The Shame of Being an American

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reborncareerist wrote:

I couldn't get past the first sentence about the ethnic cleansing. Sorry. I don't take kindly to people insulting my intelligence. "Ethnic cleansing" has a pretty specific meaning, and Lebanon ain't it, although what has happened there is arguably just as horrible.

I read the whole thing, but that first mention of "ethnic cleansing" reminded me again why dannyboy's posts are largely ignored around here. There's the truth, and then there's this stuff. One's here <--- , and the other's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over there.

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onelongsong

WHAT A CROCK.
are germans responsable for the things hitler did? are all germans heartless killers? does a nation suffer for the actions of a few?
i'm proud to be american for many reasons. i don't hold others responsable for the actions of a few. look at the inquisition. what race or nationality is responsable for that? if all are to blame for the actions of a few then the whole world be damned. if you think your country is not involved; look to your roots. where did you come from?
these bash america threads are getting old. americans are europeans; russians; asians; and some of everyone else. no matter where you live; bashing americans also means bashing your own people. americans are not a seperate race or nationality. it's the place where a lot of the world moved to.
when it comes down to it; bashing americans is bashing the native american indians because those are the only americans.

rebornFixer

onelongsong wrote:

bashing americans is bashing the native american indians because those are the only americans.

And even they're Asians if you trace it back far enough.

onelongsong

reborncareerist wrote:

And even they're Asians if you trace it back far enough.

as a good number of canadians are americans.

danmac

world wrote:

please, no more copy/paste articles

This isnt your blog, its a message board.

It's a written report by a former senior member of a Republican Administration. Not by me. So;

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Pronunciation: 'me-sij
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Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere
1 : a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals
2 : a messenger's mission
3 : an underlying theme or idea


This is a message board, and i posted an article which was a communication in writing, which also had an underlying theme or idea.

Next?

danmac

onelongsong wrote:

WHAT A CROCK.
are germans responsable for the things hitler did? are all germans heartless killers? does a nation suffer for the actions of a few?
i'm proud to be american for many reasons. i don't hold others responsable for the actions of a few. look at the inquisition. what race or nationality is responsable for that? if all are to blame for the actions of a few then the whole world be damned. if you think your country is not involved; look to your roots. where did you come from?
these bash america threads are getting old. americans are europeans; russians; asians; and some of everyone else. no matter where you live; bashing americans also means bashing your own people. americans are not a seperate race or nationality. it's the place where a lot of the world moved to.
when it comes down to it; bashing americans is bashing the native american indians because those are the only americans.

Wow, that has to be the least lucid, coherent, or intelligent post I have ever read.

Well done. Keep up the good work.

American are not a separate race or nationality? Mmmmm....ok.

know1

So ALL Americans only know things based upon what the US Media reports? Think about that one for a second before it hits you how absurd that is.

thankyougrandma

onelongsong wrote:

as a good number of canadians are americans.

loyalist, not americans, they escape to Canada cause they didn't want to be americans... but we ARE americans, just not Americans... hehe...

polaris

reborncareerist wrote:

I couldn't get past the first sentence about the ethnic cleansing. Sorry. I don't take kindly to people insulting my intelligence. "Ethnic cleansing" has a pretty specific meaning, and Lebanon ain't it, although what has happened there is arguably just as horrible.

i believe what is going on in lebanon is an act of genocide ... anytime you target infrastructure and commit acts that contravene human rights codes - you have gone far beyond the context of "defending itself" ...

medical supplies, nor food nor water can be transported ... so, not only are we having a civilian massacre - we are also having the ramifications of not having the means to help innocent people ... imagine katrina and then having no roads or access to those people ... this is what is happening ...

the acceptance of this mass murdering is appalling - i guess it's convenient for many to have a group like hezbollah to blame for all this ... similarily to 9-11 ... all you need is a little trigger and people lose all concepts of compassion ...

kdpjam

i'm not ashamed to be an american. i do not like war. it would just seem that the u.s. is damned if not involved, damned if involved. the hezbollah and all the other "swelling" terrorists have got to be stopped and i think they are a real threat. who else is going to help stop terrorists? who else has a plan? shit rolls down hill.

i agree with what my dad used to say to me: if you don't like living in the u.s., and think this country is shitty, go to another country and tell me how you like how things are there.