From: leifmk@Lise.Unit.NO (Leif Magnar Kj|nn|y)
Subject: Re: [soc.culture.celtic,soc.culture.usa] Re: Americans! *smile*
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 16:21:09 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.203203.15201@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
 > In article <20792@plains.NoDak.edu> green@plains.NoDak.edu (Brad Green) writes:
 > >This kind of drivel is just plain nonsense.  If this country is so bad, then
 > >why are Hatians braving the open sea in leaky boats trying to get here?
 > 
 > Because Canada and other nice places are too far to row.
 > 
 > >Why do people world wide clamor to get in?
 > 
 > They clamour to get into lots of countries.  Canada is, for example, the
 > preferred destination of many immigrants.  Ie: it's the preferred destination
 > for emmigrants from Hong Kong.
 > 
 > >The US is the most caring, 
 > >powerful, and concerned with other countries country in the history of
 > >the world.
 > 
 > I should point out, for example, that Canada has a higher relative
 > immigration rate and higher racial mix of immigrants than the US and
 > has done so for decades.  Ditto several European countries.
 > 
 > You're just the biggest (<mumble> ;-) in absolute numbers.
 > 
 > The UN considers us the best place on the planet to live.  They do have
 > a reason for that.  And there's a couple of other countries ahead of the US
 > in that list.
 >
Such as Norway.....:-)
 
 > >Vicious actions?
 > 
 > Vietnam.  Remember Mai-lai?
 > 
 > >We sent people in to throw Hussain out of Kuwait, we
 > 
 > You weren't the only ones there.
 > 
 > >gave Panama back to the freely elected leaders of that country,
 > 
 > There's some question whether you were actually asked to do that.
 > 
 > >we were
 > >praised for helping the people of Granada take back their country.
 > 
 > You also shelled (BIG shells) civilians in Lebanon, faked evidence in
 > order to go after Quadaffi, and were instrumental in killing the
 > democratically elected president of Chile.
 > 
 > Nice guys.
 > 
 > >We pump
 > >so much foreign aid into countries (some of whom don't even really care
 > >about us) that we are going broke doing it.
 > 
 > Sometimes without even being asked.
 > 
 > >We have helped the two
 > >major countries we fought in World War II become two of the greatest
 > >economic powers in the world.
 > 
 > You weren't the only country doing that.
 > 

Some of us were even invaded by the Nazis and were occupied for 5 years....
that's half a decade of resistance, martial law, sabotage actions, summary 
executions, burnt villages.....(if it hadn't been for one specific sabotage
action carried out by Norwegians, the Germans might have had nukes before '45)...
When was the last time a war was even fought on U.S. territory?  Well, Pearl
Harbor was bombed, but apart from that, the last time any of your people were
killed in a war on their own soil was when they were being killed by their own
countrymen....

 > >Nope, I have no qualms about being proud to be an American!
 > 

Sure, brainwashing can take care of your qualms.  Your friendly neighborhood
secret police and propaganda agency can cure all your doubts.  Happiness is 
mandatory.  Are you happy?

Jesus H. Christ and his black bastard brother Harry, look around you, man.


Leif the .sigless
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