I'm conflicted about the idea of patriotism

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  • Your Mom Made Me Pancakes
    Your Mom Made Me Pancakes Posts: 169
    It's not about your grammar.

    I WAS disagreeing w/ you.


    Are you a teacher?
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,975
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    I am a Canadian, who are, by some, defined as a very unpatriotic people.


    Really?

    I wouldn't have guessed that based on those around here.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    I am a Canadian, who are, by some, defined as a very unpatriotic people.


    Really?

    I wouldn't have guessed that based on those around here.

    I would say as a generality Americans would think that, compared to them, patriotism doesn't exist north of the border.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,975
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    Not cool to post that. bad form sir.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
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  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    If it's not about the grammar, then why is that the only thing you really commented on? You didn't say much about the rest of my comment at all.

    And what is your obsession with my occupation? This is the 3rd time you're asking.. kinda strange. And just to be clear cause it sounds like you're trying to bait me into something, I am not a teacher. What do you do for a living?
    Your Mom Made Me Pancakes wrote:
    It's not about your grammar.

    I WAS disagreeing w/ you.


    Are you a teacher?
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,975
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    really? but it's ok to send such a BS pm to someone? I don't think that pm's like that are warranted, especially when I said NOTHING negative to them in the forum, or ever sent them a PM. gimme a break. they deserve to be outed for the person they are if they're going to act like that.
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    PM sent to me by "your mom made me pancakes":

    your mom
    Sent: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:37 pm
    From: Your Mom Made Me Pancakes
    To: Billy Pumpkin


    You can lick my balls too, Billy Pumkin.

    You little bitch.

    I can't say what caused this ridiculousness, but I don't think you belong on this board of other adults.

    Not cool to post that. bad form sir.

    If you want to tattle go ahead and send the pm to Kat or Sea. Still not a very cool move.

    Certainly the pm is pretty stupid, but why not just delete it? It's called a pm...private message...PRIVATE...get it? If you find it threatening, send it to the admins.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    captain-america.jpg

    I LOVE THIS GUY!!!
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    cincybearcat wrote:

    If you want to tattle go ahead and send the pm to Kat or Sea. Still not a very cool move.

    Certainly the pm is pretty stupid, but why not just delete it? It's called a pm...private message...PRIVATE...get it? If you find it threatening, send it to the admins.

    I didn't find it threatening, I found it ignorant and childish. It was completely unwarranted, and he doesn't allow for responses. If I was tattling, I'd be sending it to the mods. By doing this, I'm discouraging people from sending such BS to me in the future.
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  • Your Mom Made Me Pancakes
    Your Mom Made Me Pancakes Posts: 169
    I've talked about my occupation before. Look up my posts if you're interested.

    Its NOT a grammar thing.

    "Uber-Nationalism" sounds like a term my college professors would have made up.

    Your view of American history would earn you high marks from the academic intelligensia.

    I disagree w/ you in the strongest possible terms.
  • MotoDC
    MotoDC Posts: 947
    Patriotism and jingoism aren't the same thing. It's a fine line and ol' Merriam-Webster doesn't help us much. Historical examples might. Shall we try Hitler as an easy example of a jingoist (among other things)? Perhaps Sam Adams as a classic example of a patriot.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,975
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:

    If you want to tattle go ahead and send the pm to Kat or Sea. Still not a very cool move.

    Certainly the pm is pretty stupid, but why not just delete it? It's called a pm...private message...PRIVATE...get it? If you find it threatening, send it to the admins.

    I didn't find it threatening, I found it ignorant and childish. It was completely unwarranted, and he doesn't allow for responses. If I was tattling, I'd be sending it to the mods. By doing this, I'm discouraging people from sending such BS to me in the future.


    Do whatever you want, I'm just telling you what I think about it.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    edited June 2010
    Flag Smasher
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    He came to believe that humanity needed to do away with the concept of countries and nationalism that made people feel superior to those of different nationalities.

    intresting argument. Cap kicked his ass though. :D
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    MotoDC wrote:
    Patriotism and jingoism aren't the same thing. It's a fine line and ol' Merriam-Webster doesn't help us much. Historical examples might. Shall we try Hitler as an easy example of a jingoist (among other things)? Perhaps Sam Adams as a classic example of a patriot.


    Nice first post. Sam Adams easily taste better than Hitler.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:

    If you want to tattle go ahead and send the pm to Kat or Sea. Still not a very cool move.

    Certainly the pm is pretty stupid, but why not just delete it? It's called a pm...private message...PRIVATE...get it? If you find it threatening, send it to the admins.

    I didn't find it threatening, I found it ignorant and childish. It was completely unwarranted, and he doesn't allow for responses. If I was tattling, I'd be sending it to the mods. By doing this, I'm discouraging people from sending such BS to me in the future.


    Do whatever you want, I'm just telling you what I think about it.

    you asked me why I didn't just delete it, and I answered you. And you told me what I SHOULD have done. Thanks for your input though. :?
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    you asked me why I didn't just delete it, and I answered you. And you told me what I SHOULD have done. Thanks for your input though. :?

    like i said ... it'll only be a matter of time ... ;)
  • Your Mom Made Me Pancakes
    Your Mom Made Me Pancakes Posts: 169
    Im not the one posting PM's polaris.

    And my PM to you still stands.

    :lol:
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,218
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Billy Pumpkin wrote:
    PM sent to me by "your mom made me pancakes":

    your mom
    Sent: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:37 pm
    From: Your Mom Made Me Pancakes
    To: Billy Pumpkin


    You can lick my balls too, Billy Pumkin.

    You little bitch.

    I can't say what caused this ridiculousness, but I don't think you belong on this board of other adults.

    Not cool to post that. bad form sir.

    I don't blame you for posting it. Expose that ridiculous behavior so that everyone can know not to waste their time with him. In fact, the first time I EVER saw someone repost a PM, was Pancakes.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Great, now i'm conflicted, i don't like cheese or pancakes ::sigh::
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