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The Truth About Americans | 52 comments (52 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 0)

Why single out Americans in your poll? Can any nation see the truth about themselves.

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by RogueTrooper on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 09:34:47 AM EST

Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 0)

Taken collectively? Germans come pretty close.

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by DoDo on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 09:37:11 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 0)

Germany: That was because they were made to by the victorious allied powers. Nation states generally do not involve in that sort of honesty of their on volition.

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by RogueTrooper on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 09:43:29 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 0)

US: 26 times the land area and probably 10 times the population that Germany had after WWII. And they have the second amendment.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 09:46:10 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (4.00 / 2)

No, it was a genuine domestic movement, only achieving real breakthrough in the sixties. (Compare Germany to Japan.)

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by DoDo on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 10:35:39 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 1)

Because Americans are the only nation that matters?</snark>

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 09:37:50 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (4.00 / 2)

Well, I shouldn't speak for the author of the diary and the poll, but the thought occurs,

Maybe the US is singled out in the poll because the article is about the US?

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 10:11:03 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 1)

By an American, about America, for Americans (crossposted from an American site).

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 10:14:24 AM EST
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Re: The Truth About Americans (none / 0)

right on!

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by Keone Michaels on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 11:28:40 AM EST
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