What do you think of the country you live in?

[Enigm@]

nary if anything france is the most unmanly country..
if murrica and the rest of the allied powers weren't there to help you from being ass raped by germany you would have been very much thoroughly ****ed during WWII..

Boasting about stuff YOU didn't do is ridiculous. You're not your country.

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[Naryar]

nary if anything france is the most unmanly country..
if murrica and the rest of the allied powers weren't there to help you from being ass raped by germany you would have been very much thoroughly ****ed during WWII..

Boasting about stuff YOU didn't do is ridiculous. You're not your country.

lolumad.dll

Blaming fallacious arguments isn't being mad.

[Enigm@]

nary if anything france is the most unmanly country..
if murrica and the rest of the allied powers weren't there to help you from being ass raped by germany you would have been very much thoroughly ****ed during WWII..

Boasting about stuff YOU didn't do is ridiculous. You're not your country.

lolumad.dll

Blaming fallacious arguments isn't being mad.

I never said that I specifically saved france's ass in world war 2, i said murica did.

[madman3]

nary if anything france is the most unmanly country..
if murrica and the rest of the allied powers weren't there to help you from being ass raped by germany you would have been very much thoroughly ****ed during WWII..

Boasting about stuff YOU didn't do is ridiculous. You're not your country.

lolumad.dll

Blaming fallacious arguments isn't being mad.

I never said that I specifically saved france's ass in world war 2, i said murica did.

Along with England and Canada and Russia (yeah, those "commies" you trash) and Poland. Fact is that really the Western front really wasn't as important in actually ending the war when the deciding capture of Berlin was done by the Eastern Front. Now stop being arrogant.

Also, while the War probably wouldn't have been won without the US just imagine the crap we'd all be in if it wasn't for the fact that Russia provided a bunch of the war effort.

[System32]

nary if anything france is the most unmanly country..
if murrica and the rest of the allied powers weren't there to help you from being ass raped by germany you would have been very much thoroughly ****ed during WWII..

Actually, The french didn't do much in WWII because USA sent curchil a message to make sure france didn't retake Paris by themselves.
 
Why? It was a black french regiment that was going to march into paris. MURICA MAD AT BACK PEOPLE ACHIEVING THINGS.

[Enigm@]

nary if anything france is the most unmanly country..
if murrica and the rest of the allied powers weren't there to help you from being ass raped by germany you would have been very much thoroughly ****ed during WWII..

Actually, The french didn't do much in WWII because USA sent curchil a message to make sure france didn't retake Paris by themselves.
 
Why? It was a black french regiment that was going to march into paris. MURICA MAD AT BACK PEOPLE ACHIEVING THINGS.

HAHAHA OH WOW.

[NFX]

I still don't understand why people, and particularly Americans with this one, give a damn about what people think about their country. It's not as if you can select which country you were born in, it's just some arbitrary geographical chance. You can't really say "MOTHER. AIM YOUR LEGS AT TEXAS.", or something of a similar nature.

[System32]

Anyway, My opinion? Bye bye UK we are going to join the Nordic council.

[Enigm@]

I still don't understand why people, and particularly Americans with this one, give a damn about what people think about their country. It's not as if you can select which country you were born in, it's just some arbitrary geographical chance. You can't really say "MOTHER. AIM YOUR LEGS AT TEXAS.", or something of a similar nature.

because murica is best country.

[NFX]

I still don't understand why people, and particularly Americans with this one, give a damn about what people think about their country. It's not as if you can select which country you were born in, it's just some arbitrary geographical chance. You can't really say "MOTHER. AIM YOUR LEGS AT TEXAS.", or something of a similar nature.

because murica is best country.

23rd best. And the soon-to-be-defunct UK is four places ahead. So there.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_HDI

[GoldenFox93]

Might just be me, but I have my doubts that Scottish Independence will happen.


(And preparing to be verbally ripped a new one by Sys, NFX and Scourge...now)

[madman3]

Might just be me, but I have my doubts that Scottish Independence will happen.


