A personal view of a European

digerati · Jul 20, 2004, 02:19 AM

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Originally posted by ToshiroOC
MARS! They're on mars!

this is significant because i know work 40 hours a week with the damn things

Whoooopsie. Yeah big screw up on my end, sowwies. And how is working at JPL going? You find my friend yet?

Nacht · Jul 20, 2004, 12:33 PM

what i was saying is this: people in the united states vastly over estimated the soviet union during the cold war.

ToshiroOC · Jul 20, 2004, 10:50 PM

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Whoooopsie. Yeah big screw up on my end, sowwies. And how is working at JPL going? You find my friend yet?

Your friend is on the other end of the campus, so I haven't looked him up much yet

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Originally posted by Nacht
what i was saying is this: people in the united states vastly over estimated the soviet union during the cold war.

The people, or the government? Unfortunately often two separate things.

digerati · Jul 21, 2004, 10:18 AM

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Originally posted by ToshiroOC

The people, or the government? Unfortunately often two separate things.

Are you saying you don't agree with me? How unpatriotitc away from you, well it's not your fault, it's your genetics

Nacht · Jul 21, 2004, 10:57 AM

the nation. the threat.

RDoggy · Jul 25, 2004, 08:43 AM

One thing that the US has over europe.Our woman have no fear of razors. I recall going to a swimming pool in Germany ug hair.. I dont care at all for hairy armpits on a woman or legs for that matter. The beer well they got us beat on that.

Nacht · Jul 25, 2004, 12:24 PM

hahah

Dexsal · Jul 25, 2004, 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by RDoggy
One thing that the US has over europe.Our woman have no fear of razors. I recall going to a swimming pool in Germany ug hair.. I dont care at all for hairy armpits on a woman or legs for that matter. The beer well they got us beat on that.

hehehe

its the strong beer

ToshiroOC · Jul 25, 2004, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by RDoggy
One thing that the US has over europe.Our woman have no fear of razors. I recall going to a swimming pool in Germany ug hair.. I dont care at all for hairy armpits on a woman or legs for that matter. The beer well they got us beat on that.

Perhaps they just don't have a cultural fear of body hair like we do? I wouldn't say that the US has anything over Europe in this regard in an absolute sense

Nacht · Jul 25, 2004, 08:27 PM

it's not a cultural fear of body hair...it's just disgusting lol

ToshiroOC · Jul 26, 2004, 09:58 PM

Other cultures would likely disagree with you that body hair is disgusting, therefore, I think it can be called a cultural fear.

digerati · Jul 27, 2004, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by ToshiroOC
Other cultures would likely disagree with you that body hair is disgusting, therefore, I think it can be called a cultural fear.

What do you taste like? Eating people is part of my culture. Yummy.

Nacht · Jul 27, 2004, 04:40 PM

but we're not afraid of hair. that's my point. diferrent cultural likes concerning body hair.

digerati · Jul 27, 2004, 07:51 PM

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Originally posted by Nacht
but we're not afraid of hair. that's my point. diferrent cultural likes concerning body hair.

What does your body hair taste like?

Nacht · Jul 27, 2004, 08:25 PM

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Originally posted by ^_^
What does your body hair taste like?

well...

depends on where it's from

Falstaff · Jul 28, 2004, 11:36 PM

that is absolutely disgusting, reminds me of Ted in a Fish called Wanda

Mickie M · Sep 6, 2004, 08:48 AM

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I'm really happy to be European and not to live in such a self destructive country as America.

couldnt have said it better myself. only in america could people still support bush, kinda like those fanatic middle eastern terrorists who are blinded by propiganda aswell. as someone once said to me "I would'nt trust him to mow my lawn never mind run my country".
btw america couldnt have won ww2 without russia and vise versa, i wouldnt be to proud about america beating a little country like germany even if it was all by themselves, which it was no where near by themself anyway.

i've wondered what "freedom's" america has that no other countrys do?

amduser · Sep 6, 2004, 10:25 AM

Mickie M was 9/11 america's fault?

