BF2S Forums A Few Things You Won't See In This Lifetime...

meh, maybe men landing on mars.

wont see:

10 years where either someone in the EU or the USA isn't at war
peace in africa
much of anything done with regards to climate change

deeznutz1245 wrote:

The Cubs winning the World Series.




Oh snap. I just went there.

Detroit lions winning a game

but seriously

Peace in Africa
Sanity in the Middle East
A European country with any national pride

Dundee Fc Getting promoted to the SPL

oug wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

A European country with any national pride

We've been around for 5000 years more than you have. I shit on your national pride.

How's that.

psh, you're from greece, they're a different breed all together, I'm talking about the big EU/UN powers, who refuse to do much of anything but wag fingers at the rest of the world

Winston_Churchill wrote:

deeznutz1245 wrote:

-Transportation COMPLETELY dependant from oil

you mean independent?

Fixed....thank you.

deeznutz1245 wrote:

-The cure for AIDS

True

deeznutz1245 wrote:

-Transportation COMPLETELY independant from oil

False

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SEREVENT wrote:

deeznutz1245 wrote:

-The cure for AIDS

True

deeznutz1245 wrote:

-Transportation COMPLETELY independant from oil

False

Not saying it isn't possible or even feasible. Just saying I don't think it will happen.

S.Lythberg wrote:

deeznutz1245 wrote:

The Cubs winning the World Series.




Oh snap. I just went there.

Detroit lions winning a game

but seriously

Peace in Africa
Sanity in the Middle East
A European country with any national pride

Oug sums it up I'm afraid mate. We have real national pride here in Europe. A pride based on a genuine sense of identity, common culture and years and years of history. For example Oug is from Greece - a magnificent country that has contributed so much to mankind. You guys like to talk about how your greatest export is democracy, well the Greeks invented it! I am from Ireland, I can look myself in the mirror and know that I am ethnically and culturally unique to my country and that generations of my family have lived on this island. I can speak the ancient language that my ancestors spoke and celebrate in the fact that we defeated our imperialist neighbours in our victorious quest for independence... many Americans on the other hand have to face the reality that they are actually descended from the same stock as their old imperialist overlords.

Ricky Bobby basically sums up best...

lol

Ireland, Greece, Spain, Wales, Germany at al all have national pride.

Not so much England though

Braddock wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

deeznutz1245 wrote:

The Cubs winning the World Series.




Oh snap. I just went there.

Detroit lions winning a game

but seriously

Peace in Africa
Sanity in the Middle East
A European country with any national pride

Oug sums it up I'm afraid mate. We have real national pride here in Europe. A pride based on a genuine sense of identity, common culture and years and years of history. For example Oug is from Greece - a magnificent country that has contributed so much to mankind. You guys like to talk about how your greatest export is democracy, well the Greeks invented it! I am from Ireland, I can look myself in the mirror and know that I am ethnically and culturally unique to my country and that generations of my family have lived on this island. I can speak the ancient language that my ancestors spoke and celebrate in the fact that we defeated our imperialist neighbours in our victorious quest for independence... many Americans on the other hand have to face the reality that they are actually descended from the same stock as their old imperialist overlords.

Ricky Bobby basically sums up best...

maybe pride was the wrong word...  perhaps a better choice would have been a sense of direction in the modern world.  It's just that, as an American, its quite angering to hear a small nation with a small, homogenous population tell us how we should run our own nation and the world.  I'm not saying you're entirely wrong, and I'm certainly not saying we're entirely right, but certain nations (I wont point any fingers here) like to tell the world how right they are, even as anarchists rampage in their streets.

FatherTed wrote:

Meh, at one point the British Empire covered a quarter of the worlds landmass, i guess we have a tendancy to tell people what to do.

Luke, i am your father

We'll be joining you on the "used to be badass" list in a few decades, so keep that spot warm for us.

S.Lythberg wrote:

maybe pride was the wrong word...  perhaps a better choice would have been a sense of direction in the modern world.  It's just that, as an American, its quite angering to hear a small nation with a small, homogenous population tell us how we should run our own nation and the world.  I'm not saying you're entirely wrong, and I'm certainly not saying we're entirely right, but certain nations (I wont point any fingers here) like to tell the world how right they are, even as anarchists rampage in their streets.

Wouldn't it be great if everything was as cut and dry as it was in the 1940's... sadly it rarely is. International politics is slow and cumbersome because it's usually very complicated. Choosing one side usually means infuriating another so when you pick sides you better make sure you are ready to accept the consequences all the way down the line. It's nice and romantic to think of your country as a knight in shining armour, steaming into battle like Mike Tyson, cutting through red tape like a hot knife through butter but quite frankly that kind of attitude is often reckless and stupid.

Also, let's face it, the US are renowned for picking the wrong battles. You were attacked by Saudi Arabians on 9/11 so you attacked Afghanistan. You invaded Iraq because of WMD's while North Korea were developing actual nukes. And while Bush has been busy picking a fight with Iran there have been thousands dying in Darfur and there are thousands going hungry in Zimbabwe.

Trying picking your fights better before you let your head get too big with 'national pride'.