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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

It has always struck me as being a dumb question - what fCensoredking use am I to my country if I'm fCensoredking dead? Surely the best way to lose a war is to die for your country - wars are never won by the side that died the most - sure, some battles are, but  they are called pyrrhic victories. If you want to be patriotic - stay alive.

Which is why the ending of Blackadder pisses me off.
 
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Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Originally posted by frippism frippism wrote:

Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Never. My country is like sh*t anyway.

I wouldn't mind living in Canada :O

Quebec city is probably my favorite city in North America
 
Yes, Quebec City is beautiful. But Montreal smells like sh*t. I would love to live in the UK.
Dean, Easy Livin and Snow Dog, you are the luckiest guys in the world.
 
By sh*t, I mean that there's better countries to live. If I lived in the United-States, I would mean like two sh*ts.
But that was just a joke.


Grass is always greener isn't it?

One of the nice things of being on an international forum:
I have found things are really the same all over the world, and life sucks regardlessTongue

Part of it is also we need to give up nationalism. It's silly. "Countries" pfffft invisible lines drawn on the world.
Seriously, we're all the same, trying to make a living and enjoy life. This is 2012...everything is the same everywhere. I love Finland but I'm sure after living there a few months and I "get to the grind" I'll hate things like I always doCool




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Could some one open a window, it smells like a farmyard in here.
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Originally posted by frippism frippism wrote:

Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Never. My country is like sh*t anyway.

I wouldn't mind living in Canada :O

Quebec city is probably my favorite city in North America
 
Yes, Quebec City is beautiful. But Montreal smells like sh*t. I would love to live in the UK.
Dean, Easy Livin and Snow Dog, you are the luckiest guys in the world.
 
By sh*t, I mean that there's better countries to live. If I lived in the United-States, I would mean like two sh*ts.
But that was just a joke.
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Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Never. My country is like sh*t anyway.

I wouldn't mind living in Canada :O

Quebec city is probably my favorite city in North America
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^ yeah, but at least it's frozen sh*t - it doesn't smell of you freeze it.
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Never. My country is like sh*t anyway.
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Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Would my country die for me? HELL no. No one gives a crap about one person.
So would I die for my country? No. Because I only care about music.
 
I was taught to turn the other cheek, run away, and not get in fights.
You might not have any of that music when the evil communists and muslims invade your country, so that's why you should go and fight for your Freedom in the middle east. Stern Smile
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Would my country die for me? HELL no. No one gives a crap about one person.
So would I die for my country? No. Because I only care about music.
 
I was taught to turn the other cheek, run away, and not get in fights.
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A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography.
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f**k it, because my country wouldn't give for me a flying f**k.
This night wounds time.
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

No, but I'm just a selfish teenager. LOL
 
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It's complicated. Even in such a politically messed up place such as the Middle East and Israel, I still won't sacrifice myself if I have a choice, not for ideological reasons. On the other hand, if my country would be legislating some very un-democratic laws, as it is doing now, I'd probably take it to the streets, as I'm doing now. I guess I'd fight if my country loses its democratic identity, but I'd never sacrifice my life willingly.
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Originally posted by centum centum wrote:

since dying for one's country actually means dying for its politicians, no



Politicians, and also religious leaders, bosses of the warfare industry, etc...
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Yes, if our "leaders" were the first ones in line to die there would be a lot less war.


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since dying for one's country actually means dying for its politicians, no
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Luckily, we always have somewhere a cruel dictator who can make us fear a bloody invastion and the installation of a totalitarian regime in our countries. So, we are ready to die for our country if it was attacked by said dictator - even if said evil country is located far, far away, through the oceans.

It's not like we were asked to fight against our own governments. Yeah, we don't have to worry about the people we choose as leaders. Never have to.
Come on, we're living in democracies. All our leaders are good, sympathetic, generous and to be trusted.
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