[quote name='GBAstar']We all can't be "citizens of the world" like you and Benjamin Franklin.
For the rest of us, the average american, I think it is both fair and safe to say that we care more about what happens domestically then we ever would or should care about what occurs internationally.
You can make comments in jest and imply that it is silly and pointless for people to post about, talk about, and find unique ways to say they are thinking of Boston but to try and make a tragedy that occurred stateside look less tragic or important because "this stuff happens every day in other parts of the world" is
ing retarded.
Yeah because all the blame for the turmoil halfway across the world can be placed squarely at the feet of our government. You sound like you're one degree away from calling me an infidel.[/QUOTE]
OK, I don't mean this as an insult, like, "hey man, you're a jackass!", I mean it in the scientific sense. Are you an idiot?
You're arguing about a point that you brought up, and nobody else has contested. Nobody is saying folks shouldn't find their own way to feel better about the Boston thing. Literally, nobody I've heard or seen said that.
Your complete lack of understanding about American foreign policy over the past...long ass time, means that you're speaking with zero knowledge. Read a
ing book, or at least have somebody read a Wikipedia page or two to you. If you don't think that over the past 60+ years, our country has made colossal international blunders, been responsible for killing thousands upon thousands, and have actively helped destabilize parts of the world, then I might as well be having this conversation with my one year old. He poops in his pants.
Start with Vietnam, and read through to 4/17/2013 on American foreign policy. Spend some time on American support of Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein, Israeli expansion, Cuba and Latin America. If you still think America is a flawless beacon of hope, then let me know and I'll end the conversation with you immediately.
And the infidel blast? WTF man. Please explain that one to me. I don't want to assume things, so help me out on the choice to use that word, in that sentence.