Foxfyre wrote:offer one way tickets to any Americans who wish to renounce their citizenships and move to France or England or Germany or any other country they consider to be superior to the United States ... nobody is taking them up on that? Not ... any of the big Hollywood stars who made such bold pronouncements of intent if the election didn't go their way.
Well except for Johnny Depp, but who even notices him with Orlando Bloom running around these days.
Quote:Somebody posted recently something to the effect that France, rather than the United States, is the country of choice for refugees these days. (I didn't read that post closely so may be getting it wrong here.) I hope its true. A little more diversity is probably good for anybody.
Well France is approximately four to six thousand miles closer as the mole burrows, not to mention an awful lot easier to sneak into being on an immensely populated continent with a very open border policy rather than an island surrounded by much much water.
And of course poverty-stricken people in war torn countries have access to entirely accurate information about the current state of affairs within America and are making researched, reliable and thought out decisions to move there as bombs fall down around their ears.
Quote:But the fact that this country provides full freedom for people to put it down, smear it, criticize it, hold it up to derision and insult is probably why people opt to stay right here just the same.
Yes yes, land of the free, home of the brave. Of course, France is the same if not much much better and the American designs for freedom did have an awful deal of influence from the French to make it what it is today. In America it's cool yet not polite to diss one's own country. In France it is both cool, polite and when done right involves a certain
savoir-faire.
You know, come to think of it you can also criticise your own country in...
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales... Probably others but those are the only ones I'm certain enough about.
Quote:Maybe just maybe it has more going for it than those who use hate speech if not real hate to describe it think.
Most likely, extremists of any description are rarely capable of accurate measurement and tend toward polarisation.
<folds hands and whistles innocently>
Quote:Did you get that liberals?
I'm not a liberal, nor an american for that matter. But yes, I understand quite well.
