Is America culturally arrogant?

[javaguru]

We made them pronounce Leischeshire.

All you had to ask was,"Who won the last world series." That's how you identified the American...we're a simple people.

 

[stosstruppe]

Do you think it covers for the prince flying his Chinook as a drunk taxi for a bachelor party to his gf's parent's farm?

Complete non-story by one of the UK's fish and chip wrapper "newspapers" based on posts from the AAC personnel on a UK army forum I frequent. Just some arsehole with an axe to grind reporting it.

Consider we have several hundred MPs' who each claim anywhere between $150'000-400'000 in "living expenses"

& I'm quite a fan of the Royal family - unlike politicians their sons actually undertake military training, are actively involved with the armed forces, and some even go on operations (Princes' Philip, Andrew & Harry).

 

[javaguru]

Complete non-story by one of the UK's fish and chip wrapper "newspapers" based on posts from the AAC personnel on a UK army forum I frequent. Just some arsehole with an axe to grind reporting it.

Consider we have several hundred MPs' who each claim anywhere between $150'000-400'000 in "living expenses"

& I'm quite a fan of the Royal family - unlike politicians their sons actually undertake military training, are actively involved with the armed forces, and some even go on operations (Princes' Philip, Andrew & Harry).

I appreciate they serve in the military. However, you know the Prince is never walking point in Afghanistan or Iraq.

There was a time under the Roman Republic when candidates for office would tear open their tunics and show their battle scars to prove they had shed blood for Rome.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

yeah. . .ummmmm. . .you forgot one. . .fucking FREEDOM!! we invented the shit and we protect it with our lives. . .everyday. . .show me another country that is THAT serious about their "culture". . .bunch of fucking pussies wagging their fingers at us while we do ALL of the dirty work. . .don't like it?? fuck you!

we have a constitution and a way of life the the rest of the fucking world is envious of. . .they can say what they want. . .but they all know it's true. . .without freedom, you can take all that "culture" bullshit and shove it right up your ass. . .outside of the united states only the elite get to enjoy all of the so-called culture. . .what the fuck good is it if you're only exposure to it is in a fucking book for chrissakes??!! here. . .anyone can enjoy ANYTHING that this country has to offer. . .you want something?? all you gotta do is get off your dead-ass and work for it. . .show me another place that even comes close.

*steps down from soap box*

Define "freedom". Seems a lot of what our forefathers created either already has been or is being subverted/destroyed.

 

[binö]

Do you mean stuff like this?

lol how the hell is an englishman gonna talk shit?
look how many cultures and civilizatios you have destroyed, raped and pillaged over the centuries...and you have the gall to try to call us out? nigga please.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

That's how we identified the German infiltrators during the "Battle of the Bulge," no American would say "petrol."

Stupid Germans. They used up all the petrol burning millions of Jews.

 

[binö]

No offense hun, but I think you are demonstrating the 'cultural arrogance' that this thread is about.

Just a few things:

Is grass decriminalised or a minor drug infraction in the US?

Is prostitution legal?

Can you drive at any speed limit you want on the motorways?

Are steroids 'legal' or not criminalised?

Do you have nudity on television, normal magazines, daily newspapers?

Do you have 24 hour liquor license laws?

This is an odd 'freedom' but anyone over the age of 60 in the UK gets a free bus pass, and they have the freedom to roam anywhere in the country.

Similarly, if you like outdoor pursuits, there are so many footpaths in the UK, you have the freedom to roam across a lot of private lands and through farms etc.

There are also some issues around healthcare, but I know that is opening up a can of worms.

These are only a few things off the top of my head, I am sure there are some areas where the US experiences greater freedom, but other countries also have areas of freedom that are not in the US.

meh, i think you can be pretty arrogant too.
maybe i'm just feeling pissy, but it seems you are always talking shit about america and americans.
little jabs here and there.
but, here is a refutation:
-grass, in certain states where the majority of people have voted in favor, is decriminalized. in more conservative states, it is a misd for possession.
-prositution is legal in nevada, and in certain states it is not stricly enforced
-no, you cannot recklessly speed. freedom does not mean free to kill and main people at rediculous high speed.
-steroids are illegal, as they are in the majority of western countries
-nudity pretty much where ever, some would say too much
-in large cities booze is served 24/7

lol at footpaths...there is thousands and thousands of miles of foot trails in the usa. more foot paths in one state than in the whole of england i'd wager.
so i don't see where you are going with that.
your post was weak sorry

 

[javaguru]

Stupid Germans. They used up all the petrol burning Jews.

They did divert rail resources that could have been used for military matters to transport Jews and other "undesirables" when they could have been used for military assets. Once the USA was in the war they had no hope of winning.

 

[binö]

They did divert rail resources that could have been used for military matters to transport Jews and other "undesirables" when they could have been used for military assets. Once the USA was in the war they had no hope of winning.

fuck it, we shoulda cut a deal with the germans for the jews...they give us the jews we'll stay outta euroland.
look at all the gratitude we get from those we helped out.
fuck them

 

[javaguru]

fuck it, we shoulda cut a deal with the germans for the jews...they give us the jews we'll stay outta euroland.
look at all the gratitude we get from those we helped out.
fuck them

Let me wax cynical and claim our involvement was primarily economic. Having a socialist country controlling all of Western Europe and a substantial portion of Eastern Europe wasn't seen as an advantageous position for the U.S. economy. A fragmented Europe was more economically attractive. The Euro is beating up the dollar.