to watch Detroit and Washington stations. I get all american programing including comercials. Whats the difference?
Well american broadcasting consists of 1 advertisment every comcercial break to promote some lawyer who can help you make money. Dont forget how awesome daytime TV is and its 1 million adds for schools that can help you become a dental assistant! Yes even you!

So this morning I read this little prize right here.
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1002GossipyBlogger01-ON.html

Daedalan · Decent Challenge Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 457

"As of the 2000 census, the consolidated city-county (including all unincorporated areas in Clarke County except Winterville) had a total population of 100,266."

Its a pretty small city compared to most other cities, we have a housing development here in Orlando that has that many people living in it.

Small towns are usually close knit and gossip can usually be a big thing in a small town where everyone knows someone by last names, and no one lives very far.

Calling America pathetic because of one small town trying to sniff out a gossip monger is a little much. Entitled to your opinion, but I figured I'm entitled to share my own as well. Its easy to pick singular events, or groups of similiar events, and make generalization about an entire country. Especially when you have values which are inconstitent with that country's current political motiviations causing you to be prejudice.
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Yarr · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:16 am Post subject:

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you took the quebec thing out hahah!

Ok well. Heres one thing that bugs me.

I don't quite understand french canadians lol. Its 2006 and they're still trying to succed from the rest of canada. Here we don't have that issue. But why bother wasting tax dollars to seperate yourself from your own country? Wouldn't that be an economic disaster really?

I remember a while ago Quebec tried to make french the national languge. It didn't work. That fine and all, but then they've made montreal mostly french. The text books ( as i understand this) and even street signs all in french. While its cool to keep ones culture and at least maintain it, isn't it almost unconsitutional to try and force an entire country to speak and live the way they do? I wonder about that. Now i'm not pointing at yarr really cause he isn't french canadian lol. But its just one thing really that bugs me.

Ohh and you guys have a town called Dildo
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Eternus · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:40 am Post subject:

Why does Canadian currency have British monarchs on it? I was talking to a Canadian guy in the printing industry when I was in Munich, Germany about that and many other subjects. He thinks it is pretty lame that there is another nation's dead ruler on your currency. I know we have George Washington on our dollar, but he was a part of what started our country. The US was a former colony, but you don't see us paying homage to the Brits like Canada still does lol.

Quebec is weird because the rest of Canada speaks English (the majority at least). The fact they want to seperate due to a language barrier from the rest of the country is hilarious. Miami isn't trying to seceed from the US so it can have its own Spanish only speaking country for example.
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Iolanthe · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:23 am Post subject:

We have the queen on our money because we are still a part of the commonwealth. The commonwealth of nations is made of 53 sovereign states/nations, which used to be british colonies. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of commonwealth and the reason she appears on our money, pictures in the post office, on stamps, etc is purely symbolic.

French Canadians are crazy, ask anyone from Western Canada. The majority of Canada's population is in Quebec and Ontario, though, so they get a lot of sway when it comes to politics in this country. If Quebec, alone, voted for one particular political party or policy...All of the votes in BC, Alberta and Manitoba would not be able to counter it. How's that for a stupid political system?
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Eternus · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:36 am Post subject:

So you are saying the majority of Canada speaks French? If so, then you are kinda fucked in a sense if Canada was a direct democracy. I am pretty sure it isn't though. What does the commonwealth mean if it really is just a collection of former British colonies? If you are your own sovereign nation then why would you belong to some "commonwealth". I can understand the European Union for economic unity in a sense, but I have no clue what this commonwealth really means beyond being just symbolic. The US was a former colony, we decided a long time ago to do our own thing and look at the colonial days as a pretty shitty time in our history. Britian treated their colonies pretty shitty if you read the history, taxing someone and not letting them have representation in your government is bullshit in itself.
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Eternus · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:48 am Post subject:

Well not surprising as when I was in vacation in Europe the only country that I visited that had people consistently unwilling to speak English even if you asked them if they could was France. The Germans and Swiss people that I met said the majority of the French can speak English, but some of them choose not to out of pure pride and sometimes out of spite for people that speak another language. Some French people will pretend to not know how to speak English just to get you to go away if you ask them, well that is what I was told in Germany and Switzerland. Also in France you always have to ask people if they can speak English first in French for them to even talk to you it seems lol. They just ignore you if you come up to them speaking English from what I heard (I just said Parlevue English? spelling?). There seemed to be a lot more Germans and Swiss (of course the Swiss seem to speak every European language) that speak English.
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Ponuh · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:36 am Post subject:

Yarr, America is seriously fucked up and backwards. But not for the reasons you've listed.

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Parade · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

yarr, did you originaly see this article on azcentral.com? or did you just google it and find it there?
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Kotee · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

Well..when you get so far off the track from your God you use to love, things are bound to go wrong. Read Judges. At this point...we are just in damage control and w/o the Lord we will continue to fall. To quote Palahniuk "It's like trying to paint a house that is on fire."
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Yarr · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

Parade · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject:

ohh ok i was just curious to why you were on azcentral of all news sites.
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Yurichan · Even Match Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 624

America is dumb!

im moving to Madagascar!!!

HAVE AT YOU BITCHES@!@!@1
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Ponuh · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject:

Yarr, here is why America is pathetic. Read the following IM conversations.

As I'm sure you've heard, "Maf54" is the IM alias of Congressman Foley "XXXXX" is the 16 year old page. Fucked up.

Eternus · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

In America we have people in leadership positions who are child molesters. Surprise!
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Ponuh · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

No eternus, remember, they're alcoholics who become child molestors when they're drunk Rolling Eyes

Yarr · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

that IM conversation is really pathetic. I mean the 16 year old boy sounds like the adult in the conversation.
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I don't think pathetic is a correct label for the U.S. You can say whatever you wanna say, but the US is indeed one of the if not "the" most successful county today. Some categories we lack and in others we are more then perfect. Saying all of america is pathetic is kinda like saying all the islamist are crazy human bombs; it isnt true at all.

I have lots of negavite thoughts about this country, specially the government, but i have a lot more posite then negative. Don't even start me on how naive and inexperienced canada is with certain things they shouldn't be.
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Yarr · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject:

The United States is just a giant pile of hypocrisy. A nation of discovery and kiddy porn.
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