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 What Countries do you respect? 
#335953 - 06/06/01 07:25 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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What countries, excluding your own, do you like and/or respect?...give some reasons.
Also your least favorite if you want.
I like:
1. Germany - I'm from German descent so i'm biased but i love the tradition (even the tourist attraction Oktoberfest) that
Germany has....minus that whole Hitler thing ofcourse. My wife is 1st generation American therefore my
mother-in-law exposes us to many german traditions.
2. Canada - Because i love the outdoors and Canada is the mecca of outside activities.
3. Scotland - The people where extremely nice. Hell a guy bought me, my wife, and my 2 friends a beer on the train just
for being American....you won't see that on the "L" train.
4. Wales - Similar to Scotland.
5. Japan - Nice people and a great culture
Least:
1. China - Friggin commies I have no respect towards the government and mean no disrespect to the people...
2. France - Basicallly because they hate anyony and everyone..they're rude (not all of them) and have no reason to be
3. Russia - hopefully one day they will get out of the fog of ignorance.
4. many of the muslim states - not that i'm being racist i just find blowing up unarmed people with carbombs to be a TAD
cowardess and the act of pussies.
5. California - I know it's not a country but it might as well be....all hail Grey Davis
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 Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#336109 - 06/06/01 11:17 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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Respect:
Australia; nice country, good people. Steve Irwin "the crocodile hunter".
Ireland; rugged beauty, incredible history.
Lichtenstein; because it's name is Lichtenstein.
Canada; good beer, great hockey. We benefit each other economically.
Scandanavian countries: culture, people, just seems to be an all around nice place to be. I'll visit there someday.
Don't respect:
Mexico; they have all the means to become a great country, yet don't.
The EU as a whole; I think it's a bad idea. I can't understand why it has so much support.
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#336723 - 06/07/01 01:53 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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netherlands, denmark, iceland and canada
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#336797 - 06/07/01 05:17 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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"1. Germany - I'm from German descent so i'm biased but i love the tradition (even the tourist attraction Oktoberfest) that
Germany has....minus that whole Hitler thing ofcourse. My wife is 1st generation American therefore my
mother-in-law exposes us to many german traditions. "
which german traditions do you mean??.(I don't think we have that many traditions left...besides that beer is loved by many)
...and oktoberfest sucks, Bavaria sucks...only good about Bavaria is that it is near to the alps..
And mookie what don't you like about the EU..
I think as an EU citizien that the EU has its good and bad sides good about uit is: we have developed to one union after 2 big wars..that I can move to every country in the EU, that I can work there etc..
only bad thing is that the government is soo far away..and I think big democrathy s don't work..see the USA as an example for a democrathy that doesn't work..
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Prellgott]
#336803 - 06/07/01 05:39 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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i'm sorry but judging every person in a country to be "nice," "good," or "rude" is a fallacy and completely ignorant.
mookie, what is your definition of a "great country?" i don't understand what you're trying to say.
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Prellgott]
#337577 - 06/08/01 02:18 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is going to be quick, because I plan on making a topic about the EU soon.
***what don't you like about the EU***
Pretty much everything about it. Turning once autonomous countries into one entity is not a good idea. Especially several countries that have had a notorious problem with getting along. Schroeder made his plan for EU functions correct? The rest of the EU didn't like it. France submitted their plan, the rest of the EU disliked it. Gonna be a bumpy road.
Not to mention the fact that EU officials aren't even elected. Unelected officials that are unnaccountable is a tremendously bad thing. I read that four of judges on the EU court (I don't recall its official name) wouldn't even qualify to be a judge in Britan.
The Treaty of Nice tramples on smaller countries like Belgium and Ireland. The Irish voted on it today/yesterday, I just haven't found out the results yet. I do know that fuckin Tony Blair and Labour won in a landslide. That's unfortunate.
I'll make a topic on this soon, I've meant to for a while.
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#337578 - 06/08/01 02:20 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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1) Japan what's not to like?
2) Funny people, haha aboot.
3) Ecuador.. th strain
and I was gonna say Califonia,(as my least) but it seems you've beat me to the punch
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Tec-9]
#337580 - 06/08/01 02:28 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's just a matter of opinion really, some countries cause me to have a better opinion of them then others. If having an opinion is ignorant, everyone is ignorant.
Mexico is not a great country, because it has abundant natural materials, strong neighbors to trade with, and are still third world nation. It has nothing to do with the people.
A great country would be one that I would personally live in. There are only a handful that I would move to. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Iceland....
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: MOoKie]
#337812 - 06/10/01 08:47 PM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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Netherlands-decrim, freedom
Costa Rica- no military, some regions are the worlds best climate, voting day is a national holiday
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: MOoKie]
#337987 - 06/11/01 12:39 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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I would have to say that Mexico is one of the nations I respect the most...The currency changes every couple of years, the presidents are either corrupt or if not get assasinated..the police are paid squat(which is why they have to find little side endevours to make ends meet)...this is a country that has no chance to get a foot up, Mookie. When you are talking about a country, you have to be talking about its' people, too...God knows I wouldn't want Prez Bush to be my spokesman to extraterrestrial intelligence...so does respect for a country come from the top down?
