Posted: 6/28/2009 8:55:56 PM EDT
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ETA: Well I certainly didn't manage to explain what I was trying to get across. Not gonna try and clarify as it will probably only get worse. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails.  I guess you've never eaten a croissant. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. Judo is fun, sushi and Vietnamese food is delicious, Toyotas and Mercedes are good cars, and we still have freedom of religion in America. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. Why would we still boycot Japan/Germany after the war and we made "peace"? As for the gem in red. South Vietnam was an American ALLY who we were fighting to protect. Ever seen the videos groups of Japanese or German soldiers meeting with American and British vets? The war is over, why keep bitching? |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. We eat a little Vietnamese food and that means we're "embracing the culture"? Methinks you're reaching just a little bit there buddy. |
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In the grand scheme of what is wrong with America the issues you related
are at most of minor importance. America of the past would embrace the strenghts of other cultures......thus we learned to like pho and drive Mercedes. The problem is we are now starting to embrace the weaknesses and failures of ' other cultures.....this will harm us in ways yet unseen. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. Yes, but France also invented the Menage a Trio......so....................c'mon you Frenchy pigfuckers...what's the matter, too busy napping to pick a fight?!?!?!? |
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I saw a guy riding a horse the other day, I wanted to punch him in his fucking face! Its like we fought the French and Indian Wars for nothing, NOTHING at all! DAMMIT WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Wait, wut? EDIT: Ok, seriously. If you want to be outraged about something you need to stop worrying about 1945 and start worrying about 2009. There's plenty to be outraged about that happened just this week. Let your grandad worry about what a shame it is that the dirty Japs have a good economy again. Seriously, we have other problems, like 11% unemployment and a government that thinks they can fix it by creating money out of thin air and taking over corporations. |
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In the grand scheme of what is wrong with America the issues you related are at most of minor importance. America of the past would embrace the strenghts of other cultures......thus we learned to like pho and drive Mercedes. The problem is we are now starting to embrace the weaknesses and failures of ' other cultures.....this will harm us in ways yet unseen. Bingo Africa is being brought over. And I don't mean blacks. |
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In the grand scheme of what is wrong with America the issues you related are at most of minor importance. America of the past would embrace the strenghts of other cultures......thus we learned to like pho and drive Mercedes. The problem is we are now starting to embrace the weaknesses and failures of ' other cultures.....this will harm us in ways yet unseen. Maybe that is what I was trying to get at and just didn't word it very well. I have no actual problems with cars and food, but they are just examples of what I see as a need for some to embrace cultures who have attacked us. Just doesn't make sense to me. |
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Because what a country did 70-odd years ago should definitely influence us today... I mean, fuck, we were British colonies once and look at the relationship we have with them. We didn't wait 70 years, or even 20, to start doing any of those things. (2009)-(1941)=68 ? close enough |
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Because what a country did 70-odd years ago should definitely influence us today... I mean, fuck, we were British colonies once and look at the relationship we have with them. We didn't wait 70 years, or even 20, to start doing any of those things. Probably because the vast majority of the population of those countries were in no way interested in carrying on the wars with us? Nor were they particularly interested in starting them to begin with? I'd point more at the funding and armament we did in the Middle East in the 70s as a better way of saying "Why is America retarded?" |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. Yes, but France also invented the Menage a Trio......so....................c'mon you Frenchy pigfuckers...what's the matter, too busy napping to pick a fight?!?!?!? 
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Quoted: Because what a country did 70-odd years ago should definitely influence us today... I mean, fuck, we were British colonies once and look at the relationship we have with them. Seriously. Your argument is weak, OP. Those mosques have always been there, you've just been unaware of them until now... |
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No, in the past we left things in the past and adopted things from those countries based on merit. In Europe there are people still bitching about thsit that happened over 1000 years ago, silly petty shit. Now we have taken that to mean we must accept all facets of a culture, however shitty that facet may be. That's called acceptance. And it sucks ass. |
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Because what a country did 70-odd years ago should definitely influence us today... I mean, fuck, we were British colonies once and look at the relationship we have with them. We didn't wait 70 years, or even 20, to start doing any of those things. (2009)-(1941)=68 ? close enough We didn't wait till 2009 to start doing any of those things, we didn't even wait 20 years. |
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Because what a country did 70-odd years ago should definitely influence us today... I mean, fuck, we were British colonies once and look at the relationship we have with them. Seriously. Your argument is weak, OP. Those mosques have always been there, you've just been unaware of them until now... I'm seeing new ones. |
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You realize France has elected a hard line conservative president?
