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Originally Posted by Theshark888
You have to realize that most of us stand up for our country as much as you do yours.
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Actually, I don't stand up for my country as much as you, because I know my country does things it shouldn't. If someone say on a forum that my country shouldn't have gone to war in Iraq the second time, I'll agree with them - the people here didn't want us to go to war, it was done for political reasons (like backing up our allies, not that you appreciate it). Although I'll probably also point out that those countries against going to war, like France and Russia, had motives as equally out of place as ours (oil).
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I am in a forum about a WW2 game that I am really looking forward to. Threads will start about ethics in WW2 that eventually get into helicopters killing civi's or illegal wars and torture and I'm just floored.
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Don't be. Think of how many non war forum arguements that get out of hand and eventually end with someone being accused of being Hitler. Think how annoying that must be for the Germans and Austrians - but how often do they jump in and complain? If someone brings up the USA and it's not relevant, either ignore it or just say it's irrelevant. I certainly didn't bring it up, I responded to posts from you and Splitter, because you brought the Europeans up, chucking us all into one basket as if we don't see the US as allies. I appreciate that you get frustrated with the criticism the US gets, but as I've told you before, you have to rise above it. Just disagree, but don't become as bad as them by slagging off a whole continent. And also do appreciate that some criticism may be deserved, we don't have to defend everything our countries do.
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Originally Posted by EnsignRo
Humans are the worst thing that ever happend to this beautiful planet.
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You do realise that no matter what we humans do, this planet will be fine. There are cataclismic events every few million years, ice ages every few thousand. Species were going extinct long before we got here, and it's not like the other species on this planet are more caring than us, or able to live in harmony - they all kill each other too.