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Originally Posted by Mad Hatter
how is being multi-lingual detrimental? I'm fluent in french and english, and even though french isn't as widely used as english, it's helped me enormously when I've travelled. in fact in africa I only spoke french. seeing all the hispanics in america, it would seem logical to learn some spanish. or, if you like statistics, 1,075,000,000 people speak mandarin chinese, while 514,000,000 speak english. catching up quickly is hindi, at 496,000,000 people.
also, your view of what's "inferior" or "inadequate" seems very sheltered. in many ways hitler could have been considered a genius. and even if lenin, stalin, and hitler were all dumb, you can't apply that to the whole population. now I dont' think criticism of bush is good criticism of the american people, but the same goes for european leaders. "you were inadequate"? so no they're dumb cause they've had wars in the past?
your criticism of europe and its farming techniques goes all the way back "thousands of years." what were americans up to back then? how did their farming techniques compare?
one thing I find weird is that you're responding to examples of present-day america with examples of ancient europe. in fact, your whole post was kind of irrelevant, since the thread doesn't concern history.
what your friend experienced in germany is no different from america. maybe you haven't noticed it yet, since you're still somewhat young. but it's certainly there.
as for new orleans, as fun as it is to blame your problems on others, americans are just as guilty as building on low ground as the french.
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I merely said it would have been better
I was stating that quite a few Europeans were bastards, figuratively and literally
Back then American's weren't farming for the most part, unless you count native americans. Even then, some planted nitrogen fixing crops along with their other crops for a synergsic benefit.
We come from our history... while many europeans were starving, Americans had effectively the highest standard of living, such was eident in the results of their better nutrition, they were considered giants by many.
mostly at parties, you ae correct on that, i know quite a few people that hook up, I even got offered to a few times(I refused) but you have to admit that in general, Europe is a quite a bit more liberal when it comes to sex.
the french started it... besides those people are primarily of french descent who were building on lowground afterwards, you also have to keep in mind that, New orleans had been established a few hundred years prior to American aquisition. I never said rebuilding, I merely said developing.
are my statements biased, yes; was it to make a point, even moreso. Also, i didn't hear a counter towards my statement on religion.