chas_martel
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Listen I am not being antiBritish, I am being proAmerican.
>No harm done, I understand your opinion.
Thanks, I am trying to understand yours.
>But I don't recall saying that the USA needs the video surveillance they have in >the UK, I do recall saying that the USA probably will get it, not deserve it.
Not really what I am talking about, just the topic that started my comments.
But of course any society could use easier, more reliable and cheaper means
to acheive what is trying to be acheive with the videos.
>So, working on the assumption that I am entitled to my opinion, how would the >USA be better without people like me?
Because, you may come here and vote unlike a more "traditional" voter.
>I'm not the 'King',
Where did I say your were a 'King'?
>I have very, very little power here, like us all.
I disagree very much. In fact a 'subject' thinks like this. A 'citizen' does not.
There has never been much power in numbers. If you will look over history
most really important things have been done by one or a few. Ask Rosa Parks.
Or perhaps Hitler.
Let me ask you, do you have more power when fewer people vote or more?
Oddly, you have more as your vote counts disproportionately versus
the general population. Don't infer from this that I don't want people voting.
I just want smart, well educated, 'citizens' to vote.
>I think, as I have stated all along, that Americans are easily tempted into being >anti-Brit.
Odd, I find Americans to be enamoured with people and think they are smarter when they speak with a British accent. Funny how we see this so differently.
I also found this to be true in reverse in some parts of Europe.
>I love it here and plan on being buried here.
Bless your soul.
>Put the sticks away
Trust, me I am not bothering to write this for fun or to be mean. I am
truly concerned for this country. I am trying my darndest to inspire people.
>and accept the differences of opinion that make America truely great.
This is a great misconception. Just being different is not 'good'. It is
supremely true that one of the greatest things about America is that
we can have differences in opinion, but that is not to say
that having a bunch of 'wrong' opinions believed by people is a good thing.
Some ideas about how things should be are better than some others.
Period, it is not even debatable.
>Just imagine I am a visitor from the future speaking of the way things will come >to be, which maybe I am.
>It doesn't necessarily mean I am going to implement those changes, or take >away anything from you.
>I just have opinions and information, and another worldview.
Great, I am happy for you. I am only worried about how you and your
offspring will end up voting. That will affect me and my offspring. And
I have a 'right' to not only feel this way but 'act' that way. Go read
the intro to our Declaration of Independence for a gist of what
I am talking about.
>And please everyone, drop the threats. I'm Buddhist, I'm really not supposed to >get angry. (insert smiley of your choice).
I hope you've not been threatened by anything I have typed.
>Now, do I need to change my sig to "Don't assume I think I am right"?
Nope, keep real_name
Later.
Listen I am not being antiBritish, I am being proAmerican.
>No harm done, I understand your opinion.
Thanks, I am trying to understand yours.
>But I don't recall saying that the USA needs the video surveillance they have in >the UK, I do recall saying that the USA probably will get it, not deserve it.
Not really what I am talking about, just the topic that started my comments.
But of course any society could use easier, more reliable and cheaper means
to acheive what is trying to be acheive with the videos.
>So, working on the assumption that I am entitled to my opinion, how would the >USA be better without people like me?
Because, you may come here and vote unlike a more "traditional" voter.
>I'm not the 'King',
Where did I say your were a 'King'?
>I have very, very little power here, like us all.
I disagree very much. In fact a 'subject' thinks like this. A 'citizen' does not.
There has never been much power in numbers. If you will look over history
most really important things have been done by one or a few. Ask Rosa Parks.
Or perhaps Hitler.
Let me ask you, do you have more power when fewer people vote or more?
Oddly, you have more as your vote counts disproportionately versus
the general population. Don't infer from this that I don't want people voting.
I just want smart, well educated, 'citizens' to vote.
>I think, as I have stated all along, that Americans are easily tempted into being >anti-Brit.
Odd, I find Americans to be enamoured with people and think they are smarter when they speak with a British accent. Funny how we see this so differently.
I also found this to be true in reverse in some parts of Europe.
>I love it here and plan on being buried here.
Bless your soul.
>Put the sticks away
Trust, me I am not bothering to write this for fun or to be mean. I am
truly concerned for this country. I am trying my darndest to inspire people.
>and accept the differences of opinion that make America truely great.
This is a great misconception. Just being different is not 'good'. It is
supremely true that one of the greatest things about America is that
we can have differences in opinion, but that is not to say
that having a bunch of 'wrong' opinions believed by people is a good thing.
Some ideas about how things should be are better than some others.
Period, it is not even debatable.
>Just imagine I am a visitor from the future speaking of the way things will come >to be, which maybe I am.
>It doesn't necessarily mean I am going to implement those changes, or take >away anything from you.
>I just have opinions and information, and another worldview.
Great, I am happy for you. I am only worried about how you and your
offspring will end up voting. That will affect me and my offspring. And
I have a 'right' to not only feel this way but 'act' that way. Go read
the intro to our Declaration of Independence for a gist of what
I am talking about.
>And please everyone, drop the threats. I'm Buddhist, I'm really not supposed to >get angry. (insert smiley of your choice).
I hope you've not been threatened by anything I have typed.
>Now, do I need to change my sig to "Don't assume I think I am right"?
Nope, keep real_name
Later.