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Post by MATT on Jul 25, 2004 0:38:10 GMT -5
I was thinking about this and was wondering if people could clear this up. If for example you say "i'm fricken gay", and you are neither born there, raised there, had any major event in your life take place there, or even had a strong bond with reletives there, does it make you gay. if this you think it does then my argument is that if we called ourselves something based soley on looks and heritage than there is no such thing as an american!!!!
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Post by Meekster on Jul 25, 2004 1:00:00 GMT -5
oh shut up
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Post by Bentastic on Jul 25, 2004 3:27:56 GMT -5
well put
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Post by coof on Jul 25, 2004 22:42:29 GMT -5
Ok America = MELTING POT!!!! I thought we learned that in middle school? America is all the cultures in the world mixed together and tossed like a salad, ok bad analogy, but that gets the point across right? As for the heritage thing, it's something you can't help as long as you're human. There is a part of your brain that deals with heritage, I know a grown man who is of Scottish decent, he saw some bag pipers and something in his brain clicks and he thinks "this is Scottland" and starts crying. This is basically the same reason Jesse is obsessed with Ireland. Ok I know I am not articulate at all but am I making sense here?
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Post by MATT on Jul 25, 2004 23:01:15 GMT -5
all i'm saying is that it's ok to be proud of your decent but also be proud o be an american
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Post by Dead Jim on Jul 26, 2004 16:15:24 GMT -5
America= melted-point....
This means people did come here, but unless it was your imediate family, such as your mother and father who came here from another, or you yourself. Unless it was that, then you are american.
Otherwise how long do you consider a place melting?
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Post by Bentastic on Jul 26, 2004 16:17:35 GMT -5
America= melted-point.... This means people did come here, but unless it was your imediate family, such as your mother and father who came here from another, or you yourself. Unless it was that, then you are american. Otherwise how long do you consider a place melting? couldn't have said it better myself
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Post by MATT on Jul 26, 2004 18:22:19 GMT -5
it's ok to say i'm german or i'm gay but don't forget that you are also american
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Post by wonderGirl55 on Jul 27, 2004 1:07:54 GMT -5
good point
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Post by Bentastic on Jul 27, 2004 1:56:31 GMT -5
actually matt is german, according to james' logic, as his dad was born in germany
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Post by wonderGirl55 on Jul 27, 2004 2:46:29 GMT -5
lol, ok
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Post by Dead Jim on Jul 27, 2004 14:47:46 GMT -5
well he has more of a right to claim to be german, than me.
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Post by coof on Jul 27, 2004 16:02:55 GMT -5
it's ok to say i'm german or i'm gay but don't forget that you are also american If you forget you're an American then you're a dumbass. America is all around you and impossible to forget. I think that it is way more important to stay in touch with your roots. The beautiful thing about America is that we can do that, we can also argue about it like we're doing now.
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Post by Bentastic on Jul 27, 2004 19:54:15 GMT -5
If you forget you're an American then you're a dumbass. You're right, he is a dumbass. Why? because he's an american. like the rest of us retards
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Post by coof on Jul 28, 2004 1:49:26 GMT -5
You're right, he is a dumbass. Why? because he's an american. like the rest of us retards Well put.
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