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First...Sorry Scratcher, I shouldn't have called you an idiot. But lets review a few of the things you said...
America should be nuked...
Americans are stupid...
"Dark Skin" americans are "stupider"
You know, the US is truely a melting pot of races and religions. You'll find white, black, asian, and hispanic in nearly every city. Name a religion and many cities have a church, mosque or temple to accomodate them. Schools are multicultural, multilingual, and many cities have parochial schools. Local goverments likewise constitute all the aforementioned people. Every country on earth has people that now call the US their home.
This is something most nations don't have to deal with. Certainly the middle-east has such a "melting pot", and you can witness what has been happening there for centuries. All in all, the US deals with these multiple cultures, religions and nationalities quite well. And even if we aren't always happy with our elected officials, we have an opportunity to elect someone else in a few years. Am I happy with a possible war in Iraq? Hmm, two friends I grew up near are in the Navy, 1 a pilot. Two friends active duty Marines, and 3 more in the Army. War, in my oppinion is always a last resort. Always. Perhaps Bush's thinking is that 12 years of games from Saddam is enough. The French Foriegn Minister spoke elequently today about the French position, and I kind of agree with him. Yet I can also also understand The UK's, the US's and Spain position. You'll never be always thrilled with an elected bodies decisions, but I think it beats the hell out of chaos.
At any rate...It's easy for you, Scrather, to make generalizations about people and the intelligence or lack there-of. It just as easy to simply dismiss you ignorance with disdain. I live with blacks, hispanics and whites and asians. I live with muslims, hindu, christians, jews and buddist. I live with Sweds, Fins, Norweigians, African, Spanish, Potuguese, French...you get the point. And on a certain level I am tolerable of all, and they of me. Knowing all I know of the people around me, I still don't feel as though I know enough to make a simple blanket statement about any.
Being one of the strongest nations on earth comes with responsibilities, whether I, or you, like it or not. It be much easier for the US to sit back and look after its own. Oil be danged. But do you realize that if Saddam had succeeded in taking over Kawait(sp), and than followed through with its plans to invade Sauia Arabia 12 years ago, that they would rule 40% of the worlds oil? That doesn't just effect us. Just look at the impending French contracts for oil with Iraq. Lots of money they have scheduled to hand over to him.
In the future, if you wish not to be judged by what you say (and really we all are), than don't make generalizations about people(s). I am far from politically correct, but I know enough not to judge a people by the actions of a few...or their goverment for that matter.
America should be nuked...
Americans are stupid...
"Dark Skin" americans are "stupider"
You know, the US is truely a melting pot of races and religions. You'll find white, black, asian, and hispanic in nearly every city. Name a religion and many cities have a church, mosque or temple to accomodate them. Schools are multicultural, multilingual, and many cities have parochial schools. Local goverments likewise constitute all the aforementioned people. Every country on earth has people that now call the US their home.
This is something most nations don't have to deal with. Certainly the middle-east has such a "melting pot", and you can witness what has been happening there for centuries. All in all, the US deals with these multiple cultures, religions and nationalities quite well. And even if we aren't always happy with our elected officials, we have an opportunity to elect someone else in a few years. Am I happy with a possible war in Iraq? Hmm, two friends I grew up near are in the Navy, 1 a pilot. Two friends active duty Marines, and 3 more in the Army. War, in my oppinion is always a last resort. Always. Perhaps Bush's thinking is that 12 years of games from Saddam is enough. The French Foriegn Minister spoke elequently today about the French position, and I kind of agree with him. Yet I can also also understand The UK's, the US's and Spain position. You'll never be always thrilled with an elected bodies decisions, but I think it beats the hell out of chaos.
At any rate...It's easy for you, Scrather, to make generalizations about people and the intelligence or lack there-of. It just as easy to simply dismiss you ignorance with disdain. I live with blacks, hispanics and whites and asians. I live with muslims, hindu, christians, jews and buddist. I live with Sweds, Fins, Norweigians, African, Spanish, Potuguese, French...you get the point. And on a certain level I am tolerable of all, and they of me. Knowing all I know of the people around me, I still don't feel as though I know enough to make a simple blanket statement about any.
Being one of the strongest nations on earth comes with responsibilities, whether I, or you, like it or not. It be much easier for the US to sit back and look after its own. Oil be danged. But do you realize that if Saddam had succeeded in taking over Kawait(sp), and than followed through with its plans to invade Sauia Arabia 12 years ago, that they would rule 40% of the worlds oil? That doesn't just effect us. Just look at the impending French contracts for oil with Iraq. Lots of money they have scheduled to hand over to him.
In the future, if you wish not to be judged by what you say (and really we all are), than don't make generalizations about people(s). I am far from politically correct, but I know enough not to judge a people by the actions of a few...or their goverment for that matter.
