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SpecificsSpecifics Posts: 417
edited January 2007 in A Moving Train
I dont know if many americans have the intelligence to recognise the subtle moral of the film "American Psycho", reading most on this board i'd have to say they dont. But the message really comes to mind just lately, maybe it should have done earlier, its nice when a film or a song can help you to clarify what your feeling about something, I think.

Anyway if you spotted the moral in the film you might understand my point.

38 States in America still have the death sentence, and i read so much "they're Muslims/Arabs wot do u expect maaan!!"

Much of Saddam Husseins' "crimes" recieved very little worldwide condemnation, and none from America untill it was convenient for there to be some many years afterwards.

Maybe i'm just falling into the trap of "America hating" like 90% of the rest of the World but couldnt the USA help the World a lot more by looking at themselves a little instead of spending they're whole time criticizing the rest of the World.

Still its easier to criticize.

Thank Goaaad for America
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    If you reverse America, you get Acirema, then if you replace the C with SS, remove ire, add an n to the end and change man to hole, you get Asshole.

    Coincidence? I think not.
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    It's funny how when you create a new country that's made up of people from many different other countries, you end up with a country full of the world's dumbest people.
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  • SpecificsSpecifics Posts: 417
    Ahnimus wrote:
    If you reverse America, you get Acirema, then if you replace the C with SS, remove ire, add an n to the end and change man to hole, you get Asshole.

    Coincidence? I think not.

    Tell me you didnt just make that up, thats a bit genius.

    Im still laughing.

    And still.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Specifics wrote:
    Tell me you didnt just make that up, thats a bit genius.

    Im still laughing.

    And still.

    I did actually. lol.

    I'm glad you liked it. :)
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • SpecificsSpecifics Posts: 417
    Ahnimus wrote:
    I did actually. lol.

    I'm glad you liked it. :)

    I fucking loved it. Im still laughing.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    America is the best country in the world.
  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    jlew24asu wrote:
    America is the best country in the world.

    Agreed.

    American Psycho sucked and Christian Baile is a flamer.
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  • Smellyman2Smellyman2 Posts: 689
    You do realize most Americans are against the Iraq war? Of course you do. You are intelligent.
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    Agreed.

    American Psycho sucked and Christian Baile is a flamer.

    Blasphemy

    by the way, America is the world.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Specifics wrote:
    I dont know if many americans have the intelligence to recognise the subtle moral of the film "American Psycho", reading most on this board i'd have to say they dont. But the message really comes to mind just lately, maybe it should have done earlier, its nice when a film or a song can help you to clarify what your feeling about something, I think.

    Anyway if you spotted the moral in the film you might understand my point.

    38 States in America still have the death sentence, and i read so much "they're Muslims/Arabs wot do u expect maaan!!"

    Much of Saddam Husseins' "crimes" recieved very little worldwide condemnation, and none from America untill it was convenient for there to be some many years afterwards.

    Maybe i'm just falling into the trap of "America hating" like 90% of the rest of the World but couldnt the USA help the World a lot more by looking at themselves a little instead of spending they're whole time criticizing the rest of the World.

    Still its easier to criticize.

    Thank Goaaad for America

    if you were so intelligent yourself perhaps you'd be aware that american psycho was a novel long before it was a movie and perhaps you'd try reading instead of soaking in the mindless medium of hollywood movies.

    though it is true america didnt give a shit what saddam did to the iraqis until they needed a smokescreen for the fact that they had no clue where osama bin laden was hiding and decided saddam would make a decent alternative scapegoat.

    dont listen to jlew and corporatewhore, they're not the american majority. they're from that small but rabidly vocal part of america that thinks there's nothing unusual about marrying your sister.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    Watching foreigners with country envy is never a pretty thing. What a stupid thread.
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    the novels a classic, the best eastin ellis has ever churned out. I always saw the book reflecting on consumerism juxterposed with how life is an ethemeral trip,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hence materialistic murdering bastard.

    whatever, it was fuckin hilarious. the film had a good stab at it I must add.
  • The IllinoisemakersThe Illinoisemakers Posts: 461
    Specifics wrote:
    I dont know if many americans have the intelligence to recognise the subtle moral of the film "American Psycho", reading most on this board i'd have to say they dont. But the message really comes to mind just lately, maybe it should have done earlier, its nice when a film or a song can help you to clarify what your feeling about something, I think.

    Anyway if you spotted the moral in the film you might understand my point.

    38 States in America still have the death sentence, and i read so much "they're Muslims/Arabs wot do u expect maaan!!"

    Much of Saddam Husseins' "crimes" recieved very little worldwide condemnation, and none from America untill it was convenient for there to be some many years afterwards.

    Maybe i'm just falling into the trap of "America hating" like 90% of the rest of the World but couldnt the USA help the World a lot more by looking at themselves a little instead of spending they're whole time criticizing the rest of the World.

    Still its easier to criticize.

    Thank Goaaad for America

    What the hell are you talking about? American Psycho and the US's foreign policy? I'm not seeing the connection. Maybe if the rest of the world would standup for itself and deal with some of their own garbage we wouldn't have to.
  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    soulsinging wrote:
    dont listen to jlew and corporatewhore, they're not the american majority. they're from that small but rabidly vocal part of america that thinks there's nothing unusual about marrying your sister.


    Hahahaha

    So pride in my country means I am a dumb hick?

    Bet I'm smarter than you.

    IQs notwithstanding, just because someone is dumber than you does not mean their ability to make moral judgments is any less developed. This is the mistake that liberals make and why rural people hate them: they fail to identify with mainstream america. Instead, they make fun of the working man and his way of life by saying that he "marries his sister." Come now.

