Really?
Apr 3rd 2012, 3:42 pm
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Ah...a movie grates you? Wow! Well, each to their own 
Anyhow, see, the good thing is that you have a choice, a. you decide what bothers you (which apparently is the USA, its citizens and all that comes with it.
b. You never have to go there! You do not have to listen to any of it, and you do not have to watch American movies!
Isn't it fabulous to have choices?
Anyhow, see, the good thing is that you have a choice, a. you decide what bothers you (which apparently is the USA, its citizens and all that comes with it.
b. You never have to go there! You do not have to listen to any of it, and you do not have to watch American movies!
Isn't it fabulous to have choices?
What grates me is hollywood ignores anything factually accurate in their war movies and the viewers in america all of a sudden think tom hanks and his mates liberated france...
Apr 3rd 2012, 4:04 pm
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Re: Really?
Yes, most of the main stream movies made in the U.S are nonsense, but
on balance we can say that America stands for and exercises a large number of hugely important principles, many of which support, uphold and encourage basic human rights. In many ways it is worthy of immense respect, though not, perhaps more than is the case for, say, Australia, Belgium or South Korea. Of course many of these countries would lie under the yoke of tyranny were it not for the efforts of the allies during the Second World War (and arguably the Korean War also), and naturally the United States was a mighty, central and essential player in this combined effort. Similarly, the (perhaps self-interested) efforts of America to prop up economically and philosophically the fledgling democracies and recovering nations of Europe and Asia saved the world from a new Dark Ages.
And of course, without America, Stalin may well have succeeded where Hitler failed.
on balance we can say that America stands for and exercises a large number of hugely important principles, many of which support, uphold and encourage basic human rights. In many ways it is worthy of immense respect, though not, perhaps more than is the case for, say, Australia, Belgium or South Korea. Of course many of these countries would lie under the yoke of tyranny were it not for the efforts of the allies during the Second World War (and arguably the Korean War also), and naturally the United States was a mighty, central and essential player in this combined effort. Similarly, the (perhaps self-interested) efforts of America to prop up economically and philosophically the fledgling democracies and recovering nations of Europe and Asia saved the world from a new Dark Ages.
And of course, without America, Stalin may well have succeeded where Hitler failed.
Apr 3rd 2012, 6:09 pm
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But hey, there are some strange people in this world....
Btw...have you ever watched a Bollywood movie? If not, best to keep it that way...you might go from grating to a fully fledged rage...:0
Apr 3rd 2012, 9:07 pm
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Oh really? You seem to know some rather strange people...I do not know anybody who thinks that actors in movies are even close to reality.
But hey, there are some strange people in this world....
Btw...have you ever watched a Bollywood movie? If not, best to keep it that way...you might go from grating to a fully fledged rage...:0
But hey, there are some strange people in this world....
Btw...have you ever watched a Bollywood movie? If not, best to keep it that way...you might go from grating to a fully fledged rage...:0
And if youre going to New York to see Spider man, forget it, I'll save you the trip-he doesn't exist in real life. Got fooled on that one too.
Apr 3rd 2012, 9:14 pm
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I have Alexa and it gave me a false impression of daily life in India because when I got off the plane in Delhi a few years ago I fully expected to see a scene like this one at the airport. Boy was I dissapointed.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hgelTJGNnDg&feature=related
And if youre going to New York to see Spider man, forget it, I'll save you the trip-he doesn't exist in real life. Got fooled on that one too.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hgelTJGNnDg&feature=related
And if youre going to New York to see Spider man, forget it, I'll save you the trip-he doesn't exist in real life. Got fooled on that one too.
Although I'm a little disappointed now.....Well, there is always the Big Apple, at least I can take a good bite out of that one .
Apr 3rd 2012, 9:21 pm
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Apr 3rd 2012, 9:32 pm
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Apr 3rd 2012, 9:41 pm
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Apr 4th 2012, 2:59 am
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One of my best friends is American, he hates it. But for good reason. I lived in the states, I hated it. But I was recently back, and it really struck me just how black and white it was. I think alot of the problems are Europeans looking to Americans and thinking they will be the same. Americans get pissed of abour lack of being upfront, we get intimidated by their frankness..They have, in a short a time as their country has been in existence, developed a culture and history. It might not be 5000 years old, but it's there. If I wanted to pick a city to go eat in, it would be New York. And the north west has figured out beer, and they do have some ****ing fantastic creative people making things now which are just awesome...like music, unlike the dead dude previously hinted at. I thank America for Jazz and Blues..google, nasa, carl sagan, bill hicks, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Doors, 1st gen ford mustangs, california, arnold schwarzenegger, naom chomsky, martin luther king jr., Mark Twain, tupperware, insinkirator, eddison, and probably alot of other things and people. Like everything in life, it's not a matter of black and white. I hate chavs, but I don't hate the country of my birth.
I am not into their political ideas however, and I am not into their idea of society..
I am not into their political ideas however, and I am not into their idea of society..
Apr 4th 2012, 4:40 am
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* and his family
Apr 4th 2012, 5:16 am
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They didn't like i.
I am all for american multiculturalism..this is what they have right. Diversity is only how you love america, at least for me. Hell..having recently road triped from NY to NC..I saw small hints at it.
Apr 4th 2012, 9:03 am
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Yes, most of the main stream movies made in the U.S are nonsense, but
on balance we can say that America stands for and exercises a large number of hugely important principles, many of which support, uphold and encourage basic human rights. In many ways it is worthy of immense respect, though not, perhaps more than is the case for, say, Australia, Belgium or South Korea. Of course many of these countries would lie under the yoke of tyranny were it not for the efforts of the allies during the Second World War (and arguably the Korean War also), and naturally the United States was a mighty, central and essential player in this combined effort. Similarly, the (perhaps self-interested) efforts of America to prop up economically and philosophically the fledgling democracies and recovering nations of Europe and Asia saved the world from a new Dark Ages.
And of course, without America, Stalin may well have succeeded where Hitler failed.
on balance we can say that America stands for and exercises a large number of hugely important principles, many of which support, uphold and encourage basic human rights. In many ways it is worthy of immense respect, though not, perhaps more than is the case for, say, Australia, Belgium or South Korea. Of course many of these countries would lie under the yoke of tyranny were it not for the efforts of the allies during the Second World War (and arguably the Korean War also), and naturally the United States was a mighty, central and essential player in this combined effort. Similarly, the (perhaps self-interested) efforts of America to prop up economically and philosophically the fledgling democracies and recovering nations of Europe and Asia saved the world from a new Dark Ages.
And of course, without America, Stalin may well have succeeded where Hitler failed.
1) Death Penalty
2) Any war it decides to enter. (Alone)
3) Guantanamo Bay
Apr 4th 2012, 9:18 am
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4) Free trade
5) One man one vote
6) The rights of sovereign states to conduct their affairs as they see fit
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Apr 4th 2012, 10:42 am
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Oh really? You seem to know some rather strange people...I do not know anybody who thinks that actors in movies are even close to reality.
But hey, there are some strange people in this world....
Btw...have you ever watched a Bollywood movie? If not, best to keep it that way...you might go from grating to a fully fledged rage...:0
But hey, there are some strange people in this world....
Btw...have you ever watched a Bollywood movie? If not, best to keep it that way...you might go from grating to a fully fledged rage...:0
