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Originally posted by SLM3
You think the US is unique enough in these ways to account for the massive difference? What about the history of England, or Germany? They have much more blood on their hands, historically, as well as a big gap between rich and poor. They watch the same movies, and are subject to the same world events. I don't see the major difference that would account for the massively different body counts.
SLM3
P.S. I truly hope you don't think Arab nations (a vague enough generalization as is) resent the US because of its culture. If anything, many Arabs spend much of their time trying to emulate it.
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America is unique in that it is the ME ME ME ME society. Sure we want guns, money, big ass houses, heck i live in one. Do you think many people that you walk to talk to today in this society know that 20000 people dies in Iraq this past weekend or do you think they know that micheal jackson got beat up the LAPD, or that the packers made into the play-offs. C'mon people this is all we care about me me me.....
I was leaving work tonite and i was getting into my car...a very small compact car, and the woman next to me got into her huge ass SUV and she said to me that she wouldn't want to be in that little car and get hit by an SUV as big as hers. But i said if we all had little cars like mine, we wouldn't have to worry about.
Kinda like if all of us didn't have guns, we wouldn't have to worry about people killing other people. I live in a state that want to allow concealed weapons......WHY??? I don't want those bastards hiding them......I don't like guns at all....but if they have to be there i want them out in the front, where i can see them.
For all the sportsmen out there.....People can hunt with them, but why do you need to hunt with an automatic machine gun, or hand guns....you don't.... so get rid of them.
Woooo i'm ramblin....
got a little off topic.
sorry
Mr b