(And preparing to be verbally ripped a new one by Sys, NFX and Scourge...now)

WHY?
Fact is that they are a predominantly left wing country and therefore will focus on employment and growth. Plus they could join the Euro and get financial support from the EU if they really had to.

[GoldenFox93]

Or at least...if it'll work or not. Sorry.

[madman3]

I still don't understand why people, and particularly Americans with this one, give a damn about what people think about their country. It's not as if you can select which country you were born in, it's just some arbitrary geographical chance. You can't really say "MOTHER. AIM YOUR LEGS AT TEXAS.", or something of a similar nature.

because murica is best country.

Finland is better (no. 11).

be mad.
Plus your own little butt buddies Israel ranks higher.

However, I'd like to state NFX's list is a measure of economic equality rather than overall living standard. By Human Development index the USA is fourth, but isn't very equal at all. Since Norway, Australia and the Netherlands have very similar IAHDI and HDI results that means that they are more equal in terms of high living standard.

By GDP PPP (as in how much the country can actually spend) the US is smashed by Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Norway. Proportionately to population it's doing even worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita

Or at least...if it'll work or not. Sorry.

They've got a few less crackpots than us :P

[GoldenFox93]

Or at least...if it'll work or not. Sorry.

They've got a few less crackpots than us :P

Hey, I like being a crackpot  XD
 
One thought does come to mind on the matter, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a seperation from the rest of the UK, only to accept Dominion from the EU doesn't seem to my mind representative of Independence. It's basically swapping from one master to another- and a considerably worse one at that.
Whatsmore, if Scotland does end up becoming a full-blown member of the EU with its miserable single currency, how long would it be until the other British nations (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) are forced to follow suit?
 
I might not be the brightest one on the matter, but common sense makes me think- stick with Britain and the Pound. The further all four of us remain away from Europe, the better- just look what happened to Ireland.

[Scourge of teh Galaxy]

And have us pay your Government, to get a fraction of what we pay back as our budget?

No thanks, you system is a cock and is stunting our growth

[madman3]

Or at least...if it'll work or not. Sorry.

They've got a few less crackpots than us :P

Hey, I like being a crackpot  XD
 
One thought does come to mind on the matter, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a seperation from the rest of the UK, only to accept Dominion from the EU doesn't seem to my mind representative of Independence. It's basically swapping from one master to another- and a considerably worse one at that.
Whatsmore, if Scotland does end up becoming a full-blown member of the EU with its miserable single currency, how long would it be until the other British nations (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) are forced to follow suit?
 
I might not be the brightest one on the matter, but common sense makes me think- stick with Britain and the Pound. The further all four of us remain away from Europe, the better- just look what happened to Ireland.

While perhaps true, several Eurozone countries have also benefitted while under it as their currency. Also, the fact is that the EU is overall the strongest economic power in the world; in addition Scotland may follow the political direction of several of the more successful EU countries and be able to follow it through due to the sheer amount of skilled workers who head to England and Scotland at the moment. In addition it might mean they don't need to have their heads up the US's ass constantly like we have for a very long time. (Plus Ireland has a greater GDP that us, which may be an obvious advantage of being in the eurozone, which makes sense considering the successes of Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands, ect.) Also, Scotland has a monstrous potential for capitalizing on renewable energy which it has the perfect enviroment for. Lastly, Scotland is the largest exporter of petrol.
Simply put, they have good potential to survive on their own rather than feeding their cash to us, and if they do join the eurozone the potential for exports will just increase.

[GoldenFox93]

Or at least...if it'll work or not. Sorry.

They've got a few less crackpots than us :P

Hey, I like being a crackpot  XD
 
One thought does come to mind on the matter, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a seperation from the rest of the UK, only to accept Dominion from the EU doesn't seem to my mind representative of Independence. It's basically swapping from one master to another- and a considerably worse one at that.
Whatsmore, if Scotland does end up becoming a full-blown member of the EU with its miserable single currency, how long would it be until the other British nations (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) are forced to follow suit?
 
