Get real. If someone was shooting rockets into your house trying to kill you...
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UPDATED: Monday, August 14, 2006 05:43
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okay, all respect to finn mac cumhal, it looks like a very detailed post, but i've got to guiltily admit i'm far too tired to read it through and respond appropriately 
all i really wanted to say was, kaneman, do you honestly have to be so bloody rude? as for the israeli's following american example, sorry mate, they were kicking arse all around them for a long time before they got an older brother to look after them. usually on pretty scant justification, in terms of the whole starting wars thing.
as for who fought which war and who backed who and who was the one brought about a victory...who gives? your dick is too small and you have to make up for by bragging about your countries? (taking dick to be metaphorical and the countries even more so 
) your army are neither as inneffectual as some people believe, nor are they as all-powerful as some believe, their history reflects this.
as for britains heroes, do some research, you might find out each individual country has it's own, yes there're the mythological heroes like arthur etc. you mentioned, sorry your country hasn't been around long enough to have any good myth's, maybe you could borrow from the people who lived there before you? If you actually look, the English have heroes like Francis Drake and Nelson, or Wellington. the only welsh hero i can think of is (let me be hope i get this one right, never had the opportunity to study welsh history beyond visiting the castle's) Owain Glyndwr, who led a rebellion and proclaimed himself prince of wales, In scotland we have Wallace (pchau, in honesty, man was a good guerilla, crap general, but there you have it) and the Bruce, who was a hell of a man to have leading an army. they were all real and really rather well documented historical figures ^^
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I don’t know anything about Kaneman, but the comment about losing every war that wasn’t backed by Britain is a pretty pejorative statement. Americans get called arrogant for making statements like that; I think British people should too.
Although I do have to say that I’m a big fan of the UK. Churchill is one of my heroes and a Brit that is far from a fairytale. And of course there are lots of British heroes going all the back to Boudicca that are quite real. Robert Burns is another one that comes to mind. If only for the Haggis!
I'm also a big fan of British cuisine. Even the haggis.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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i do loves my haggis suppers, instant heart-attack in a paper wrapper 
and i agree, most statements along those lines are really just setting yourself up to be called all manner of insulting things, but...but...
but im sure i could say something either witty, insightful or both if i could keep my eye's open and stop drifting off...need to go sleep so i can think straight again >.<
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Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
okay, all respect to finn mac cumhal, it looks like a very detailed post, but i've got to guiltily admit i'm far too tired to read it through and respond appropriately
as for who fought which war and who backed who and who was the one brought about a victory...who gives? your dick is too small and you have to make up for by bragging about your countries? (taking dick to be metaphorical and the countries even more so
as for britains heroes, do some research, you might find out each individual country has it's own, yes there're the mythological heroes like arthur etc. you mentioned, sorry your country hasn't been around long enough to have any good myth's, maybe you could borrow from the people who lived there before you? If you actually look, the English have heroes like Francis Drake and Nelson, or Wellington. the only welsh hero i can think of is (let me be hope i get this one right, never had the opportunity to study welsh history beyond visiting the castle's) Owain Glyndwr, who led a rebellion and proclaimed himself prince of wales, In scotland we have Wallace (pchau, in honesty, man was a good guerilla, crap general, but there you have it) and the Bruce, who was a hell of a man to have leading an army. they were all real and really rather well documented historical figures ^^
Yes......Read statments before..not rude...true
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I don’t know anything about Kaneman, but the comment about losing every war that wasn’t backed by Britain is a pretty pejorative statement. Americans get called arrogant for making statements like that; I think British people should too.
Although I do have to say that I’m a big fan of the UK. Churchill is one of my heroes and a Brit that is far from a fairytale. And of course there are lots of British heroes going all the back to Boudicca that are quite real. Robert Burns is another one that comes to mind. If only for the Haggis!
I'm also a big fan of British cuisine. Even the haggis.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
I too have British that I admire Python, Churchill, The Cure, Thatcher......However, when I here these delusional English putting down America I can't help but comment...And I happen to think the Peter Pan and King Arthur post was quite witty.... not rude....Someone miss tea and crumpets?
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and, you're continuing to make crude jokes and assumptions based on national stereotype. i'm not even english, i'm scottish. i'm not putting down america, i'm responding to you being rude about britain, from what i saw, citizen wasn't putting down america so much as taking the mickey out of you, could be wrong, could be latent amerobashing (if it's not a word it is now).
and i'm probably being tired and touchy, but, nuts to it.
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The truth be told there is no one to talk to. Hezbolla is a terrorist organization. It is not a national government.
Lebanon has said it cannot do anything to stop the terrorists.Lebanon is the national government where these rockets are comming from.
That means Lebanon is either party firing the missles and therefore committing an act of war and Israel is clear to do what it is doing or it is a group of terrorists who are acting outside the law and Israel is the only government which seem able to deal with the terrorists.
You cannot have it where a terrorists are talked to as a national government. It would allow the terrorists to attack and not face the needed response for their action.
TANSTAAFL
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Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
and, you're continuing to make crude jokes and assumptions based on national stereotype. i'm not even english, i'm scottish. i'm not putting down america, i'm responding to you being rude about britain, from what i saw, citizen wasn't putting down america so much as taking the mickey out of you, could be wrong, could be latent amerobashing (if it's not a word it is now).
and i'm probably being tired and touchy, but, nuts to it.
My comments were to three different people.....only part to you was the witty part...Man, you do need to go to bed. You are as stuffy as an Englishmen.
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Odds this is to you....What the hell is the mickey, and do I need it? If so, I do not appreciate some frog from across the pond, tryin' to take my mickey....it's MINE!!!!!
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Quote:Well, Odds, go to sleep and dream of haggis running wild in the Scottish mountains.
Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
but im sure i could say something either witty, insightful or both if i could keep my eye's open and stop drifting off...need to go sleep so i can think straight again >.<
You know, you can’t get good haggis in the States. Parts of it have been declared unfit for human consumption, so you can’t even buy the ingredients.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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