Warbler said:
Mrebo said:
Bingowings said:
I like tea but was it worth that historical suffering and nearly two centuries of resentment?
fuck yeah, I thank God that we told Elizbeth's great, great, great, grandfather what he could do with his tea. I don't want to have any king or queen. I want to live in any country where the laws have to be signed and approved by an unelected leader and that got the job because his/her father/mother was the leader before him/her. I don't want live in a country where the legislators that we elect have to swear loyalty to the king/queen before being allowed to be legislators. I don't want to live in a country where laws not only have to be passed by the elected house, but also must be passed by an unelected house of elites(some probably picked by the King/Queen). I don't want to live in a country where, before the elected leader takes office, he/she must bow down before king/queen and get his/her permission first. I don't want to live in a country where the king/queen has the authority to call said elected leader on the carpet(as Thatcher once was). I don't want to live in a country where the government is said to belong to the king/queen, and not the people. I don't want to live a in country where rights come from the queen/king and not from nature/God. I don't want to live in country that has an imaginary constitution, instead of real constitution written down in black and white. I don't want to live in a country that has an official religion and is headed by the king/queen. I love the fact that the first words in our Constitution say in large letters: WE THE PEOPLE. We are not an empire, we are a republic, born out of the idea that all people were born equal with certain inalienable rights. Have we done bad things that we should be ashamed of yes. We should be ashamed about slavery and what we did to he native Americans, we should be ashamed of how we for years treated(and in some cases still treat) nonwhites, women, non-christians, non-protestants, non-Europeans, those that don't speak English, homosexuals and others. We are far from perfect and not lived up to our ideals. Have we fought wars we shouldn't have? probably. We have and probably will in the future, make mistakes and do wrong things and things that we should be ashamed of, we are human after all. We have a lot of problems, but we are still a great nation. What makes us great? The American ideal that all people should be free, equal, have inalienable rights(including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), that rights can not be taken away without due process, that we elect our leaders, that the government belongs to and works for the people and not the other way around. This is what makes us great. Our nation and the way it began, inspired and inspires countless countries and people to strive for freedom and equality. Because of how great of nation is, countless people from around the globe left their native country to come here, seeking freedom and equality. some one on here said immigration is a bad thing. Our country is built on immigration. Everyone here came from somewhere else, even the native Americans immigrated from Asia years and years and years ago. This combination of people from everywhere makes us great. The fact that in WWII we took on two very evil empires and defeated them and let them be free, that makes us great. There is no place like America anywhere else. I am very, very, proud to be an American and I thank God I was born here. We are no empire and no soviet union. All those that hate us can go to hell.
*gets off soap box*
Shit you make America sound like a Utopia. The reality off offcourse is very, very different. Rose tinted glasses anyone. Lol