    I love my country and it is indeed better than yours, soulsinging. I hope to God you aren't American. If you are, why not get the fuck out?
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    Hahahaha

    So pride in my country means I am a dumb hick?

    Bet I'm smarter than you.

    IQs notwithstanding, just because someone is dumber than you does not mean their ability to make moral judgments is any less developed. This is the mistake that liberals make and why rural people hate them: they fail to identify with mainstream america. Instead, they make fun of the working man and his way of life by saying that he "marries his sister." Come now.

    I love my country and it is indeed better than yours, soulsinging. I hope to God you aren't American. If you are, why not get the fuck out?

    me get out? why dont you go to iran where they enforce the majority morality with beheadings? that seems to be your cup of tea. im here to stay and will even be running for office one day. somebody's got to try to right this sinking ship.

    i know im smarter than you and if you put so much stock in the numbers im happy to compare.

    im not saying people dumber than me cannot make moral judgments. im saying blind patriotism is dumb and dangerous. blind anything is dumb and dangerous. i have equal loathing for left-wing conspiracy theorists and right-wing misty-eyed patriots. arrogant atheists and fundamentalist religious nuts. this country isn't missing values or vision or unity. it's missing a little fucking common sense.
  • brokemyfallbrokemyfall Posts: 10
    I'd like to think of myself as pretty patriotic but that really doesn't make me smarter than one or the other. Our country is in some hot water people and it's idiots that think they are bigger richer smarter and more patriotic than someone else. Those are the ideas that start WARS. Religion is the biggest idea that has us all screwed up. Believe in the bigger picture and you will get it. NOT God, BUDDA, ALLUHA, or whatever. How about the idea that there is something bigger than anything you could ever put a face too. WE are but a spec on the the idea of the universe. When we are world of only 10,000 left and people are then struggling with the idea that we have consumed everything on earth. That is when people will have no other chose but to get along. Earth is dieing and we are all retards because we keep pointing the finger. WOW. sorry about that i was consumed by uhmmm auuuuh. Where am I what post is this. My bad
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  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    soulsinging wrote:
    me get out? why dont you go to iran where they enforce the majority morality with beheadings? that seems to be your cup of tea. im here to stay and will even be running for office one day. somebody's got to try to right this sinking ship.

    i know im smarter than you and if you put so much stock in the numbers im happy to compare.

    im not saying people dumber than me cannot make moral judgments. im saying blind patriotism is dumb and dangerous. blind anything is dumb and dangerous. i have equal loathing for left-wing conspiracy theorists and right-wing misty-eyed patriots. arrogant atheists and fundamentalist religious nuts. this country isn't missing values or vision or unity. it's missing a little fucking common sense.

    I got an IQ of 180. Hahaha
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    I got an IQ of 180. Hahaha
    You conceal it so cleverly! I'm impressed!
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    I got an IQ of 180. Hahaha

    :rolleyes: is that it.
    sheesh why don't we whip out our dicks and see who's bigger. come on people let's at least try and hold a mature conversation. :D
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  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    I got an IQ of 180. Hahaha


    People with real intelligence don't feel the need to brag or lie about it.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    I got an IQ of 180. Hahaha

    On which scale?
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  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    Nah, I'm bullshitting I really don't have 180.

    But, what if I did? Then wouldn't you feel like an ass for wanting to compare?
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    Nah, I'm bullshitting I really don't have 180.

    But, what if I did? Then wouldn't you feel like an ass for wanting to compare?

    i know i wouldn't feel like an ass. i know i can compete with that. :p
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  • SweetHarmonicsSweetHarmonics Posts: 290
    Lubb it or leeb it
    hate was just a legend
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    CorporateWhore wrote:
    Nah, I'm bullshitting I really don't have 180.

    But, what if I did? Then wouldn't you feel like an ass for wanting to compare?

    Richard Loeb had an IQ of 210 and his accomplice in crime Nathan Leopold Jr had an IQ of 160. They thought they had mastermind the perfect crime, but were caught by investigators with average IQ.

    I was tested as a teenager and my IQ was somewhere around 200. It's slowly decreased as I've aged. I was at 150, but struggle now to reach that same mark. Personally, I don't think it means a whole lot, it's more relative to your knowledge of the questions being asked.

    E.g. If Jim head west in his car 150 miles and Bob heads north in his car 150 miles. How far apart are they?

    A. Well, we need to know the pythagoras theorum to answer the question. A^2 + B^2 = C^2. So...

    (150^2) + (150^2) = Distance

    22500 + 22500 = 45000(sqrt)

    45000(sqrt) = 212.13(rounded) Miles.

    That is an exercise of mathematical knowledge, not intelligence. IMO.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Richard Loeb had an IQ of 210 and his accomplice in crime Nathan Leopold Jr had an IQ of 160. They thought they had mastermind the perfect crime, but were caught by investigators with average IQ.

    that's cause arrogance will get you every time ryan. and the investigators were doing what they do best. loeb and leopold were not.
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    catefrances wrote:
    that's cause arrogance will get you every time ryan. and the investigators were doing what they do best. loeb and leopold were not.

    So, what, my name is in lower-case now?

    I'm not worthy of having a capitalized name, is that it?

    :p
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Ahnimus wrote:
    So, what, my name is in lower-case now?

    I'm not worthy of having a capitalized name, is that it?

    :p

    the fact that i used your name indicates your worthiness ryan :)
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