I might not be the brightest one on the matter, but common sense makes me think- stick with Britain and the Pound. The further all four of us remain away from Europe, the better- just look what happened to Ireland.

While perhaps true, several Eurozone countries have also benefitted while under it as their currency. Also, the fact is that the EU is overall the strongest economic power in the world; in addition Scotland may follow the political direction of several of the more successful EU countries and be able to follow it through due to the sheer amount of skilled workers who head to England and Scotland at the moment. In addition it might mean they don't need to have their heads up the US's ass constantly like we have for a very long time. (Plus Ireland has a greater GDP that us, which may be an obvious advantage of being in the eurozone, which makes sense considering the successes of Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands, ect.) Also, Scotland has a monstrous potential for capitalizing on renewable energy which it has the perfect enviroment for. Lastly, Scotland is the largest exporter of petrol.
Simply put, they have good potential to survive on their own rather than feeding their cash to us, and if they do join the eurozone the potential for exports will just increase.

Yes...on a side note, and this probably irrelevant, but if it does go ahead, then hopefully they'll at least keep the Pound (Scottish or otherwise) as currency rather than the Euro, still use the white stripe on the Union Jack, and keep good trade and relations with the rest of the UK rather than completely isolating themselves.

[madman3]

Or at least...if it'll work or not. Sorry.

They've got a few less crackpots than us :P

Hey, I like being a crackpot  XD
 
One thought does come to mind on the matter, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a seperation from the rest of the UK, only to accept Dominion from the EU doesn't seem to my mind representative of Independence. It's basically swapping from one master to another- and a considerably worse one at that.
Whatsmore, if Scotland does end up becoming a full-blown member of the EU with its miserable single currency, how long would it be until the other British nations (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) are forced to follow suit?
 
I might not be the brightest one on the matter, but common sense makes me think- stick with Britain and the Pound. The further all four of us remain away from Europe, the better- just look what happened to Ireland.

While perhaps true, several Eurozone countries have also benefitted while under it as their currency. Also, the fact is that the EU is overall the strongest economic power in the world; in addition Scotland may follow the political direction of several of the more successful EU countries and be able to follow it through due to the sheer amount of skilled workers who head to England and Scotland at the moment. In addition it might mean they don't need to have their heads up the US's ass constantly like we have for a very long time. (Plus Ireland has a greater GDP that us, which may be an obvious advantage of being in the eurozone, which makes sense considering the successes of Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands, ect.) Also, Scotland has a monstrous potential for capitalizing on renewable energy which it has the perfect enviroment for. Lastly, Scotland is the largest exporter of petrol.
Simply put, they have good potential to survive on their own rather than feeding their cash to us, and if they do join the eurozone the potential for exports will just increase.

Yes...on a side note, and this probably irrelevant, but if it does go ahead, then hopefully they'll at least keep the Pound (Scottish or otherwise) as currency rather than the Euro, still use the white stripe on the Union Jack, and keep good trade and relations with the rest of the UK rather than completely isolating themselves.

England's still a member of the EU, so relations would probably still be kept fairly nice, but I see no reason for them to promote patriotism (which is bad enough in any country if you ask me; then again, I'm one cynical bastard anyway ) of something they no long belong to.
Fact is there is no reason for Scotland to have to be under our thumb constantly. If I were Scottish I'd see no reason to hold respect for a nation which tried and succeeded at capturing it. In effect having the union jack as its flag will promote or at least respect the ridiculous imperialist attitude the English had for a very long time; the fact that we have a bunch of countries in the commonwealth and the fact that we hold ridiculous amounts of offland territory such as the Falklands and Bermuda only furthers that.

That slipped into rant mode, plus my views got pretty damn harsh there, but it's my two cents.

[Naryar]

then again, I'm one cynical bastard anyway

Card-carrying villainy coming from you ? We don't hear it often.