He's the tough guy of the Western world. As for Japan and Germany: I can't believe Jewish people buy cars made by the same companies (owned by the same families) that drove their people to their deaths. And I can't believe how many WWII vets buy Japanese cars, as well. But I can't tell them what to do, I'm not a Kenyan president libtard. |
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Nothing wrong with Americans.
Based on your list, we Americans, once we've acheived military victory, make peace with, forgive, and enter economic trade with their former enemies. Americans even go so far as entering alliances and befriending their former enemies. 
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We had mosques here long before...relaxed immigration standards (H1B visa, for example) and a need for technically skilled individuals. Plus life in most Islamic countries just sucks. The others? We weren't at war with the peoples or their cultures, just governments gone bad. This war we are fighting isn't against an organized nation state but rather a loose organization of fanatics. Much like the UK's war with the IRA. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. I do wonder sometimes just how long people have to concentrate on becoming upset before something stupid pops into their heads to get upset about. And of course, why they so desperately want to get upset to begin with. Taking the OP's train of thought a little bit further, we are confronted with the disgusting fact that after fighting the most important war in our history against the British, we up and decided to speak their language to our children... And BBQ and fried chicken... well, only one enemy since the revolution has been a plainly existential threat. |
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Quoted: You do realize the war is over and the people who started it are dead. Get over it. This... In addition, it is sort of like what Alexander the Great did. The general population of a country likes you more if you don't crush their belief system. In maintaining it, occupation troops are exposed to it and adopt the better parts of the culture. I for one am glad we have such a good relationship with Japan now... They're great folks. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. Guess you can't get over old and dead grudges? Mercedes and Toyota make a good product. That is enough reason to own them. If you like Vietnamese food, then who the hell are you to say what we can or can't eat? If Americans want to practice a religion of their choice, who the hell are you to say what we can or can't believe in? Just because we went to war with Vietnam, doesn't mean all Vietnamese hate Americans and will forever. What is next, will you start rounding up the Germans, Japanese, Muslims, ect. and execute them all? This thread if full of stupid. |
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. I guess you've never eaten a croissant. We actually did fight Vichy France in North Africa in the early days of WWII . We suffered 500 American dead IIRC. Think about this, France now has a president that loves America more than our own America-hating African President. 
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In 1941 Japan attacks us at Pearl Harbor. After the war we are practicing Judo, eating sushi and driving Toyota's. Germany declares war on us so after the war we are also driving Mercedes. We fight a war with Vietnam and they torture our captures soldiers and we still didn't get them all back. But the good news is you can find Vietnamese food in any US city. And we haven't even finished fighting all the Islamic fundamentalists who want us dead, but I swear there are Mosques popping up all over the place. What the hell is it about us and the apparent need some Americans have to embrace the cultures who declare war on us? Christ I hope France doesn't decide to attack us or we'll all be eating snails. Guess you can't get over old and dead grudges? Mercedes and Toyota make a good product. That is enough reason to own them. If you like Vietnamese food, then who the hell are you to say what we can or can't eat? If Americans want to practice a religion of their choice, who the hell are you to say what we can or can't believe in? Just because we went to war with Vietnam, doesn't mean all Vietnamese hate Americans and will forever. What is next, will you start rounding up the Germans, Japanese, Muslims, ect. and execute them all? This thread if full of stupid. +1 We never fought Sweden, I drive a Swedish car. You didn't mention Mexican food, but I suppose you blame that on our war with Mexico in 1846? We never fought Russia, but half of us buy Russian ammo and own Russian guns. Wait, I guess we had a cold war with Russia, so us wimpy americans are having Russian guilt.
We haven't fought China, yet EVERYTHING we buy is from China. *sigh* OP put little thought into his rant. I could have read something more intelligent on DU. 0/10 |