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Some of us are outraged by where the U.S. is going but stay to try to fix it. Otherwise you get adverse selection effects, like when all the non-crazies left Ne
by idlewords 12y ago
Some of us are outraged by where the U.S. is going but stay to try to fix it. Otherwise you get adverse selection effects, like when all the non-crazies left New Hampshire.
Plus have you ever had a European burrito? It's not pretty.
- rsync 12y agoWell, at least there is finally passable sushi being made in Zurich. That's a very, very new thing. All kidding aside - the euro countries are no better than the US in these areas. They have different code-names and the agencies are different, but they're all going the same direction.
- comrade1 12y agoYou're just plain wrong. Not about the sushi. Europe doesn't have the means nor the corporate-government cooperation that the u.s. has for spying. It happens in Europe, even Switzerland, but for good, not evil. For example, Switzerland reoprting to the Red Cross the CIA rendition flights that it learned through its satellite communications monitoring program. There's decent Mexican inn Basel. A Mexican and 1/2 Mexican Swiss have a restaurant.
- comrade1 12y agoBtw, yes I know that it was reported to the Red Cross anonymously, not officially.
- idlewords 12y agoEurope's a big place. My corner of it had a secret CIA prison. Also there's a Vietnamese restaurant here called "Hong Kong Lounge". The crimes don't end at the US border.
- comrade1 12y agoPoland? Wasn't there political fallout from that?
- abroncs 12y agoAlso Romania.
- idlewords 12y agoAbout as much as in the US.
- jwr 12y agoBy which he means, not nearly anything close to what could even remotely be considered enough. We in the EU like to smugly look at the USA with an air of superiority. But we're not much different — there is a small group that is outraged, and most people simply don't care.
- comrade1 12y agoWhat are you doing to change the system?
- idlewords 12y agoI got a bumper sticker!
- hugogee 12y agoI make the best MoFro burritos and tacos. I'll come and cook for everyone! I think the tequila is worse than the burritos though. o,0
- happyscrappy 12y ago> like when all the non-crazies left New Hampshire Huh?
- zo1 12y ago"Some of us are outraged by where the U.S. is going but stay to try to fix it" Do you truly believe you'll be able to change anything? Remember, people that reason about these sorts of things are the exception, not the rule. The majority just gobble up whatever "militaristic propaganda" (as one of the siblings called it) is fed to them by the media.