He's got a point there!!
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| Poll: Overall, how do you feel about the United States of America? (multiple posts allowed) This poll is closed. |
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| I think the US is the greatest country in the world. | 4 | 7.41% | |
| I like the USA, but I think it's politicians are destroying it. | 16 | 29.63% | |
| I don't really care about the USA. It's just another country to me. | 6 | 11.11% | |
| I'm not a big fan of the USA because of their foreign policies. | 4 | 7.41% | |
| I think the USA is full of ignorant people. | 11 | 20.37% | |
| I think most Americans are douche bags and I have great distain for the USA. | 3 | 5.56% | |
| I truly hate the USA! | 0 | 0% | |
| Other ... let me tell you how I really feel. | 10 | 18.52% | |
| Total | 54 vote(s) | 100% | |
| * You voted for this item. | [Show Results] |
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Just Be Honest
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LastPoet
 Leader of the gang of jerkoffs(tm)  Religious Views: L'Uomo verrà portato dalla sua creazione RE: Just Be Honest
January 23, 2012 at 7:25 am
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2012 at 7:29 am by LastPoet.)
People may like their homeland, and I have no bone to pick at that, but the thing I despise next to religion is nationalism. It is silly, short-sighted and the ultimate proof of ignorance. The sheer pride given to the fact that they 'worship' a patch of land arbitrarily chosen by men long dead in unclear and bloody ways, the whole arrogant demeanor of boasting to others that they are somehow 'better' makes me sick. There is no nation on Earth that hasn't born and thrived on the fall of other nations or people, its like the fat western man mocking the poor on africa because they should've be working for their food. If you look at Earth from space you see no borders, no countries.
Carl Sagan's Pale blue dot Wrote:Think, of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot, think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel, on the scarcingly distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds... 
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What He Said "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
 (January 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm)paintpooper Wrote:(January 20, 2012 at 6:36 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Voted #6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0mcae_3...ature=plcp 
Other.
I feel sorry for the people who are'nt insane.
"We came from the sea originally, now we're going back in it. Don't go in it, unless you're in a boat."
I love my liberties, and I love our constitution. I try not to let people or politicians dictate my opinion of my country. We have the ability to be great, and sometimes we fail, but there will always be hope as long as we stay true to the constitution and the liberties which we possess.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
I concur with what LastPoet said. What's the borders, anyway? No one owns the land - only that we walk on the land and we live on that land just like the species of Earth's life diversity. Today, we really don't need the concept of borders to "divide" the humanity. The delusional beliefs like religion, border and economy are detaining our progress of humanity.
I voted for #2 and #5. I believe that the country is filled with idiots who keep voting stupid politicians who have nothing but their own self interests in mind when they propose or vote on legislation.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
 (January 23, 2012 at 7:25 am)LastPoet Wrote: People may like their homeland, and I have no bone to pick at that, but the thing I despise next to religion is nationalism. It is silly, short-sighted and the ultimate proof of ignorance. The sheer pride given to the fact that they 'worship' a patch of land arbitrarily chosen by men long dead in unclear and bloody ways, the whole arrogant demeanor of boasting to others that they are somehow 'better' makes me sick. There is no nation on Earth that hasn't born and thrived on the fall of other nations or people, its like the fat western man mocking the poor on africa because they should've be working for their food. If you look at Earth from space you see no borders, no countries.Do you look at earth from space by way of an American satellite? I would think that if it is the "ultimate in ignorance," nationalism would rank lower than religion. I remember thinking of ultimates in ignorance when I decided to take a stroll to Florida without considering being an obvious Yankee in Dixie. I also remember defending against one misguided attack; thinking how this looks like another... Because it ain't the philosophy section, rather politics; the poll references America, the thread asking "just be honest." Honestly it reads from here that your post references the middle east; and that's identity in a religious context. I consider that having nationalism as a core platform in the agenda does not make one wise; yet to not consider - and occasionally emphasize - that all these words are tapped out by the fingers of a fifth-generation Irish-American prick of a mic is to ignore the canvas on which these words are painted. And then illustrations like this can occur: Quote:the whole arrogant demeanor of boasting to others that they are somehow 'better' makes me sick... Quote:If you look at Earth from space Neither better nor above it all; a mic in the desert is in the thick of it. ![[Image: twQdxWW.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i.imgur.com%2FtwQdxWW.jpg)
Interesting. Going by the poll ...
It would appear that Americans are as equally critical of the US as our foreign neighbors - if not more - so at least on this forum. Perhaps something to consider the next time someone spews out some hateful shit about "blood-thirsty" Americans. just a thought. ![[Image: Evolution.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk619%2Fjcincain%2FPublic%2FEvolution.png) |
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