Mickie M · Sep 6, 2004, 10:46 AM

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Mickie M was 9/11 america's fault?

you mean by not preventing it even though there are claims of warning signs which bush ignored even though they attacked the wtc towers before? or antaganizing al qaeda after basically training and funding afghanistan?

no way i think it was a goverment plan or any nut ball conspiracy theory.

kicksave13 · Sep 6, 2004, 11:38 AM

Sorry i've gotta way in on this because i have lived in the US most of my life but come from Europe. I love seeing all these posts from americans that believe all the crap the media feeds you. Only in the USA would a whole country be up in arms over something like the Janet Jackson incident at the super bowl and drug use and prostitution. We live in a country where the constitution claims freedoms for all of us but yet the goverment censors everything we see. I love using the janet jackson incident as an example because it was blown out of proportion here and europeans were laughing at us......because of this goverments stern stance against censoring nudity and sex it is such a taboo and we have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates.....well that really makes sense doesn't it.......you people should start to figure out that if something is prohibited and censored more people just vie to do it......I understand where the first poster is coming from with the whole drug issue. The US would be much better off using the money they are spending on the "War on Drugs" to better our schools and not take away the arts and music and sports that the kids in this country need to grow up. The Values in this country are completly messed up. I say try to help more people rather than filling up the jails with low level criminals that sell drugs.....its a waste of our money to pay for their luxury in jail.....tv's, magazines and all.....

i'm sure you are all going to flame over this but you have to put your values in the right things. I love the US but you gotta say our goverment is messed up.

lenchmob · Sep 7, 2004, 10:32 AM

A democracy is not a perfect form of government. Here in the US we have choices though we can vote for change, or we can simply leave. Enough said.

Mickie M · Sep 9, 2004, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by lenchmob

A democracy is not a perfect form of government. Here in the US we have choices though we can vote for change, or we can simply leave. Enough said.

you know alot of other countrys have democracy as well but don't seem so (can't think any other way of saying it) screwed up.
btw i know and like some smart americans but the way the countrys run and the attitudes of what seems is the majority of americans is really.....shocking when you consider the power that the country has.

p.s. yea i was rofl at the janet jackson incident being blown out of proportion.

lenchmob · Sep 9, 2004, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickie M

you know alot of other countrys have democracy as well but don't seem so (can't think any other way of saying it) screwed up.
btw i know and like some smart americans but the way the countrys run and the attitudes of what seems is the majority of americans is really.....shocking when you consider the power that the country has.

p.s. yea i was rofl at the janet jackson incident being blown out of proportion.

Yes and it's called diversity, with any democracy you have extremes at both ends of the spectrum. Sorry if we Americans have offended those across the pond. Our values and priorities obviously differ from those abroad and have so for a number of years. I know you don't want to hear this but: As Vice President Cheney has said "we don't a permission slip to defend ourselves" and we will act accordingly.

Nacht · Sep 9, 2004, 04:50 PM

"we dont need a permission slip to defend ourselves"
isnt that it?

i really dont care what europeans think. and I am amused by those in GB talking about violoation of liberties...

Mickie M · Sep 9, 2004, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lenchmob

Yes and it's called diversity, with any democracy you have extremes at both ends of the spectrum. Sorry if we Americans have offended those across the pond. Our values and priorities obviously differ from those abroad and have so for a number of years. I know you don't want to hear this but: As Vice President Cheney has said "we don't a permission slip to defend ourselves" and we will act accordingly.

i support countrys defending themselfs like adding security and attacking al qaeda in afghanistan after sept 11th attacks but i never supported attacking iraq because i never believed there was any threat to america or any european countrys (including the uk) from iraq and as we all know now there wasent. atleast 12,000 innocent iraq's have been killed since the war in iraq started for nothing but creating more terrorists threats to every country in teh world (involed or not) plus a large waste of money and troops lifes but all bush supporters can say is that atleast bush is decissive..... he can decide fast but when he decides fast and gets it wrong it kills so many innocent people and ruins familys (4 times as much as sept 11th did) that you'd be better off with kerry (who is by no means perfect himself) who would take teh time to make all his decissions right which is very important for a person who's got so much destructive power at his command. Ok if your not smart enough or just to plain ignorent to understand innocent iraq's are human just like americans and don't deserve to be slaughtered like that, its not america's pride at stake its the innocent lifes taken then sweapped out of american voters sights, but also what about the hugh deficit bush has created and that he's saying how much more he will spend if re-elected dosent ring alarm bells? he's bankrupted his fair share of companys and now he's got his hands on america and people are self destructive enough to let him do it.... if your so bloody patriotic about your country why not save it from bush?

