The french summed up

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i think doemel was trying just a little too hard to generalize rather than risk personal attack by stating things in what he thought of kendall for making such a statement.

and yea, it has always been a tactic of certain americans to act like those of us who disagree with our country's actions and leaders don't belong here. while this approach was at its peak during the days of Nixon and McCarthy, it is still drudged up from time to time by those who cannot handle criticism. i find kendall's posts in this thread to be insensitive and really more unamerican than disagreeing with our leaders. to insinuate that others are not entitled to differences of opinions violates our Bill of Rights, one of the cornerstones of our Freedoms, is much more frightening to me than everybody in the world not standing and cheering for war.

 

[Dime5150]

Originally posted by Ugg


It is so easy to dismiss those whom we know little or nothing about and we do so at our own peril. You accuse Doemel of unfairly criticizing us because he has not lived amongst us for very long. I heartily disagree with that. Doemel, whether he lives in Toronto, La Confederation Helvatica, Nigeria, or Shanghai has more knowledge of us than we will ever have of him and his home solely because America has reached every corner of the world. When the Oscars take place this weekend you can bet your bootie that the world is going to take note of who wins and will debate the validity of the outcome.



Yea! because we all know the way Hollywood and the media portrays things, and celebrities accurately represent the mass population of the United States.