Allen West is a moron

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govols/cc said:
When it comes to the point you can't celebrate "America" due to not offending immigrants & cultures there's a problem.
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When it comes to the point that you go somewhere in this country and are ridiculed because you speak English, it's a problem.
 
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therealUT said:
Was pretty easy for me to live in India three years ago, Dubai, Rome...

Where are you guys moving that it is difficult to do anything without knowing the native language? I'm truly curious.
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I've been to Korea, Japan, most of central America. You're right, especially in Asia, but English is taught in most of their schools since it is the predominate language of international business. Says something about our education system but that is a different subject.

Go into a government office and demand forms, applications ext in English, you won't find them so accommodating.
 
#233
#233
Weezer said:
America was historically called a melting pot. The idea was many diverse cultures merging together to form a new culture, the American culture. I see nothing inherently wrong with celebrating your own culture, but, as with many things, there comes a point where you have extremists who wield that culture like a hammer and attempt to beat you over the head with it. They're not trying to coexist, peacefully, side by side, they're attempting to dominate. An extreme microcosm of this can be found in street, and even moreso in prison, gangs. Gangs are generally divided up among cultural and ethnical lines, with each gang trying to become the dominant power.

I guess I'm rambling a bit, but my point is there exists in this country factions of people that do not want to coexist peacefully. So how do we address and change that? We can advocate they have the right to feel as they do, but in so doing, you justify the words and actions of those that react in kind. If that's the case, then everyone becomes a hypocrite for demonizing those with opposing views.

JMO, but it's a very slippery slope. I won't pretend to be as intelligent as some on here actually are, so maybe they can see it in a light I have yet to find. What I see is a chaotic mess. This country is not okay. I believe in cultural diversity and think it helped make our country strong at one point, but what we have today is cultures seeking superiority, and it's not just the (for lack of a better term) English culture. Everyone's afraid of being left behind, and all the in-fighting has weakened us to a point of concern.
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When you wrote this did you feel a small gust of wind go over your head and a strange buzzing sound?
 
#235
#235
Burhead said:
I love my country but I'm not ignorant enough to proclaim it is the best country on the Earth. I have said many times blind loyalty, patriotism, nationalism, what have you is a very dangerous concept.
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Very simple, you need to f'ing leave.
 
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#237
therealUT said:
It is a perfect example of an oppressive slave state with a very rigid monarchical and aristocratic structure torn apart from within due to competing interests.

Again, what is the analogue to the US in 2014?
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King Arthur, is that you????

King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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therealUT said:
Say you and I are both devout Catholics. I end up accidentally killing your dog. You are very upset and demand recompense. You want me to pay you $500 while I think that $100 is more than enough. Neither of us will budge, so we decide to let our priest mediate the dispute. He decides I ought to pay you $300. I pay you $300.

Should that arbitration process not be held up as valid in court?
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I would say my dog was worth $1000 and then settle for $550.......
 
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#247
volmaverick said:
Well I want to be subject to my groups law..it says everything is legal

people cannot be subject to laws they "choose "to be if I get arrested for DUI my group has a law that says it legal
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Closet Lib guys, I am telling you!
 
#249
#249
therealUT said:
Sure they did...but not because they wanted to be Americans and not be Germans, Italians, Poles, or Irishmen. They wanted, and they did, retain their cultures for multiple generations. They certainly did not come wanting to take on the Anglo-American culture that was dominant in the US at the time.
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Once again, when you were writing this did you feel a gust of wind on the top of your head and a strange buzzing noise?
 
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#250
Grand Vol said:
Not as much as allowing their cultures to bond with the existing culture as well as taking on new ideals to better fit in.

Language would be a prime example of that. Sure they kept Italian or Korean or whatever as their secondary language, but they still learned English as a primary language and allowed themselves to be assimilated into the melting pot of America.

Since you're such the history buff, how many of those immigrants didn't celebrate the 4th of July? Thanksgiving?

I'll hang up and listen.
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Ergo the word "melting".
 
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