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you have a point there....
anyway i think comparing the US with Rome is pretty hilarious in fact
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Bereta_Eder
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I agree we shouldn't separate african savages from americans just because they use different weapons.
I think we do though because the US is doing it short of coldheartdedly and calculatingly, hitler like. if it was in the heat of the passion i think it would go down easier, it's that it's so calculative for its own interests.
i also think it's beacuse untill recently it dodn't have penalties for its murders.
butnow it does, (osama etc) plus most of the world is against her so we can afford to have ahearted laughter about it and not be pissed all the time when we think about it.
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Bereta_Eder
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well yes. even in courts if you do a crime in the heat of the passion you get reduced sentence (if the court accepts it)
but i doubt america "has enemies", it simply has interests. that's why it gets people mad.
if it was an enemy it went after for it would be ok
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OliverFA
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Leeds, UK
Sep 2002
time: 06:34
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The US saved us from nazis and communism and "we" Europeans pay them accusing them of just looking at their own interests while we make deals with the people that are threating their security and way of life (and also ours, but we think that we are smarter than them).
When the US get tired of looking after ungrateful Europe I won´t blame them, despite it will be very bad for us.
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JimmyCracksCorn
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Macedonia - Sovereign country north of Greece.
Dec 2002
time: 05:34
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quote:
Originally posted by St Leo
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Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn Imagine if George Bush were PM of Canada and Canada was a world power... with the kind of authority the PM has here, we'd be fighting 10 wars right now and the world would look something like a crater. As crazy as GWB may seem at times, be thankful he's president of the United States and not President of the USSR or some other theoretical, highly centralized, superpower. |
GWB would have lost a Confidence Vote and been toast. |
You can't be so sure of that. And I don't mean necessarily GWB, I mean someone like him with the same intentions and motivations.
Or imagine this, that the US has the same political system as Canada where GWB is PM. Imagine GWB has the sole authority to declare war and to enter into treaties and alliances with foreign countries. Would the world be better off, or worse? I say unequivicolly it would be alot worse.
Again, be grateful the US has the system that it has as long as its a superpower. The US government is GWB's worst enemy right now, not anyone or anything else (assuming he's a warmongerer like everyone says he is).
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JimmyCracksCorn
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Macedonia - Sovereign country north of Greece.
Dec 2002
time: 05:34
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Originally posted by Odin
Government: 4 I prefer a parlimentary system over a presidential system. |
Why? I think its great having a separate executive branch of government. Otherwise it would be like GWB being in control of the executive seat AND congress... ie, an unbalanced balance of power.
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Flinx
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Toronto, ON CANADA
Nov 2001
time: 00:34
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Unless you are an ultra-narrow minded fanatic, this poll is imposable to answer honestly. How can you take the political, economic, social, environmental, and cultural attributes of a multifaceted society, people(s) and country like the United States of America and reduce it to a deliberately ignorant, boorish, overly simplified, argument sparking question like “What's your Stance on America?”
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JimmyCracksCorn
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Macedonia - Sovereign country north of Greece.
Dec 2002
time: 05:34
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Originally posted by Dauphin
I don't know the Canadian system, but I would assume the Prime Minister's authority rests on the support of his party. The whole party would have to be for the war, or the treaty or whatnot. Ironically, in the UK it was because the main opposition party was pro-Iraq war that the UK passed the act of Parliament to allow British troops involvement. If they were against the war the motion would have been defeated due to massive backbench revolt. |
More the party rests on the support of the PM. The Canadian system is often referred to as a "benevolent dictatorship", but there is nothing in writing ensuring that it stays benevolent. But this isn't about Canada, I was merely saying that the US is the best system for containing the authority of its executive, which can be good and bad in a number of ways. However when it comes to dealing with people like GWB, the US system is especially good. This is precisely why he has gone to such lenghts to create things like the Patriot Act and the Department of Homeland Security, to circumvent the fact that his actual authority is so limited. In most other countries (Canada included) things like the Patriot Act and the DHS would be redundant because the government(s) already have most of these powers, wether or not they are regularly exercised.
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16-07-2004 22:29
. This prison rape thing in Iraq has me very disturbed. I'm beginning to hate my country.
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