The most arrogant thing I have ever seen...

[SUBMAN1]

And that is Europe lecturing Americans. Can't stand to face their own problems so they bash us instead. Wonderful. And funny. :rotfl:

-S

[FIREWALL]

It's human nature to blame others, than to take responsibilty for ones own actions.

[SteamWake]

Im not so sure its 'human nature' rather more a product of our contemporary society.

When they stop keeping score for jr league baseball games.

When they give out ribbons for last place.

When they say "its okay to lose".

yes its okay to lose but learn from it, buck up and do better next time.

ps; subman you hacked my router.... LOL one of tens of thousands

[Sea Demon]

I think you're both right. It is human nature to blame others, but contemporary society is set up to make it much easier to do so with a straight face.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Im not so sure its 'human nature' rather more a product of our contemporary society.

When they stop keeping score for jr league baseball games.

When they give out ribbons for last place.

When they say "its okay to lose".

yes its okay to lose but learn from it, buck up and do better next time.

ps; subman you hacked my router.... LOL one of tens of thousands

Isn't that called defeatism ? Makeing failure without learning from it an ok thing ?

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Isn't that called defeatism ? Makeing failure without learning from it an ok thing ?

Or making failure an acceptable option. The perfect recipe for creating a system of entitlement junkies.

[FIREWALL]

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Isn't that called defeatism ? Makeing failure without learning from it an ok thing ?

Not necessarily. It could be, but must not be defeatism, because it is possible in a given scenario that you fail not by your own fault. That is possible because we are not total masters of our fate and potency of action. We may fail for reasons beyond our control and beyond our reach, or may be affected by factors that ruin our preparation and were completely unforseeable, because it is the nature of life to create the unexpected. Our bones are not made of adamantium, our soul is not made of cryptonite, our skin is not made of mithril, and our mind is not made of the calculation power of the Colossus computer. But for a society that lives by the motto of "the winner takes it all, the loser has to eternally fall and it's his own fault, always" (an attitude that reaches even as far as into the political voting system), this is hard to accept.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

And that is Europe lecturing Americans. Can't stand to face their own problems so they bash us instead. Wonderful. And funny. :rotfl:

-S

What is even more arrogant is to imply that the USA is so awesome so as to be beyond criticism. The US does its fair share of lecturing too.
And what's this can't stand to face their own problems stuff... honestly, where the hell do you get your view of Europe from?

I for one welcome our new European Overlords.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Rilder

I for one welcome our new European Overlords.

Now... where have I heard this before?

[caspofungin]

pot calling kettle black.

[Morts]

Originally Posted by Boris

What is even more arrogant is to imply that the USA is so awesome so as to be beyond criticism. The US does its fair share of lecturing too.
And what's this can't stand to face their own problems stuff... honestly, where the hell do you get your view of Europe from?

[August]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Now... where have I heard this before?

Simpsons. Homer goes into space episode...

[Biggles]

Originally Posted by Morts

I'll second that!