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Originally posted by Massive Lee View PostWhat I like about America is what remains when East and West Coast, and the bible belt are nuked: what remains is the desert. Nothing. Space. Dirt. Grand Canyon. Indians. More dirt. No politics. No racism.
Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Holland are all great countries to live in. They have millenums old culture and history, they have great food (not that hamburgers and fries is bad, but perhaps a bit limited), they have nice cars (many won't make it here), and they have diversity of opinion. What's not too like?How many here, who say that the US is the best waffleswaffleswaffleswafflesry in the world, have ever travelled abroad, or lived in another country? How can they compare? Yes. Maybe it is the best one. But one must try other options befoe making such a claim.
I wonder how come social inequities, death penalties at nauseam, blatant racism, imperialist arrogance, omni present religious zealotism, weak economy, can still make it #1? The USA of the 1950s is long gone. The American Dream is over. It's been a nightmare still the Watergate. The loss of the innocence. You can't trust your governement. Too bad religious groups took advantage of the situation.
I want to live in Spain. Nice ladies. Easy living. Great weather. I am the Sexy Beast.
what makes this country great is that with all our problems, with all our prejucices, we still at the end of the day figure out how to come together and live with one another.“There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place”
Sir Winston Churchill
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I would like to add that you guys also had a NASCAR driver called "Dick Trickle".
Almost as good as a politician out here called Richard Face ("Former Minister for Gaming - The Honourable Dick Face")Pork Hunt Motorsport
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So, unless I suck up to all your patriotic bullshit, I am a hater. Wow. I hoped you guys had a higher IQ and perhaps a bit more education. How many of have travelled outside of your own state? Probably not all. So, how can everyone rate your country as being the numero uno?
There's a whole world outside that can perhaps change your vision of the environment you live in. Just like a dude who only went once in his life to a movie, and says it is the best movie ever. Another winner.
BTW Don't worry. I have crossed the US continent many times, by car and by bike. Maybe even before some of the members here were born. It is a beautifull country with great landscapes and great people. But I have also seen as much misery as perhaps in many third world countries. So yes. There are many wrong this going on.Brake harder. Go faster. No shit.
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Originally posted by Massive Lee View PostSo, unless I suck up to all your patriotic bullshit, I am a hater. Wow. I hoped you guys had a higher IQ and perhaps a bit more education. How many of have travelled outside of your own state? Probably not all. So, how can everyone rate your country as being the numero uno?
There's a whole world outside that can perhaps change your vision of the environment you live in. Just like a dude who only went once in his life to a movie, and says it is the best movie ever. Another winner.
BTW Don't worry. I have crossed the US continent many times, by car and by bike. Maybe even before some of the members here were born. It is a beautifull country with great landscapes and great people. But I have also seen as much misery as perhaps in many third world countries. So yes. There are many wrong this going on.
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Originally posted by Massive Lee View PostSo, unless I suck up to all your patriotic bullshit, I am a hater. Wow. I hoped you guys had a higher IQ and perhaps a bit more education. How many of have travelled outside of your own state? Probably not all. So, how can everyone rate your country as being the numero uno?
There's a whole world outside that can perhaps change your vision of the environment you live in. Just like a dude who only went once in his life to a movie, and says it is the best movie ever. Another winner.
BTW Don't worry. I have crossed the US continent many times, by car and by bike. Maybe even before some of the members here were born. It is a beautifull country with great landscapes and great people. But I have also seen as much misery as perhaps in many third world countries. So yes. There are many wrong this going on.
ps: as you can imagine i am an immigrant to this country and have lived (not just travelled) in every continent except S.America.
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Every country has problems, you'd be kidding yourself if you thought otherwise. But we, as America with our huge (and often sensationalist) media, seem to like to tell every one all about our problems. As such people seem to think things are so bad in America.
Oh and yes, I have spent time in every continent except Australia and Antarctica. I would like to go to at least one of those two at some point to round out my travels.
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Originally posted by Iain View PostEx-fucking-scuse me?
blanket statements FTL. which by the way Lee, you used as well.
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Originally posted by Iain View PostEx-fucking-scuse me?
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Originally posted by kishg View Postdude.. go look at the reports of racial violence against asians in australia. per capita, its much much worse than here. i'm not saying your a racist btw.
Good to see you've based your opinion on a bunch of reports that are - to put it delicately - highly questionable in their findings, have been ridiculed out here and proved to be as much fiction as fact. You ever lived out here?
We are not free of racism by ANY stretch of the imagination, but the general populous (which is what we're talking about in this thread) is accepting, tolerant and friendly to foreigners of all walks of life.
Australia was founded on criminal convicts and generally displaced people, not to mention all the refugees that have flooded (particularly after WW1, WW2 and Vietnam), so we have a hugely diverse cultural mix. This causes problems as some groups bring prejudice from back home to this new country (Serbians vs Croats, Indos vs Papuans, Indians vs Pakistanis vs Sri Lankans, Aboriginals vs everyone, etc)
It isn't perfect and I'm not claiming Australia is some idyllic paradise free of all worries - so to call us all racists and bigots off the back of one "report" is a little hasty wouldn't you say?
Sorry to get on my soapbox, but your post really offended me and bunched my panties so far up my arse the skidmark came out my nose.Pork Hunt Motorsport
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Originally posted by Iain View PostSorry to get on my soapbox, but your post really offended me and bunched my panties so far up my arse the skidmark came out my nose.
sorry. that was not the intended effect. i haven't lived in aussie but been there many many times and lived in PNG and went to school with plenty of aussies.
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Originally posted by kishg View Post
sorry. that was not the intended effect. i haven't lived in aussie but been there many many times and lived in PNG and went to school with plenty of aussies.
As a nation, we tend to call each other waffleswaffleswaffleswaffless say stuff like "oh look at that fucking fat bludger over there". We don't really mean it, we just like to practice aggressive tall poppy syndrome, where everyone is dragged down to the same level (Jack is as good as his master) - which probably stems from convict days.
I think some people see this and think we're a bunch of offensive, spite-filled, jelous and prejudiced yobs. Well, we ARE yobs, but yobs that like to take the piss out of each other at all times to maintain a level of equality.
Back on topic - I like America for giving the world Smokey Yunick.Pork Hunt Motorsport
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Originally posted by Iain View PostIt's ok. it wasn't like I was going to get Russell Crowe and Tugga around and then go hunt you down.
As a nation, we tend to call each other waffleswaffleswaffleswaffless say stuff like "oh look at that fucking fat bludger over there". We don't really mean it, we just like to practice aggressive tall poppy syndrome, where everyone is dragged down to the same level (Jack is as good as his master) - which probably stems from convict days.
I think some people see this and think we're a bunch of offensive, spite-filled, jelous and prejudiced yobs. Well, we ARE yobs, but yobs that like to take the piss out of each other at all times to maintain a level of equality.
Back on topic - I like America for giving the world Smokey Yunick.
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It may not be the best language...but...wtf is a "yob"? :weak:
Originally posted by daniel View Post274) sonic
They both pwn, actually. But this dude is awesome:
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