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epicstruggle said:I will agree with you that Germany did much to advance in the short period of time between ww1 to ww2. but the US grew at almost at exponational rate a few years prior to joining ww2.
Also Germany looses many points for allowing wholesale discrimination against german jews.
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Oh, I in no way think that inter-war Germany was the greatest country ever, I was merely giving it as an example of how each person can apply their own set of standards as to what makes a country "great".
Social issues, as well as economic and military might, are criteria to judge the "greatness" of a country by. To me (well, to most people) the attitude towards minorities (for example Jews, gypsies, disabled people) weighed heavily against Germany in this period, but for some people they would be positive examples of its "greatness".
You're American if
1. You can break into some one's home and injury yourself in the process then sue for damages and win.
2. Racial Profiling really means arresting the people who commit stastically documented disproportately higher amounts of crimes.
3. uttering Nigger or Spook ends your carrier if you're white but Nigga, cracka and whitey make great additions to lyrics if you're african american.
4. you are guilty until proven innocent except for when you are accused of rape.
5. you are are assumed guilty do to the fact you were alone with a woman during the period she stated was the time you raped her.
6. you can be considered racially or culturally diversified by producing an all black entertainment television network (BET) while producing an all white entertainment network (WET ) will cause you to be labeled a racist. Moreover your racism may be more apparent if you're white and refer to BET (Black Entertainment Television) as Black Entertainment Television.
1. You can break into some one's home and injury yourself in the process then sue for damages and win.
2. Racial Profiling really means arresting the people who commit stastically documented disproportately higher amounts of crimes.
3. uttering Nigger or Spook ends your carrier if you're white but Nigga, cracka and whitey make great additions to lyrics if you're african american.
4. you are guilty until proven innocent except for when you are accused of rape.
5. you are are assumed guilty do to the fact you were alone with a woman during the period she stated was the time you raped her.
6. you can be considered racially or culturally diversified by producing an all black entertainment television network (BET) while producing an all white entertainment network (WET
) will cause you to be labeled a racist. Moreover your racism may be more apparent if you're white and refer to BET (Black Entertainment Television) as Black Entertainment Television.RussSchultz said:
Nonsense. You can get authentic Italian pizza in any good italian restaurant or pizzaria. Brick-oven white pizza joints are yuppy hangouts. Fact is, if you go to Naples today, you can also get Chicago-style deep dish too. A large proportion of Italian American immigrants came from Naples.
Perhaps you associate Pizza with Chicago, Dominoes, Pizza Hut, but I tend to prefer California Pizza Kitchen or Amichi's better thin crust better.
Most Americans do associate "Italian food" with Southern Italy however.
DemoCoder said:
Communist, all of that pizza is Americanized shit.
Going to have to agree with Russ. The Pizza you mentioned here is about as authentic Italian as Taco Bell is authentic Mexican. Have you had pizza in Italy? (and I'm not talking about the centemporary, American influenced stuff) Comming from a Chicagoan with Sicilian heritage, I can't agree with you this time my friend.
You're American if
1. you believe monetary reparations are due the african americans inpart for racial stereotypes that have had negative affects on african americans foisted on them by all white people.
2. you believe Islam is a "black" religion.
3. you believe tolerance equates acceptance.
4. sitting a few seats down from Martin Luther King can help you start a political career.
5. you believe america is horrible place and yet won't leave it.
6. the military and finacial existance of the UN rests on you.
7. you wonder why europeans complain so much about america and yet accomplish so little politically to right the wrongs of the world themselves....many of which they helped cause.
8. you donate unbelievable amounts of food, time and money to countries who'd rather see you dead all the while be said to be selfish and indifferent to the rest of the world.
9. You're american if you order a big mac, a large fry, and a diet coke with the idea of losing weight in mind.
10. the french applaud all propaganda condeming you.
1. you believe monetary reparations are due the african americans inpart for racial stereotypes that have had negative affects on african americans foisted on them by all white people.
2. you believe Islam is a "black" religion.
3. you believe tolerance equates acceptance.
4. sitting a few seats down from Martin Luther King can help you start a political career.
5. you believe america is horrible place and yet won't leave it.
6. the military and finacial existance of the UN rests on you.
7. you wonder why europeans complain so much about america and yet accomplish so little politically to right the wrongs of the world themselves....many of which they helped cause.
8. you donate unbelievable amounts of food, time and money to countries who'd rather see you dead all the while be said to be selfish and indifferent to the rest of the world.
9. You're american if you order a big mac, a large fry, and a diet coke with the idea of losing weight in mind.
10. the french applaud all propaganda condeming you.
You're American if
1. If you abhor discrimination but support afirmative action
2. If you are bitched at for being materialistic by the people whom you are buying certain products from.
3. If you wonder where the canadian army is hiding.
4. If you wonder what constitutes materialistic and how materialistic applies to europeans.
5. If you think soccer sucks.
1. If you abhor discrimination but support afirmative action
2. If you are bitched at for being materialistic by the people whom you are buying certain products from.
3. If you wonder where the canadian army is hiding.
4. If you wonder what constitutes materialistic and how materialistic applies to europeans.
5. If you think soccer sucks.
Heh, demand "buy american", but want shirts for $5.
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Lest you forget both Canada and the USA were actually worse to Jews than some (early) Nazi policies. People have this misconception that the Nazis were always publicly and feverently anti-Jew. Hitler was very much like a southern segregationist; hated the idea that Jews were becoming respectable, but he had to tone it down to get into power. Hitler came to power because he appeared to have an answer to Germany's problems and his Jew-blaming obsession. It took the Nazis years of lies and fabrications to turn the public against their friends and neighbors. Even then, people complied out of fear of being sent to Dauchau themselves. You didn't give Hitler and his SS goons any reason to think you were soft on Jews. The violence was a testament to just how effective Hitler's fear-machine worked. It's is an unsettling thought.
You could literally take a sign that said No Coloureds Allowed and replace Coloured with Jew. Those signs were everywhere in the Northern USA. Canadian anti-Semitism was much more 'subtle' but right there in the open almost. Someone had a bunch of photographs with anti-Jew signs in the USA and this one stuck out to me. Why do you think there are Jewish hospitals in the USA and Canada? Why do you think Jews were heavily involved in the US Civil Rights movement?
Vince said:DemoCoder said:
Communist, all of that pizza is Americanized shit.
Going to have to agree with Russ. The Pizza you mentioned here is about as authentic Italian as Taco Bell is authentic Mexican. Have you had pizza in Italy? (and I'm not talking about the centemporary, American influenced stuff) Comming from a Chicagoan with Sicilian heritage, I can't agree with you this time my friend.
That's what I said, those pizzas are the "big chain variety". Go to a good italian restaurant with a brick oven and you can get real authentic Naples variety Pizza. I've been to Naples and I am going back there this September. But please, don't lay some euro-snobbery bullsh*t on me that you can't get authentic quisine here, because only France and Italy has good food.
Willmeister said:
This is the worst attempt at relativism I've seen yet. Sorry, I don't buy it. Yes, there were sporadic incidents (Grant's and Twains are the most famous), but there was also discrimination against the Irish too. Hitler's oppression of the jews, even in the early years, would have Jim Crow turning over in his grave.
Good way to gauge it Legion is thru advertising costs during newscasts vs prime time dramas\soaps\comedies ect... the last time I read something on it showed (and that explains the huge drops in funding for news outfits in the last 10 years from large broadcasters) that most newsshows werent that popular. Things do change and vary tho like on sept 11th...