http://www.englishforums.com/English/ControversialTopics/Forum28.htm<font color=red>This entire section is moderated</font><br> Dedicated to continual re-education and our search for a broader understanding of life. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/MusingsAboutGermanyThread/zrrbw/post.htm#420075Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:47:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420075Jane Greco0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MusingsAboutGermanyThread/zrrbw/post.htm#420075http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-420075.xmlAs for me I like America and Americans-they are positive, confident,single-minded and perfectly know what they want. Look at the list of celebrities and other wealthy people and you will find that an overwhelming majority of them are Americans. Not to mention the US being a major economical power in the world... I'd agree that goverment as well as army and secret services are often acting inappropriate,but let's not forget who screwed the whole thing up on 9/11 in the first place. Also I'd expect America and other countries where terrorist attacks has happend to reduce (if not ban at all) migration from non-Western countries,simply in attempt to protect themselves. But there's one thing that doesn't seem right to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MusingsAboutGermanyThread/zrrbw/post.htm#417754Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:47:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:417754MüsliMüslimjamjamjam1http://www.englishforums.com/English/MusingsAboutGermanyThread/zrrbw/post.htm#417754http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-417754.xmlthen i ask me why bush always talks about spreading democracy if they dont have one...maybe the answer could be too that he is too uneducated to know the diffrence typicall american thinking it seems to be...if you are not for it you are against it... i read too that bush said if US americans are against him/the government they are traitors maybe u know more about it for at least us germans this thought is very dangerous and scary since we are based on individuality..not as your country where escpecially is being forced to admire the USA( everywhere flags,national hymne everyday but i dont think all classes do it) i may just dont know everything of the reality in the USA..thats why i want to ask you how patriotics are seen who disagree...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MusingsAboutGermanyThread/zrrbw/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 19:47:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:417630ScratchThat2http://www.englishforums.com/English/MusingsAboutGermanyThread/zrrbw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-417630.xmlAnonymous, 1. The USA is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. Sadly, I think less than 20% of Americans know the difference between the two forms of government. The founding fathers of our country hated democracy and I agree with them. You will probably (and wrongly) assume that I like fascism because of the previous sentence. 2. Capitalism is awesome. It is the essense of the American dream: you can become wealthy and fulfill your desires if you work hard and make choices, no matter who you are, no matter where you were born, no matter what family you came from. I understand that this idea is very repugnant to many Europeans who have social castes and no social mobility, and where the accent you speak with determines your...