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Old 08-16-2006, 08:55 PM   #16
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Brianna, as a person I barely know you, let alone know you well enough to hate you.

I certainly dislike the attitudes you espouse on this forum, in the sense that they are not the morals that I live my life by. But that does not make me hate you as a person.


Nor do I hate americans as a race, though I do feel that they are akin to benefit fraudsers by refusing to pay the tea tax.
At the risk of being contradicted by rkzenrage, americans are not a race. Technically there is only one race of humans, i.e. the human race, which can be subdivided in all manner of ways as benefit one's desire to create various moral higher grounds. There's ethnicity, political leanings, caste, class, gender. The list goes on and on. But alas, there's just one race and we all are it.
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:00 PM   #17
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I thought "race" was below "species".

But whatever "race" is, "American" certainly isn't one.
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:01 PM   #18
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I'm tempted to make some sort of joke relating to 'Americans' and 'species' but I fear I've already upset Brianna enough:P
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:10 PM   #19
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I'm tempted to make some sort of joke relating to 'Americans' and 'species' but I fear I've already upset Brianna enough:P
Oh go ahead. I'll hold your jacket...
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:11 PM   #20
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I thought "race" was below "species".

But whatever "race" is, "American" certainly isn't one.
Hmm, I'll check, you may be right.
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:11 PM   #21
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Noo....that would be mean.....I'm not mean....Vicious yes, but never mean :P
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Old 08-16-2006, 10:00 PM   #22
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Race. Here you go. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race
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Old 08-16-2006, 10:00 PM   #23
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mmmm...... tbh, i didn't really want to be the first to call the yanks as a sub-species....
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Old 08-16-2006, 10:19 PM   #24
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This thread sure has taken a cockeyed path....do you think you can find you way back to the subject, or do you want to keep up the insults for infinity?

Subject: Lebanon's army/police cannot control Hezbolah. Therefore, we have a problem Houston. Another country under control of extremist murderers.

Yes murderers, as the allies, including Britain, did not go first into any country and start a killing spree. It was done in self defense.....and being offensive in self defense is the current status.

In other words....they started it!
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Old 08-16-2006, 10:23 PM   #25
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A recent survey here in the US found that almost one out of five Americans wasn't even born here. Where I work it's closer to four out of five (including the boss.)

West Virginia was the only state not to show an marked increase in foreign born citizens. Can't imagine why.
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Old 08-16-2006, 10:49 PM   #26
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A recent survey here in the US found that almost one out of five Americans wasn't even born here. ...Can't imagine why.
It's those evil Canadians sneaking across the border and masking as Yanks. If it weren't for some guy over there wearing Cardigan, then that Militant Atheist Englishman over there might have taken off his coat and made things worse. Meanwhile a Monkey is not being defined as an American species in a hope that a race war might liberate Lebanon of things palpable.

Who let that pig run loose in here?
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Old 08-16-2006, 10:53 PM   #27
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It's those evil Canadians sneaking across the border
It's hard to sneak anywhere when you are wearing a bright red tunic and riding a horse......
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Old 08-16-2006, 11:13 PM   #28
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Meanwhile a Monkey is not being defined as an American species in a hope that a race war might liberate Lebanon of things palpable.
*Sigh* My hopes of citizenship dashed.

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Old 08-16-2006, 11:36 PM   #29
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The human race actually has three fairly good genetic groups. Although it's not totally accurate they can be reasonably generalized into what we would otherwise call Asians, Africans, and Caucasians. Of course, seeing as how we are forced to hold political correctness above all else, this is not generaly publicized and refering to it is considered slightly taboo even in scientific circles. You only hear it peak through in little bits here and there, such as health conditions that Africans are more vulnerable to as an example.
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Old 08-16-2006, 11:39 PM   #30
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Not a *North* American species, but Brazil may take you...do not despair, Dr. Zaius.
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