We all know America is the greatest country in the world, but who is second greatest?

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vi edit

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Oddly enough, all of them are islands...

Ireland
England
Austrailia
Japan
 

JS80

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Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Well, we don't all know the US is the greatest country in the world, because in some peoples opinions it's not. :p

Yeah, commies and islamofascists! ;)

islamonazifacists!

Actually, if you poke around you will see that the "Islamists" America has come to know are the religious radicals. Similiar to the religious radicals we have in country who don't count for much of the population.

So most people who worship Islam aren't that bad at all, average Joes and Janes just like you and me.

lol MSM brainwashed you well.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Oddly enough, all of them are islands...

Ireland
England
Austrailia
Japan

If Australia's an island, then we're part of an island.

But you agree w/ my list. :thumbsup:
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Well, we don't all know the US is the greatest country in the world, because in some peoples opinions it's not. :p

Yeah, commies and islamofascists! ;)

islamonazifacists!

Actually, if you poke around you will see that the "Islamists" America has come to know are the religious radicals. Similiar to the religious radicals we have in country who don't count for much of the population.

So most people who worship Islam aren't that bad at all, average Joes and Janes just like you and me.

lol MSM brainwashed you well.

Wow. Wow... so you're saying that most Muslims ARE bad people? That's one of the most fvcked up things I've ever seen you say. :roll:
 

z0mb13

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: z0mb13
lol American self centered view at its best

It is extremely disputable about America being the greatest country

Some other candidates:

- Switzerland
- Finland
- England
- etc

Yes and people who dispute it dont live here and are extremely jealous about. So they risk their lives to get here just to start complaining again. :roll:

if u ask people in these countries what is the greatest country in the world, I bet they wont say US.. lol
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: z0mb13
lol American self centered view at its best

It is extremely disputable about America being the greatest country

Some other candidates:

- Switzerland
- Finland
- England
- etc

Yes and people who dispute it dont live here and are extremely jealous about. So they risk their lives to get here just to start complaining again. :roll:

I'm not going to say that the US is the greatest country in the world, because in many ways it is not. But you bring up a good point, especially since z0mb13 is a foreigner here on a work visa.

z0mb13, why did you come here instead of to those other countries?
 

JS80

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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Well, we don't all know the US is the greatest country in the world, because in some peoples opinions it's not. :p

Yeah, commies and islamofascists! ;)

islamonazifacists!

Actually, if you poke around you will see that the "Islamists" America has come to know are the religious radicals. Similiar to the religious radicals we have in country who don't count for much of the population.

So most people who worship Islam aren't that bad at all, average Joes and Janes just like you and me.

lol MSM brainwashed you well.

Wow. Wow... so you're saying that most Muslims ARE bad people? That's one of the most fvcked up things I've ever seen you say. :roll:

can you quote where I say that most Muslims are bad people?
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Actually, if you poke around you will see that the "Islamists" America has come to know are the religious radicals. Similiar to the religious radicals we have in country who don't count for much of the population.

So most people who worship Islam aren't that bad at all, average Joes and Janes just like you and me.

lol MSM brainwashed you well.

Wow. Wow... so you're saying that most Muslims ARE bad people? That's one of the most fvcked up things I've ever seen you say. :roll:

can you quote where I say that most Muslims are bad people?
lets see... you bolded the part where it says that most people who worship islam aren't that bad, and then posted a pig noise and 'MSM brainwashed you well.' so, while you were too pussy to come out and say it, it's what you implied and we can all see that.
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Well, we don't all know the US is the greatest country in the world, because in some peoples opinions it's not. :p

Yeah, commies and islamofascists! ;)

islamonazifacists!

Actually, if you poke around you will see that the "Islamists" America has come to know are the religious radicals. Similiar to the religious radicals we have in country who don't count for much of the population.

So most people who worship Islam aren't that bad at all, average Joes and Janes just like you and me.

lol MSM brainwashed you well.

Wow. Wow... so you're saying that most Muslims ARE bad people? That's one of the most fvcked up things I've ever seen you say. :roll:

can you quote where I say that most Muslims are bad people?

You bolded a statement that said "So most people who worship Islam aren't that bad at all, average Joes and Janes just like you and me."

