What Are You Doing Right Now? (328 Viewers)

[X Æ A-12]

@Gabriel, though i think the fact that my country was occupied just a few decades ago might be a factor as to why i feel so strongly about it. Its hard not to feel strongly about land that your grandparents and great grandparents shed their blood to defend and liberate it.

I get this more than the other reasons you gave.

Its tough to appreciate your country until you really have a reason to.

 

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[Gabriel]

Relatives, family, friends, common history, customs, traditions??

Of course i care about them, provided they're with me, atleast my relatives-family, or out of the country, i wouldn't mind if it got nuked.

History, customs, traditions, i never cared about them and feel no love for such things. Even if it sounds weird, not even the language.

 

[Fred]

Another reason i'll always have a Libyan flag, is because its not that hard to find/make

Libyan Flag: You have got to appreciate simplicity

 

[Fred]

I get this more than the other reasons you gave.

Its tough to appreciate your country until you really have a reason to.

I guess i'll never understand that though

Of course i care about them, provided they're with me, atleast my relatives-family, or out of the country, i wouldn't mind if it got nuked.

History,customs,tradition i never cared about them and feel no love for such things. Even if it sounds weird, not even the language.

It does sound weird

 

[Gabriel]

Another reason i'll always have a Libyan flag, is because its not that hard to find/make

Libyan Flag: You have got to appreciate simplicity

how creative.

 

[Fred]

how creative.

I remember in 5th grade, when i was in Malaysia, i enrolled in an International school, it was completely multi cultural. So in one of the Art Classes, our exam was for every one to draw/paint his country's flag. You can imagine how ecstatic i was and how baffled my Art teacher was as how to evaluate my work.

 

[X Æ A-12]

I guess i'll never understand that though

why not?

 

[Bjerknes]

I

Well no one refers to you as German-American. To be honest if you (people in general) see a fellow looking like our flag waving friend here the first word to come to mind is probable hispanic, mexican, latino etc. Certainly not plain old American, it might one of the before-mentioned prefixes and then American. So it's almost as if we (the established citizens) force them to bond to their culture. It happened with the Irish, blacks, Poles, Italians, etc in the past, so this really shouldn't be so surprising.

Well, that's a problem. I don't think my rhetoric here pushes people into doing that as I do reach out to all people, regardless of race or nationality. If they are legal, I have no problems with them. Some of the best discussions I've had this past summer have been with people from Iran and Colombia, strangely enough. So we do need to reach out to folks who emigrate here.

That doesn't mean we can't take a tough stance on immigration. The smart, legals folks that come here understand that, too.

That said, saying things like "Well if he's unhappy and wants to make a point he should go back to Mexico" is pretty much the equivalent of telling a cancer patient that doesn't like his chemo to shoot himself in the head. Especially, if he's a citizen and has the right to gripe. However, confused or silly that gripe may be.

I don't think so. It was just a suggestion that would be successful in hurting the state of Arizona. This is called putting money where your mouth is. Waiving a flag isn't going to do anything, well, apart from pissing off people like me. I lose more respect every single day for whatever cause they're trying to support.

 

[Fred]

@Kyle, I just never understood how people can not love their country

Though i understand i maybe biased here.

 

[Bjerknes]

I need to order some food from the local joint that probably employs illegal aliens.

 

[Ford Prefect]

evening ladies

 

[Gabriel]

It does sound weird

I always struggle to indentify myself with stuff, my "original religion" could be an example.

I remember in 5th grade, when i was in Malaysia, i enrolled in an International school, it was completely multi cultural. So in one of the Art Classes, our exam was for every one to draw/paint his country's flag. You can imagine how ecstatic i was and how baffled my Art teacher was as how to evaluate my work.

Atleast it wasn't hard to draw though.

 

[Fred]

Wondering how the fuck i'm going to watch the EPL next season

 

[Gabriel]

Cable?

 

[Sadomin]

Bah. Football practice ended with me and a teammate colliding in full speed with our knees against each other. Leg is all sloppy now.

EDIT - Happy birthday Andy!

 

[Dragon]

I need to order some food from the local joint that probably employs illegal aliens.

Brown illegal aliens?

Happy 25 BTW

 

[Dragon]

Cable?

Directv no la va a dar

 

[Gabriel]

Directv no la va a dar

ESPN and Fox will

 

[X Æ A-12]

Wondering how the fuck i'm going to watch the EPL next season

Streams?

I can recommend some sites if you need.

 

[Dragon]

Wondering how the fuck i'm going to watch the EPL next season

Guess what!

I started giving lessons today and one of my students is a girl from Libya. I thought of you