I saw someone post this picture in r.s.s. Apparently, the guy was upset that he wasn't let in a pool in Czechoslovakia where he was visiting (he's from the U.S.) Have you seen these kind of signs elsewhere? Not that I'm against them, I'm perfectly fine wearing the "approved" attire.
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I would like to think that we (Americans) do what we please because we believe in something and stick with it despite the objection. I always figure you do what you think is right.
As for aligning ourselves with the UN......
Nah, I won't go there. This isn't a political forum!
In the end, we will all meet at that big pool in the sky!
Originally posted by Alex
Aguageek is may be rigth about me taking this too seriously, but there are some little comments that may be we foreigners find agresive comming from US citizens, for example I can undestand that an European calls you Americans, but calling yourselves Americans is like saying Brazilians, Argentinians, Canadians, Mexicans, etc. are part of another continent, and we are not.
We all know that the US helps others countries, but may be you are not taking into considerations that many other countries also help when there are difficult times in others countries, it is only that nor the CNN or else US media takes count on it, and of course other help is not as big as the US help economically talking.
US many times seems as the bad guy because the US does what it pleases without taking serious what other countries may think, not even the United Nations. "If you are not with us, you are against us" (from George Bush).
But do not get me wrong, I like the US and understand very well your culture, there is a reason why you are very succesfull, but I just want to let you know what many people from different countries think.
Of course many times happend that, the bad things that other countries say about US is like when we talk bad about the boss with another fellow from the office.
The good thing is that swimming it is much the same all around the world.
Alex
I would like to think that we (Americans) do what we please because we believe in something and stick with it despite the objection. I always figure you do what you think is right.
As for aligning ourselves with the UN......
Nah, I won't go there. This isn't a political forum!
In the end, we will all meet at that big pool in the sky!
Originally posted by Alex
Aguageek is may be rigth about me taking this too seriously, but there are some little comments that may be we foreigners find agresive comming from US citizens, for example I can undestand that an European calls you Americans, but calling yourselves Americans is like saying Brazilians, Argentinians, Canadians, Mexicans, etc. are part of another continent, and we are not.
We all know that the US helps others countries, but may be you are not taking into considerations that many other countries also help when there are difficult times in others countries, it is only that nor the CNN or else US media takes count on it, and of course other help is not as big as the US help economically talking.
US many times seems as the bad guy because the US does what it pleases without taking serious what other countries may think, not even the United Nations. "If you are not with us, you are against us" (from George Bush).
But do not get me wrong, I like the US and understand very well your culture, there is a reason why you are very succesfull, but I just want to let you know what many people from different countries think.
Of course many times happend that, the bad things that other countries say about US is like when we talk bad about the boss with another fellow from the office.
The good thing is that swimming it is much the same all around the world.
Alex