You replied with "lol MSM brainwashed you well."

Clearly you disagreed with the statement that you bolded.

So apparantly you believe that most Muslims are bad. :confused:
 

mordantmonkey

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Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
borders are ridiculous, countries are stupid.

oh and yeah definately one of the worst beach boys songs ever. wasn't it written by the ones with no talent?

Then why do i have this feeling you are against imperialism?

where would you get an idea like that?

i, sir, am a patriot through and through.
 

z0mb13

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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: z0mb13
lol American self centered view at its best

It is extremely disputable about America being the greatest country

Some other candidates:

- Switzerland
- Finland
- England
- etc

Yes and people who dispute it dont live here and are extremely jealous about. So they risk their lives to get here just to start complaining again. :roll:

I'm not going to say that the US is the greatest country in the world, because in many ways it is not. But you bring up a good point, especially since z0mb13 is a foreigner here on a work visa.

z0mb13, why did you come here instead of to those other countries?

IMO saying the US the GREATEST country is just plain ignorant and self centered. I agree US is one of the greatest countries in the world, but certainly not the greatest. I have listed countries that can be considered among the greatest countries in the world (of course I have missed a few like Japan, Australia, etc)

There were multiple reasons why I worked here:
- I am currently working here because I went to college here. US has one of the best college educations in the world.
- Great work opportunities
- Personal reasons such as: my brother was here, so I chose to go to the US instead of going to UK or Australia
 

theNEOone

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i used to think the USA was the greatest country in the world...i've been doubting myself for about 7 years now.


=|
 

z0mb13

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Mugs, some more of my views about the US

Pros:
- One of the best economy and financial institutions in the world, highly flexible and transparent and robust
- Has the best colleges in the world (even though starting to see more issues)
- Best work opportunities, career advancements, etc
- Best medical care if you can afford it
- ability to chase the "american dream"
- etc

Drawbacks
- cost of living is fairly high (but you make more so it kind of makes up for it)
- more and more issues in education, especially public education
- politics issues such as the iraq war, budget deficit, how more and more we are turning into extreme ideologism (sp?)
- american dream is harder and harder to get, both parents have to work to be able to buy a house
- hard to start a business with all of the regulations (fire code, labor issues, etc)
- retarded immigration policies
- etc

Of course these are my views, I might be biased ;)
 
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As a Canadian, I will say that the US is the greatest country in the world. However, that doesn't mean it's the greatest place to live; I sure as hell wouldn't wanna live there.
 

JS80

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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
borders are ridiculous, countries are stupid.

oh and yeah definately one of the worst beach boys songs ever. wasn't it written by the ones with no talent?

Then why do i have this feeling you are against imperialism?

where would you get an idea like that?

i, sir, am a patriot through and through.

would you be against the most powerful country in the world imperializing earth creating 1 country with no borders? Sort of like what Palpatine created with the Empire.
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: z0mb13
Mugs, some more of my views about the US

Pros:
- One of the best economy and financial institutions in the world, highly flexible and transparent and robust
- Has the best colleges in the world (even though starting to see more issues)
- Best work opportunities, career advancements, etc
- Best medical care if you can afford it
- ability to chase the "american dream"
- etc

Drawbacks
- cost of living is fairly high (but you make more so it kind of makes up for it)
- more and more issues in education, especially public education
- politics issues such as the iraq war, budget deficit, how more and more we are turning into extreme ideologism (sp?)
- american dream is harder and harder to get, both parents have to work to be able to buy a house
- hard to start a business with all of the regulations (fire code, labor issues, etc)
- retarded immigration policies
- etc

Of course these are my views, I might be biased ;)

Yeah I never claimed it was the greatest country in the world, and I won't say it is. That's a wide-open statement. There are many ways in which the US is great, many in which the US is not so great. I just thought it was interesting that you and many other people come here when there are other, better countries out there. ;)

You gave good reasons for that though.
 

mordantmonkey

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imperilization implies colonialization, or groups of people with less rights than others. so it couldn't be one country.
but sure, i wouldn't mind just one big earth country as long as there are no rulers. unfortunately that isn't possible, at least not now.