What country would you least like to live in?

I wasn't trying to make a political statement, I was just saying I wouldn't like to live in the states. Okay I made some generalisations but sometimes you have to to illustrate a point. I can't see why everyone is getting upset, if someone said they didn't want to live in Ireland cos it was a small little shit hole on the edge of Europe I wouldn't go wetting myself and getting all offended.

Let me elaborate on some of my points(generalisations)

You seem have less freedom of speech and actions from what I can see than we have in Ireland and the media over there don't provide a balanced account of things..

 

I think you have to visit somewhere and not act like a tourist to get the real idea of what a place is about......I think a lot of people who have never been to America think its a bit worse than it is. Its pretty varied, although the whole country shares some common problems.




give me the stripmalls of America over starving and getting raped in the desert of the Sudan.

 

i'm not offended, but i don't agree. but then, this is my home, i do love it here. there's SO MUCH diversity in regions and people. there's always somethinggoing on. i'm not much of a consumer. i have what i need. the thing about all those adverts is that they have to use them so much becuase we just don't pay any attention anymore.

 

GOODBYE!!!

 

Your statement doesn't fit the Law.

"free speech" means "one may speak of anything as long as one believes the contents of one's speech OR it is clear that the contents are not meant to be believed."
Abscences of Malice.

If I yell "fire" in a crowded room for no reason, it's NOT protected free speech. Presence of Malice.

Big difference.

And you can't legally buy some books. I can buy any book.
Visit Loompanics.com- some of thier books are illegal for you to have.

 

Geck, are you familair with Loompanics writer Jim Hogshire, i used to hang out with him in Seattle for a while, lost track of him.

Last I heard he was working on the defense of jailed writer Jim Goad.

 

I haven't gotten anything from them in years, to be honest.

But I used them alot in the late '70s. thier paper Book Catologue was second only to The Whole Earth Catologue for looking at while high!

 

according to the federal govt. Jim Hogshire "taught America how to make Opium tea".....he used to have a fanzine called pills a go go and has written several books for loompanics, although I have been trying to find out what happened to him....he wasn't doing so well last I saw him, neither was i but he certainly helped me out.



He was once put in jail on a fabricated charge of "making Heroin" he of course got off when some NY times writers he knew blew holes in the whole story.

off topic I know....country i would least like to live in today.....north korea

 

Jamaica is a depressing place.

 

when though jamaica is basically a shit hole it's also BEAUTIFUL people there and a lotta cool people and culture. i would love to live there.

 

No it's depressing. Only part of the island is beautiful, the rest is nothing but harsh realities. People living on the side of the road, ect. Also I bought something and they wrapped it with newspaper, it was the obituaries and everyone was in their thirties. Yes SOME of the people are cool. But I would never ever want to live there. Just so ya know one taxi will take you for a ride and bring you back, the other will not. It has something to do with the color of sticker on the tag or something.

 

Today I would not want to live in Russia. I am sick to my stomach thinking of what those children just went through and their parents. If anyone ever held my child hostage for 3 days I would be balistic. There would be no point of return.

Why do people have to be so horrible? Those poor children didn't eat or drink anything for 3 days.

 

They released them. There have been a bunch of explosions. The terrorist allowed the children to take their clothing off because it was so hot but they didn't allow them to eat or drink.

They fired at children who tried to escape. They used children as human shields. I can't stand it!!!!!! What makes somone do something so evil?

 

Right now, it would be Iraq.

 

You can be Christ like and still hold people accountable for their actions. These are poor inocent children we are talking about who have no food, clothing, water, toiletries, medicine if they need it, security. These are scared children and families. The Mommy's & Daddy's must of been torchered with every thought, every fear.

If people took care of themselves and seeked help when they need it maybe unneccessary shit like this would NEVER happen. Damn it!!!!

 

Is antartica a country?

 

I hate this feeling I have right now. It's the same feeling I had when 9/11 hit. I sat and cried and cried. Here I am today crying for those children, for their parents. There is nothing I can do at the moment to help them.

Today I am supposed to put my son on the bus and watch him go to school. I am supposed to wish him a good day, kiss him on the cheek, tell him I love him, all the while not fall apart and scare him because I am scared.

Yes, I live in fear. At this moment it is terrifying. There is no stopping these people. For every one terrorist there are 100's in the making.

I'm sorry for dumping all this on the threads this morning. I feel like I am falling apart. I am so effected by all this.

 

I could not of said it any better myself. This is how my wife and I think and I am raising my kids the same way...........


~namaste~

 

I did not see this and while you were typing this I just posted this song on the other thread. Teach your Children. How ironic is that?

 

No, it is a continent. But, you should move there anyway, and then you could be the king. "HRH King Avacado of Salesman". I like it.