Only in America

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Originally Posted by Flynn

The thread title is " Only in America ", that was my first thought when I heard what Siljander has been indicted for.

My comments are not bashing America, I am merely pointing out that America's system of justice and government is not as perfect as some people would have the rest of the world beleive.

these words I've put in red are key, SOME people do alot of things, that doesn't mean we should lump EVERYONE into any category

[indianajoe]

Originally Posted by Flynn

The thread title is " Only in America ", that was my first thought when I heard what Siljander has been indicted for.

My comments are not bashing America, I am merely pointing out that America's system of justice and government is not as perfect as some people would have the rest of the world beleive.

Originally Posted by AutumnRain

his point is that most of the world doesnt do around telling other countries how things should be done, how fantastic they are, in such a manner as the USA does.. so when things do go wrong, as the case is here, then its on a grander scale...

kinda like the popular kid at school who shouted for years about how great she was, only to have to thrown in her face when she was caught being a liar and a cheat.. same thing just different scale..

You are correct Flynn it ISNT perfect. However , he HAS been indicted and will face the american justice system .If found guilty, he will be prosecuted by that system . Whats wrong with that?...

nowhere in his original post is there anything said about America saying it was better or perfect.. that is his afterthought..Having read the same article my first thought was "thats just great...you never know who your enemies are. and Im glad he was caught".
Or maybe Flynn was saying " Only in America can an elected official be indicted "...I dont know.. but Autumn seems to know the workings of Flynns brain and thought process.

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I've never seen or heard any American say that "we" were better or closer to perfection than any other country, must be Aussie's sayin' it lol

[Vinnie]

Ha, everyone knows that it's Wales that is God's own country...well everyone who counts anyway

[anna_hun]

Originally Posted by Flynn

USA Senator Funds Terrorism.

Splashed across the world comes news of American Senator Siljander who has been indicted on forty two counts of terrorism related charges. Siljander was giving tax payer and charity money to Al Qaeda and the Taliban at a time that G W Bush was accusing Iraq of hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Lets not forget Siljander was lining his own pockets too !

Americans should have looked amongst their own elected officials to find who was funding terrorist organisations instead of invadiing iraq





It will be interesting to see how many more USA elected officials were, or still are conspiring with America’s enemies.

Gutted.and I would be gutted if it would happened in any other country too..
We probly all have some currupt polititians in every country
who work for there own pockets.
But thats not the point here..
Bush is fighting"war on terror"and one of his senator had a part in funding Al Quaida
For australia...americans....dont forget:
it is one of bush s allie s...
and they fight for him in Iraq too...

[Flynn]

Thank You Anna

When I first heard about Siljander I thought he would also be charged with TREASON and some of the many guns available in the USA would be used to execute him.

BRB to answer other members posts !

[Flynn]

Originally Posted by AutumnRain

his point is that most of the world doesnt do around telling other countries how things should be done, how fantastic they are, in such a manner as the USA does.. so when things do go wrong, as the case is here, then its on a grander scale...

kinda like the popular kid at school who shouted for years about how great she was, only to have to thrown in her face when she was caught being a liar and a cheat.. same thing just different scale..

Hiya AR

For the most part, Americans can't see that anyone giving a negative comment about their society has a valid point of view.

Main reason for that is they live there.

Sometimes it takes an outsiders perspective to highlight some of the negative aspects of another persons character or in this case the characteristics of a nation.

Some members of Jokeroo may think it be advisable for me to get a professional opinion on my mental stability, a second opinion never hurt anyone.

If I break AR’s analogy down a bit further of how " FANTASTIC " they are.

Americans on the world stage are categorised as the school bully, prom queen , jock, or under achiever by their peers. By and large Middle Class America is not advertised internationally and I don’t want to be anything like the Americans we constantly see on our news and entertainment media.

[Flynn]

Originally Posted by Iceman

I suppose it makes anyone feel better about their own country if they can run down another. Mr. Flynn must have forgotten the 40's when Australia was so worried about a Japanese attack that they were begging the U.S. to be their ally and protector. Do you only like us when you need us?

There was a television show made in the UK, Faulty Towers....... Basil Faulty, a character of the show, got a knock to the head and kept repeating........ " Don't mention the war ".

I suggest you take his advice, don't mention the war, America's participation in WW2 is less than perfect.

You got there a couple of years late ( ww2 ) and concluded your involvement by vaporising 100's of thousands on Japanese civilians.

[Flynn]

Originally Posted by sybarite

SIGH, I don't recall anyone in debate saying America is perfect. We do the best that we can with the system that we have. Too many people that are not Americans compare the common person to either our politicians or Hollywood T.V. The average American is is basically hard working, trying to make ends meet, dealing with a government that is no longer for it's people.
I, for one, pray that we can all get along no matter what country we are from.

As I have just posted......

Middle class hard working Americans are not advertised in our electronic media.

Our news and entertaiment media has been taken over by America, maybe you should look to what you export in the way of electronic information to the rest of us.

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like we have ANY control over that? lol