Why are Americans so Patriotic?
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It's because Americans are allowed to be patriotic. It's not compulsory like it is in certain, "Eastern" countries. And as for other western countries, after watching Greece, Italy, Spain, France in recent weeks and months, they don't seem to have much too feel patriotic about. Although admittedly, with the OWS crowd, I have never felt more disgust in America than I do now. Americans acting like a bunch of entitled, ignorant children who if they put as much effort into their belly-aching about fairness as working they would have everything they want.
Not disputing your argument (which I mostly agree with), but what exactly did England do to Argentina?Volf99 said:
Be among the first to recognise their sovereignty as a nation? Invest heavily in their economy when they most needed it? Lose to their football team due to an illegal handball (and constantly thereafter)? Or defend themselves in the Falkland Islands when the Argentines invaded?
The British Empire did not have a great Human Rights record, but I don't think Argentina is generally included on the list of abuses...
I don't know the name, but there was some book in the 1980's about two super computers, one in Russia and one in America. They were to protect their countries and ended up enslaving the population to do so. So...... I rather have people run governments, because at least their rule isn't forever, which I can't say the same about computers. Also I have some irrational fear that the computer might turn into the computer from the story, I have no mouth and I must scream.OhJohnNo said:
Generally most people like the country they live in and to some extent prefer it to the alternatives (otherwise why do they still live there?).
American culture tends to be relatively vocal about its opinions and emphasises having ones opinion heard.
2+2=4
American culture tends to be relatively vocal about its opinions and emphasises having ones opinion heard.
2+2=4
The issue with the Falkland Islands, England has no right being there anymore than they did being in Hong Kong.EvilPicnic said:
From my point of view, and as an American, I believe that it is because that we are such a young country. As a people, we are still full of ideals about how we're not going to take shit from anybody anymore. Essentially, we are the equivalent of the twelve year old who likes to bash people on X-Box Live because he thinks it makes him cool. We'll grow out of it in time.
Yeah, so I imagine we'd have to be veeeeeeeeeery specific and veeeeeeeeery careful when coding said computers. I'm still convinced it would work better than the current best (Democracy).Volf99 said:
Ask that to the people who live there.Volf99 said:
The islands were uninhabited when they were discovered, so it was fair game.
When soverignty came into dispute, they even let the islanders vote on who they wanted to be part of.
The British did many terrible things in their colonial days, but the Falklands was not one of them.
lol, yes we would have to be "veeeeeeeeeery specific and veeeeeeeeery careful" when build and coding the computer. Also it would be good if it didn't have absolute power and if we had a self destruct switch built in as well.OhJohnNo said:
But at the same time just about anyone can put anything on wikipedia so its authenticity is under constant scrutiny. That and the fact most people (employers) expect you to do your own work not take short cuts which is often what people are doing when using wikipedia. Also the college I graduated from considered it an ethics violation. Sources cited for wikipedia articles can work but not the condensed and sometimes flat out wrong interpretation people often see in wiki articles.Fagotto said:
Well yes... but if you include a self-destruct button, the laws of fiction dictate that the computer will render it useless and take over the world out of spite and disrespect for humans.Volf99 said:
True story.
Sorry, but its NOT the vocal minority. The vocal minority are actually the ones who are NOT patriotic.The Human Torch said:
Do any Americans still do that? I heard that was something that happened during the Vietnam war but I don't know if it was something that was continued.castlewise said:
Damn you are crafty.C2Ultima said:
Pretty much this. As an American i dont really like America, I feel the country is going in the wrong direction very quickly for numerous reasons. The freedoms we get are all well and good but they are rapidly vanishing with idiotic laws that just take away more and more of what made this a fairly decent country.The Human Torch said:
