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Originally Posted by Winston
It depends on how one would define 'bashing'. If you mean expressing an opinion on current United States policy then as long as it worded in a thoughtful and non-insulting way then it should be fine. However, anyone who verbally attacks any country using foolish generalisations obliviously steps way out of line.
I live in Wales myself and enjoy quite a good western lifestyle. I get to do a lot of things thus I can say I'm not jealous of the United States. I think most people living in the western world would honestly tell you they are not jealous either. Most Europeans will probably have quite different views on a lot of topics then people in the United States and thus will often find themselves erupting in debate.
If I may Waste Gate I'd like to ask why you used the word jealousy? Personally if I were to look more closely at the term I might be slightly insulted myself that you'd think I'd be jealous. I'd ask myself, “Dose he think that I'd be jealous because he believes I'm worse off then the average United States citizen as I happen to live in Wales?”
Might I venture the question. Why dose it seem that there is so much 'resentment' to the United States? Might I then suggest that you review each releasable response you receive and think about these different point of view. Put yourself in there shoes and perhaps you might understand how and why there is resentment out there.
p.s. I did not vote by the way as I have no resentment toward the American people.
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What a great post...bravo bravo.
This is the definition of "understanding".
Walk a mile in another mans shoes truly....to understand the mind of the muslim, the jew, the christian, the athesist....wow. great post. ...when you do, do that you do begin to understand.
Proverbs 2
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1] My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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2] So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
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3] Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
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4] If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
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5] Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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6] For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
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7] He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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8] He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
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9] Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
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10] When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
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11] Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
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12] To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
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13] Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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14] Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
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15] Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
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16] To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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17] Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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18] For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
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19] None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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20] That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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21] For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
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22] But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.