On 10/15/2011 10:13 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> What I /have/ noticed about the USA is that they tend to assert that
> their way of life is the only /correct/ one. Like, the way they live is
> the best way, and the rest of the world just hasn't learned how to be as
> awesome as them yet. Whereas in Europe, each country has roughly similar
> laws and so forth, but there are several areas of fairly drastic
> difference. And then there's culture and so forth. And overall, nobody
> seems to be sitting there saying "we're the best in Europe, and we pitty
> all those other countries who haven't learned how to be like us yet".

Yep. There are definitely people who think that way. If a new concept 
comes around, and we haven't done that in the past, and it involves 
making life better for people, it immediately gets called Socialism 
and/or Communism. The ones you see are the most vocal, often those most 
vocal are also the most insane.

Of course, I take issue with the healthcare bill we passed as it stands, 
now. Essentially, it's written so that everyone *must* get health 
insurance, or be fined. It seems to benefit the insurance companies more 
than it does the people.

As if GB has never said that they are superior? ;)

> Also: The USA is huge. I can't help feeling that somewhere within it,
> there must be some intelligent people. And those people must feel really
> embarrassed that they live in the same country as the morons who make
> America look so bad to the rest of the world with depressing frequency...

I've become numb to it. It doesn't faze me anymore, really. I just let 
them demonstrate beyond all doubt their ignorance ;)

> (I remember when the London riots where happening. And then they started
> happening all over the country. I felt ashemed to be British that day.)
>


-- 
~Mike

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