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I wonder what they would do in one of those countries that attacks and kills people at embassies or sends jihadists off to crash planes into buildings. Probably

I wonder what they would do in one of those countries that attacks and kills people at embassies or sends jihadists off to crash planes into buildings. Probably a little worse than look at you funny or call you a name.

Evbn 14y ago
Indeed. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2010/08/25/cab-driver-attacked-stabbed-new-york-muslim_n_694091.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2010/08/25/cab-drive...
ktizo 14y ago
The USA with the UK blew up the Chinese embassy in Belgrade and George Bush called the Iraq and Afghanistan wars a crusade, which is the Christian form of the term jihad. I suspect that the high-horse you have climbed onto here is actually more of a shetland pony.
grecy 14y ago
I wonder why you choose to compare your country to "one of those countries" when you clearly indicate you think they are not as good as yours? You are like the coach of a sporting team pointing out all the teams that finished lower than yours on the ladder and saying "We did great compared to them. Good job. Keep it up." Surely, if you were actually interested in improving your team, you would point out the teams that finished above you on the ladder and say "We can do better. Here's where to improve." Somewhere along the line, America was so busy congratulating itself that it has forgotten it should be striving to do better.
- ftwinnovations 14y ago
  "One of those" saved time over naming off each country, considering everyone knows which countries I'm referring to. And is my country better? Um... Yeah. By orders of magnitudes it's better.
  - petsos 14y ago
    I don't, would you mind naming them?
  - grecy 14y ago
    > And is my country better? Um... Yeah. By orders of magnitudes it's better. You missed the point. Everyone knows the sports team that constantly finishes in the middle of field is better than those below. OK, we get it. Why are you so concerned with comparing America to the countries that everyone knows are "lower" than America? If you actually had any interest in improving, you'd be looking at those countries higher than America, and you'd notice the gap between America and the top of the ladder is growing very, very quickly.

Evbn 14y ago

Indeed. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2010/08/25/cab-driver-attacked-stabbed-new-york-muslim_n_694091.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2010/08/25/cab-drive...

ktizo 14y ago

The USA with the UK blew up the Chinese embassy in Belgrade and George Bush called the Iraq and Afghanistan wars a crusade, which is the Christian form of the term jihad. I suspect that the high-horse you have climbed onto here is actually more of a shetland pony.

grecy 14y ago

I wonder why you choose to compare your country to "one of those countries" when you clearly indicate you think they are not as good as yours? You are like the coach of a sporting team pointing out all the teams that finished lower than yours on the ladder and saying "We did great compared to them. Good job. Keep it up." Surely, if you were actually interested in improving your team, you would point out the teams that finished above you on the ladder and say "We can do better. Here's where to improve." Somewhere along the line, America was so busy congratulating itself that it has forgotten it should be striving to do better.

ftwinnovations 14y ago
"One of those" saved time over naming off each country, considering everyone knows which countries I'm referring to. And is my country better? Um... Yeah. By orders of magnitudes it's better.
- petsos 14y ago
  I don't, would you mind naming them?
- grecy 14y ago
  > And is my country better? Um... Yeah. By orders of magnitudes it's better. You missed the point. Everyone knows the sports team that constantly finishes in the middle of field is better than those below. OK, we get it. Why are you so concerned with comparing America to the countries that everyone knows are "lower" than America? If you actually had any interest in improving, you'd be looking at those countries higher than America, and you'd notice the gap between America and the top of the ladder is growing very, very quickly.