Britain: Land of the Free

i prefer to be classified as english,i love the place,northern england is by far the best place on earth, i live far away enough from scotland thou,thank god

I love America immensely but I am not patriotic. I know there is tremendous hatred of Americans, which is often deserved, but I love Americans for their vices and their goodness, I think. I hate Bush. I hate the government. I love the herb.

But yes, America is much more oppressed than you Britishers. Didn't weed get put as a minor drug recently, too?

If I'm going anywhere, it's Amsterdam. I envy their freedom.

"I love America immensely but I am not patriotic."

Huh?

Patriotism I view as devotion to the actions of the current government. I don't support the current government, but I still like Old School America (except for all that racism, sexism, and stuff -- so pro-Constitution) and what America could be and was meant to be.

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Originally Posted by Button Basher

If I were to have a conversation with someone about politics and their Republican and they start spouting pro-war bollocks at me, would it seriously offend them if I were to contradict them? Don't wanna get hit round the head with a baseball bat, though i'd probably silent anyway.

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Depends on who you talk to. Bush thinks his slight gain over Kerry means America loves his war and wants to declare war on every filthy country that has "tyranny" (notice that in his inaugural address he did not mention the war on terror once; he must have realized that invading Afghanistan and Iraq didn't do jack shit against potential terrorist attacks, in fact they're probably more likely now, and he needed another excuse to invade places), but only Iran next to all that oil and North Korea next to the world's next superpower, not Burma or Cuba or Mauritania of course, and America is and always has been exempt from all tyranny and if you think otherwise you're unpatriotic pro-terrorist scum.

Most people though, including Republicans, have accepted that large numbers of people are seeing the holes in this logic and most probably won't be particularly offended since the anti-war crowd is already so vocal and they've grown used to the arguments. But beware, there are always those ultraconservative freaks who will bitch you out if you even suggest something absurd like homosexuals don't all burn for eternity in the afterlife or the universe is more than 6,000 years old or America shouldn't be able to do whatever it wants to any country with lots of brown people.

Hope that IMG worked... But it explains its self i dont want a leader that i could beat at a spelling Bee

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Yes, I've always thought Vice President Cheney's parents chose wisely when they decided his first name.

I am proud to be Scottish but hate being governed by a different country. I dont hate the English like most people think the Scots do I just hate being ruled by a very different country from our own.

As for America, I would love to visit and I love to see how patriotic they are for there country but they are going through a rough patch just now with there crazy ass war loving goverment. The sooner they get bush out the better and the same goes for Blair. They two are in bed with each other and want to rule the planet, its all about the benjamins my friends. Money Money Money thats all the current governments are interested in.

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Hardley be called free... my little provence of wales is still being ruled by an english government...however i do what i want when i want.. id rather live hear than anywhere else in europe that for sure.