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cj · 04-05-2003

There is a lot of history, and a lot of culture to be explored.

So CJ, we can take our cameras and get some great photos!
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of what, piles of rubble?

there will be a large portion of people who hate us there for a long time to come ... i aint visiting in a hurry. There's plenty of other *friendly* places in the world to visit that I haven't been to yet.

you are still claiming that you know what's best for other cultures ... I guess no common sense will break through what you believe to be true. That's sad for you, and for the future of your country.

Colin, your post talks about imperialism, and the global cultural changes that have occured ... people are learning english, the value of the dollar is almost always compared to the american dollar in many countries, and immigrants see america as the land of opportunity ...

There's no question that america is powerful and influential, but there are more examples of where the american culture is agressively rejected than embraced. You can talk about nuclear power and how that is what controls the choices of our governments - yep, great, guns control governments. That's hardly new ...

But, guns can't control people's attitudes ... Iraq is a perfect example. Much of Iraq's daily rules are forced on them by their government, and yet look how many there are who stand against those principals because they simple don't want them in their lives ... We are counting on it to win this war!

Of course the nations with the strongest fire power will be making the decisions in the UN and any other global group of power ... and in turn, many of the cultural traits of those countries will be more strongly pushed on the rest of the world.

Do you think that forcing cultural changes on a country will make the people of that country sit back and think 'oh well, i dont have a choice, they have bigger guns'? Of course not ... they form groups and protest and harass their own government and if they still aren't listened to, there is always an extremist who will blow shit up. The average Joe (or mohammed), isn't scared of the power of the American government ... other Governments may be, but the feeling is not always (i'd say rarely) shared by the residents of their countries.

American Imperialism has been strong for many decades, and the result was 9/11 ... the great many who dislike western culture don't care how many guns your government has, because they can hijack a plane, carefully plan and choose major targets, and cause 2 years (so far) of damage ...

Look at the chain of events that have followed 9/11 ... The U.S. economy is nose diving, many people are scared to fly, the people of our western countries are torn between feeling that we caused it through imperialism or feeling angry and full of vengence.

We all know america has big guns, did it help in this case?

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cj Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Down Under Posts: 5,202	There is a lot of history, and a lot of culture to be explored. So CJ, we can take our cameras and get some great photos! ----- of what, piles of rubble? there will be a large portion of people who hate us there for a long time to come ... i aint visiting in a hurry. There's plenty of other friendly places in the world to visit that I haven't been to yet. you are still claiming that you know what's best for other cultures ... I guess no common sense will break through what you believe to be true. That's sad for you, and for the future of your country. Colin, your post talks about imperialism, and the global cultural changes that have occured ... people are learning english, the value of the dollar is almost always compared to the american dollar in many countries, and immigrants see america as the land of opportunity ... There's no question that america is powerful and influential, but there are more examples of where the american culture is agressively rejected than embraced. You can talk about nuclear power and how that is what controls the choices of our governments - yep, great, guns control governments. That's hardly new ... But, guns can't control people's attitudes ... Iraq is a perfect example. Much of Iraq's daily rules are forced on them by their government, and yet look how many there are who stand against those principals because they simple don't want them in their lives ... We are counting on it to win this war! Of course the nations with the strongest fire power will be making the decisions in the UN and any other global group of power ... and in turn, many of the cultural traits of those countries will be more strongly pushed on the rest of the world. Do you think that forcing cultural changes on a country will make the people of that country sit back and think 'oh well, i dont have a choice, they have bigger guns'? Of course not ... they form groups and protest and harass their own government and if they still aren't listened to, there is always an extremist who will blow shit up. The average Joe (or mohammed), isn't scared of the power of the American government ... other Governments may be, but the feeling is not always (i'd say rarely) shared by the residents of their countries. American Imperialism has been strong for many decades, and the result was 9/11 ... the great many who dislike western culture don't care how many guns your government has, because they can hijack a plane, carefully plan and choose major targets, and cause 2 years (so far) of damage ... Look at the chain of events that have followed 9/11 ... The U.S. economy is nose diving, many people are scared to fly, the people of our western countries are torn between feeling that we caused it through imperialism or feeling angry and full of vengence. We all know america has big guns, did it help in this case?