21 Nov 05
Originally posted by chancremechanicWanting to know.
Patriotic avatars are the best....like mine.....in your face!....the kind that lets you know where I'm coming from and that I'm proud to be American, unlike a lot of you who hate your own countries, which in some of your cases is appropriate......
Have you ever stayed in one place outside the U.S. for more than a month at a time?
Just curious, no offense meant.
21 Nov 05
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Originally posted by blitzkrieg33No offense taken....Yes, I spent several summers in Italy and the former Jugoslavia, now Croatia several times while growing up. I am second-generation Italian-Croation on my mother's side. Been to England, Scotland, Norway, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Germany, Sicily...and while I loved Europe while I was there, the continent has changed considerably since I was last there in '85...for the worse I must say...no offense meant....now I am 100% American and proud of it...sometimes I wonder if this was the way they felt in pre-war Germany....except we are promoting democracy instead of Naziism and are not killing 6,000,000 Jews...I want to do my part, so that is why I serve in the military.....19 years. I still have familiy in Italy and Croatia, but they wouldn't recognize me and my ideals, neither would I recognize theirs I'm afraid....
Wanting to know.
Have you ever stayed in one place outside the U.S. for more than a month at a time?
Just curious, no offense meant.
21 Nov 05
Originally posted by chancremechanicIf democracy is so great then why do you need to 'promote' it with bullets and bombs?
No offense taken....Yes, I spent several summers in Italy and the former Jugoslavia, now Croatia several times while growing up. I am second-generation Italian-Croation on my mother's side. Been to England, Scotland, Norway, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Germany, Sicily...and while I loved Europe while I was there, the continent has changed con ...[text shortened]... but they wouldn't recognize me and my ideals, neither would I recognize theirs I'm afraid....
21 Nov 05
Originally posted by chancremechanicI guess the question wasn't meant to include places, where you've briefly passed through an airport during deployment.
No offense taken....Yes, I spent several summers in Italy and the former Jugoslavia, now Croatia several times while growing up. I am second-generation Italian-Croation on my mother's side. Been to England, Scotland, Norway, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Germany, Sicily...and while I loved Europe while I was there, the continent has changed considerably since I was last there in '85...for the worse I must say...
Also, has Europe changed for the worse since '85, or have your conceptions of it changed fed by the propoganda that you watch/read?
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21 Nov 05
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Originally posted by RagnorakYour post is a prime example of the change chancremechanic spoke of.
I guess the question wasn't meant to include places, where you've briefly passed through an airport during deployment.
Also, has Europe changed for the worse since '85, or have your conceptions of it changed fed by the propoganda that you watch/read?
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(along with blitzkrieg33, and unfortunately my own clanleader)
As if you have some knowledge of where he has or has not been and how
long he was there, in an effort to propagate the myth that all Americans
don't know anything about the rest of the world...who's arrogant now.
It's time to ban such comments and constant thread hijacking to an
Anti-American Forum (ie Spirituality).
Then again, your avatar envy is understandable.
21 Nov 05
Originally posted by xsHow so?
Your post is a prime example of the change chancremechanic spoke of.
(along with blitzkrieg33, and unfortunately my own clanleader)
As if you have some knowledge of where he has or has not been and how
long he was there
BTW: You attack me for presuming to have knowledge of something, which you obviously think I couldn't have. Now, I'd like to turn that back on you. If you haven't a clue what you're talking about, you only look foolish.
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