I have been to many parts of Mexico and for the most part they are a very good people who have suffered for a long, long time...perhaps you have only been to the border towns where the worst of the worst is showcased in an attempt for gratuity and beggars offerings, but Mexico as a whole is a very depressed country. Imagine if the Great Depression happened every few years..every step forward squashed backwards. That sounds like a hearty, courageous people to me.
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: hatter]
#338177 - 06/11/01 06:44 AM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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The corruption of it's officials make Mexico a failure. I'm sure the people are fine just as i stated that china's people could be nice. I believe the question of what do you like about the people wasn't brought up. Mexico has all the characteristics to be a great country but too many of the people accept this corruption therefore maybe they can be blamed indirectly.
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#339192 - 06/12/01 03:36 PM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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1)japan
2)japan
3)japan
4)japan
5)japan
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Planet Asia]
#339316 - 06/12/01 06:50 PM (22 years, 6 months ago) |
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so let me get this strait...you hate Japan?...ha
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#339781 - 06/13/01 06:36 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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I love all the countries of europe, south america, and some carribian islands ... But most of all i love Poland - Because we squashed the Communists with an electrician... peace
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: BrownPastures]
#339812 - 06/13/01 08:06 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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"Because we squashed the Communists with an electrician... peace"
Did you mean ELECTION? because the Electricians around my location charge way to much to wire my house...let alone fight communists..ha
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#340901 - 06/14/01 07:00 PM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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A drunk electrician crawled through a window in my house once. He was one of my dads friends.
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: ]
#341249 - 06/15/01 06:42 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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ha....at least we know electricians party!!!
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 Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#341472 - 06/15/01 01:06 PM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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Country's suck
People good
People should get over their nationalist pride.
Then they are good people
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: JuR]
#341557 - 06/15/01 02:51 PM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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JuR.. I like your attitude. ditto
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: JuR]
#341569 - 06/15/01 03:12 PM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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****People should get over their nationalist pride****
Why?...I think it's very healthy to have pride in your country...no matter what country it is
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Innvertigo]
#342431 - 06/16/01 07:02 PM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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respect:
early america, isolationist america, americans with the knowledge to have a strong distrust of their leaders
Germany cause they make great cars
Japan, cause we destroyed them and they came back strong as FUCK
Dislike:
Canadia cause they murder innocent whales and most of them can not read and stuff
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: PGF]
#344233 - 06/19/01 06:26 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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On my good list:
- Japan, some VERY intelligent, friendly people , more so then any other people i have met.
- Germany - My girlfriends family is german, i have never met anyone other nationality that has fun like they do... just the amount of food, alcohol, music with such a wonderfully good time... in the three years watching germans party i havnt seen one bad thing about it.
- China, they mind their own business, when a war breaks out in some far away land... they keep their mouth shut and dont rush over there just for something to do.
Dislike:
- China.... want to dominate the world.
- America.... nice people and mean well.... but they want to rule the world, am so sick of the "america is the greatest country, every other country is a communist, warmongering, slum" attitude that seems so common..... its the land of hypocracy (sp?), and how they do something then try to force those changes on other countrys aswell, then break those same treatys, etc. the people are cool, but the government....
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: Beatnik]
#344346 - 06/19/01 10:47 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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****- America.... nice people and mean well.... ****
Tell us how you really feel...ha ha...not all of us americans want to rule the world.........just the western hemisphere..ha :)
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: MOoKie]
#345022 - 06/20/01 08:01 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mookie, you gonna start that post?
I think Europe is one of the best possible things for our country. When you say it is turning all countries into one entity, that is not strictly true. Each country will remain individual, and there is no intention for form a european super-state. Countries are still free to make their own laws, and govern themselves how they see fit. There are some central bodies such as the european court of human rights, which do cover all countries in the EU, but the laws they enforce have already been previously agreed by all EU member states, and they do not make their own laws. The EU is more about enhancing links between the european countries, rather than joining them together into one entity.
Economically it makes great sense for all european countries to share a single currency (The Euro), currently we do not know if Britain is going to join the euro, although it is looking more and more likely and a refferendum is expected in 2002. A majority of our exports are to the EU, which is the same for all EU member countries, and sharing a currency will provide far greater economic stability as there will be no fluctuating exchange rates.
It's true that EU officials are not elected, they are appointed by MEP's who are directly elected, and they are accountable in that they can be fired via a vote of no confidence. This is the same way British ministers are appointed, and I see no real problem with this.
I guess you know that the treaty of Neice is now dead as Ireland voted in a refferendum to abandon it, and for the treaty to stand, all countries have to support it.
I won't go on any more if you're going to start a topic on this, but I do find it slightly ammusing to find an American euro-sceptic :)
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Re: What Countries do you respect? [Re: PGF]
#345933 - 06/21/01 10:38 AM (22 years, 5 months ago) |
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Most people in Canada can't read?
yeah, that's an intelligent comment from the home of the unshaven and land of the free-base cocaine smoking niggers
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