Lets Stop George Bush before he Destroys the Whole Planet Earth.

[Bodisathva]

Where does Rich assume they are black?

I suppose, technically, you are correct...I also assumed based upon his previous assertions, but have no concrete evidence, that he actually meant the term "race" as used in that last post to refer to the same race as in his previous posts. I shall withold my judgements until I can prove otherwise...I stand corrected

 

[Rich]

but have no concrete evidence,

There wasn't any concrete evidence that Iraq had WMD either, still Americans don't exactly place any faith in evidence, do they?

 

[Bodisathva]

There wasn't any concrete evidence that Iraq had WMD either

agreed, but irrelevant

still Americans don't exactly place any faith in evidence, do they?

not all Americans made that choice, Rich

 

[dan-cat]

agreed, but irrelevant
not all Americans made that choice, Rich

and not all Britons supported the move to the hilt.

 

[Rich]

agreed, but irrelevant

it was as relevant as the reason you gave for coming to that conclusion in the first place

not all Americans made that choice, Rich

The majority of them did, I mean do we really have to quantify every remark we make?

 

[Bodisathva]

The majority of them did, I mean do we really have to quantify every remark we make?

Not if you unequivocally state for the record that you do not hold myself, nor the other members of the 'Cooler responsible for those actions taken by the current administration which they did not or do not support.

 

[Rich]

Not if you unequivocally state for the record that you do not hold myself, nor the other members of the 'Cooler responsible for those actions taken by the current administration which they did not or do not support.

Did you, or have you ever, voted for a Republican?

 

[dan-cat]

The majority of them did, I mean do we really have to quantify every remark we make?

Implicit understanding - if only it were possible

 

[Bodisathva]

Did you, or have you ever, voted for a Republican?

Nope

 

[Rich]

Implicit understanding - if only it were possible

For Americans you mean?

 

[Rich]

Nope

Have you ever spoken with or stood next to a Republican?

 

[dan-cat]

For Americans you mean?

Yawn... zzzzzzzz...

 

[Rich]

Yawn... zzzzzzzz...

There you lot go again, one simply asks for clarification and is met with sarcasm, oh well such is life for non Americans

 

[Bodisathva]

Have you ever spoken with or stood next to a Republican?

of course...

 

[dan-cat]

There you lot go again, one simply asks for clarification and is met with sarcasm, oh well such is life for non Americans

Life with you Rich is consistently talking about Americans. I'm bored with always having to talk within the context of your choosing - it's just monotonous and frankly it's getting to the point where I'm wanting to go else where for my online discussions. Not due to any animosity but simply because the context of all these threads are the same.

You talk of American insularity and yet you focus on no other subject but America. Focusing on one topic and one topic only IS insular and the entertainment value for me is nearing zero.

Looking at this thread just re-enforces the point. A discussion about airport security ends up talking about americans. Not one single american had posted on that thread. There was no involvement from any american at all and yet that's where the discussion ended up. It's just what you want to talk about day in and day out. Which is fine but it ain't for me.

 

[Rich]

of course...

That's evidence enough then, this commitee finds you guilty of being American and supporting Americanism

 

[Rich]

Life with you Rich is consistently talking about Americans. I'm bored with always having to talk within the context of your choosing - it's just monotonous and frankly it's getting to the point where I'm wanting to go else where for my online discussions. Not due to any animosity but simply because the context of all these threads are the same.

You talk of American insularity and yet you focus on no other subject but America. Focusing on one topic and one topic only IS insular and the entertainment value for me is nearing zero.

Looking at this thread just re-enforces the point. A discussion about airport security ends up talking about americans. Not one single american had posted on that thread. There was no involvement from any american at all and yet that's where the discussion ended up. It's just what you want to talk about day in and day out. Which is fine but it ain't for me.

Yawn ZZZZzzzzzzzz

 

[MrsGorilla]

Hollywood is not good PR for the USA.

This is the most sensible thing you've said in a long time, Col.

 

[Rich]

This is the most sensible thing you've said in a long time, Col.

I think you'll find he's said something similar about Bush

 

[Bodisathva]

That's evidence enough then, this commitee finds you guilty of being American

born and raised

and supporting Americanism

Americanism:

• In the Soviet Union, progress through technology was given this term.
• loyalty to the USA and its institutions
• an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans
• a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens
• In functionalist linguistics, an Americanism is a particular usage, i.e. a word or phrase used for the time being by the native speakers of English in the United States. Such usages are not rule driven, but are dynamic and culturally determined. The term may also describe such usages if they are exported to, and adopted by, the native speakers of English who live in other countries, especially through the popular media of television and movies.

I think you're getting it