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this is the type of people that still live in this world. (pg. 9)
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| coconuticecream |
| typical god fearing uneducated nuts that fear anything culturally different, such as "arabs". I pity closed minded people or people too ignorant to know any difference. |
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anas Attia
Shes just as qualified as George bush. But shes not funny. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shaya007
he's going to build a white mosque instead. lol! |
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| Stilez |
| quote: | Originally posted by coconuticecream
typical god fearing uneducated nuts that fear anything culturally different, such as "arabs". I pity closed minded people or people too ignorant to know any difference. |
sorry, but this statement jumped out at me. What does God fearing have to do with anything said in this thread so far?
As for the anger and hatred towards Americans. To put it simple, it's because we as Canadians are so deeply affected and bombarded by American media & culture (being that they're 10x our size in population)that we feel compelled to react and voice our opinions of their every decision. Kind of like watching The Hills and disagreeing on the decisions that the girls make. lol. Srsly.
From the day we're born, we (in Canada) are overwhelmed by anything and everything American. If the U.S. wasn't so imposing of their culture, beliefs, and way of life to everyone (especially the countries bordering it) and want us all to accept the American model, then they have to expect to hear our disdain and disagreement regarding their policies and population's way of thinking.
Unfortunately, it's like the BATTERED WIFE SYNDROME in the U.S....we're right outside the box so we get front row seats to the show. They're blinded and can't see past the walls/barriers placed by those in power who want to keep them in that state of denial/ignorance.
I don't hate Americans, because the majority of my family are Americans. I just hate ignorant mother f$#@%$@ in any and every country. |
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| Jem_hadar |
Sad, sad, sad.
My best friend has been living down in Kinston, NC for past 10 years.
Just got an email from him today, and am pasting one part of it here. Its absolutely BRUTAL how f*cking racist ppl really are in much of the south still (well, NC for sure, at least; encountered it myself when ive been down there visiting him and others). . .
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You should hear the election talk in the barbershop.. I have never heard the N bomb used so much about one person..
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:( Wow. No words. Disgusting attitudes.
On another note: Truly amazing how much coverage we get on TV abt the US election up here. . . Swear its as much or MORE than on our own recent canadian one!
But then down south of the border (from his email again). . .
| quote: | | So Steve Harper ended winning ? I am amazed at the lack of news coverage over the Canadian election. I have to do google searches to find anything out!! |
Huh. What a difference. |
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Sad, sad, sad.
My best friend has been living down in Kinston, NC for past 10 years.
Just got an email from him today, and am pasting one part of it here. Its absolutely BRUTAL how f*cking racist ppl really are in much of the south still (well, NC for sure, at least; encountered it myself when ive been down there visiting him and others). . .
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I grew up in NC and the racism is quite bad there but it's bad in other parts besides the southern US. A lot of my family members in Saskatchewan have and always will be incredibly racist....my grandmother told me if I were to "marry a *N* not to come around her house anymore because she wasn't about to have anything to do with that" (keep in mind this is in Canada Jem). There are racist people here in Asia. Actually my father told me when he was travelling in the UK, Australia and France he met more racist people there that were WAY more open about their racial issues than he did living for 7 years in North Carolina. Everyone seems to think Americans are the most racist and ignorant but this definitely isn't true....they've just grabbed the most attention for it. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| Good points. I dont disagree Kells. :) |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by KaiLee
A lot of my family members in Saskatchewan have and always will be incredibly racist.... |
This is NOT representative of the majority of people in Saskatchewan. |
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| evil_cookie |
awesome
| quote: | Originally posted by Halycon
bless that man |
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
This is NOT representative of the majority of people in Saskatchewan. |
No and I didn't mean for it to be...just trying to explain that it's not just in the US that are ignorant.
I'm from Saskatchewan and love the people there(minus the idiots)...what a friendly bunch of folks :D |
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| Kamka |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
You are both (incorrectly) conflating the disparate subjects of spelling, grammar, sentence structure, shorthand, and writing style.
Shorthand is always accepted within its applicable domain (calling out someone for writing "LOL" or "IMHO" would be ridiculous). And it's generally accepted that an informal writing style will be used in an informal setting (for instance, I just started a sentence with a conjunction - whoopie ! And I also elided several commas, and I routinely end sentences with prepositions, horror of horrors).
Spelling and grammar are not components of a specific writing style, and certainly not tied to formal writing. They represent basic literacy. Piss-poor writing may eventually be understood by the reader, but not as readily as clean writing and often with more risk of misinterpretation. More to the point, it simply makes one appear uneducated and lazy, because every individual is taught these skills from an early age and [ostensibly] uses them on a regular basis. It's no different from choking out the word "nucular" in speech.
Simply because many, or "the majority" of people seem unable or reluctant to write with an appropriate level of care and patience does not mean it reflects any less poorly on them. Not that this is actually true - the majority of people on this forum and other forums write with varying degrees of formality, but generally with a coherent sentence structure and without horrible flaws like mixing up tenses or singular/plural possessives.
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I have to say that I agree with you here - I also find it annoying and irritating how people these days seem unable to spell/write or even talk coherently - this is why I always admire how well people speak in those movies which are based in the historical context of 200 or 300 years ago (for example, the latest release of "Sense and Sensibility", based on the novel of the same name written by Jane Austen). Imagine, they didn't have access to all the modern communication devices that we have today, no Internet, TV, radio or telephones, and still they could talk so eloquently! I wish that people had retained that level of speaking ability up till now, but I guess not... |
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