ameican politics is just a circus as far as im concerned, people vote on who they prefare teh looks of better and who makes them laugh more then who will actually be more fit for running the country, if you want teh worlds respect you have to come off more mature and responsible with the power you wield. i can honestly say if an innocent american was killed for every innocent person killled because of america i would have absolutly no pity because it would be completely fair and maybe those bush supports would wake up to reality.

clinton's an asshat for bombing iraq to take the heat off him during the monica lewinsky affair aswell btw! complete bs, it has to stop.

lenchmob · Sep 10, 2004, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mickie M

i support countrys defending themselfs like adding security and attacking al qaeda in afghanistan after sept 11th attacks but i never supported attacking iraq because i never believed there was any threat to america or any european countrys (including the uk) from iraq and as we all know now there wasent. atleast 12,000 innocent iraq's have been killed since the war in iraq started for nothing but creating more terrorists threats to every country in teh world (involed or not) plus a large waste of money and troops lifes but all bush supporters can say is that atleast bush is decissive..... he can decide fast but when he decides fast and gets it wrong it kills so many innocent people and ruins familys (4 times as much as sept 11th did) that you'd be better off with kerry (who is by no means perfect himself) who would take teh time to make all his decissions right which is very important for a person who's got so much destructive power at his command. Ok if your not smart enough or just to plain ignorent to understand innocent iraq's are human just like americans and don't deserve to be slaughtered like that, its not america's pride at stake its the innocent lifes taken then sweapped out of american voters sights, but also what about the hugh deficit bush has created and that he's saying how much more he will spend if re-elected dosent ring alarm bells? he's bankrupted his fair share of companys and now he's got his hands on america and people are self destructive enough to let him do it.... if your so bloody patriotic about your country why not save it from bush?

ameican politics is just a circus as far as im concerned, people vote on who they prefare teh looks of better and who makes them laugh more then who will actually be more fit for running the country, if you want teh worlds respect you have to come off more mature and responsible with the power you wield. i can honestly say if an innocent american was killed for every innocent person killled because of america i would have absolutly no pity because it would be completely fair and maybe those bush supports would wake up to reality.

clinton's an asshat for bombing iraq to take the heat off him during the monica lewinsky affair aswell btw! complete bs, it has to stop.

The world is full of arm-chair quarter backs who have better ideas and methods when dealing with global threats. The old news is that Saddam violated UN sanctions, resolutions, and demands for years. He was warned how many times? Too many to list here. Read This Carefully: "The world's intelligence services believed Saddam had WMD's" The US acted upon that intelligence. and removed the tyrant from power.

"Quote" Ok if your not smart enough or just to plain ignorent to understand innocent iraq's are human just like americans and don't deserve to be slaughtered like that, its not america's pride at stake its the innocent lifes taken then sweapped out of american voters sights, but also what about the hugh deficit bush has created and that he's saying how much more he will spend if re-elected dosent ring alarm bells?"

Don't try and judge or gauge my intelligence on world affairs when you can't even spell the simplest words on this forum. Economics 101 - a basic lesson just for you: The 9/11 attacks created a tremendous cost to the American public not only in lives but in revenue. Any nation engaged in conflict, war, or armed action will accumulate a debt. You mentioned innocent Iraqi's dying in the conflict. Liberation has a price , you conveniently forget the slaughter of thousands of "Kurds" by Saddam or the genocide of countless Iraqi's opposed to his rule.

The idea of John Kerry of doing a better job is ridicoulous to say the least. Read and come to your own conclusions:

http://www.judicialwatch.org/3794.shtml
http://swift2.he.net/~swift2/index.php

Read the book titled "Unfit For Command" and draw your own conclusions.
Review Senator Kerry's "voting record" and draw your own conclusions.

You assume Americans base there votes on looks and comedic value. You have no idea on how or why or who Americans vote for. Who says we need th