Presidential debate October 18th Las Vegas

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by August

No I meant commonwealth. That's the name. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Which is a state, not a country as you put it ''My country, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the 6th star from the left, top row:''

Originally Posted by Wiki

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

or I misinterpreted what you where trying to say.

Originally Posted by August

Really? Yet your leaders use it, your diplomats use it, it's displayed in your Parliament building, even the money you use displays this rejected design.
Looks pretty official to me.

Originally Posted by August

Try counting the stars of the flag you posted, there's 15 stars on that which isn't the flag officialy used by the EU council which is the one that has 12 stars. The 15 star is a rejected design of the EU flag never oficially used.

Originally Posted by August

I'm sure some of my fellow citizens from the southern states would advise you to get out while you still can or is it already too late?

See Brexit.

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

Here our first lesson for the future generation: Knowing when to quit.

Good luck with that here on Subsim, from my experience no one really knows when to quit..me included at times.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

See Brexit.

No...please...don't.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/brexit...ictory-2016-10

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graph.../daily-chart-6

[August]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Which is a state, not a country as you put it ''My country, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the 6th star from the left, top row:''

or I misinterpreted what you where trying to say.

What is a state but a country that has surrendered it's autonomy to a larger entity? Our commonwealth has its own legislative branch, its own exec.utive, its own judiciary, it's own flag and if the USA were to be dissolved it would become an independent nation

Try counting the stars of the flag you posted, there's 15 stars on that which isn't the flag officialy used by the EU council which is the one that has 12 stars. The 15 star is a rejected design of the EU flag never oficially used.

Well excuuuuse me! It is very similar and the only reasonably sized image I saw when I googled "EU flag". The point is European "states" still have moved toward becoming a country in many ways, so you should understand if we Americans start treating you as if the assimilation were complete.

See Brexit.

The Brits are smart to get out now while they still can. Like I said a bunch of US states thought they could back out and found out the hard way that they were wrong.

Good luck with that here on Subsim, from my experience no one really knows when to quit..me included at times.

We're all here to shoot the breeze. Why would we want to quit?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by August

The Brits are smart to get out now while they still can.

Tell that to the pound.

So, basically, what you're saying here is that the US would be a lot better if each individual state was its own country with its own military?

Reminds me of someone else here who argued that countries should be abolished down to the individual town and city state. Sure, on paper that might seem alright, but history doesn't work that way.

[August]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Tell that to the pound.

So, basically, what you're saying here is that the US would be a lot better if each individual state was its own country with its own military?

No i'm saying that there are real downsides to surrendering ones independence. Some benefits as well but liberty once given away is difficult to get back.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by August

We're all here to shoot the breeze. Why would we want to quit?

Mebbe I'm wrong, but I think he meant, when to quit an argument, or, when to quit trying to win an argument. Some people cannot let it go, they have to have the last word, or go nuclear in the effort.

[August]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Mebbe I'm wrong, but I think he meant, when to quit an argument, or, when to quit trying to win an argument. Some people cannot let it go, they have to have the last word, or go nuclear in the effort.

Neal I think part of the problem is that there are people here who are looking to argue and get upset about something and they'll seize upon any comment whether it was intended with rancor or not. Personally i'm just here to relax and to blow off steam and I intend to continue doing so (with your continued permission) in spite of getting insults and even death threats (I hope you brig him for a long time over that) from touchy foreigners who think they can badmouth our country and it's people with impunity but bristle whenever they think someone might be doing the same to them.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by August

Neal I think part of the problem is that there are people here who are looking to argue and get upset about something and they'll seize upon any comment whether it was intended with rancor or not. Personally i'm just here to relax and to blow off steam and I intend to continue doing so (with your continued permission) in spite of getting insults and even death threats (I hope you brig him for a long time over that) from touchy foreigners who think they can badmouth our country and it's people with impunity but bristle whenever they think someone might be doing the same to them.

Remember, when you say "foreigners", it means us, to them. For an international forum like SUBSIM Radio Room, there are no foreigners. Half of the registered members here are non-Americans.



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Well, maybe Texans and then everyone else is a foreigner....

[Schroeder]

I think I'll take a break from Subsim.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

I think I'll take a break from Subsim.

But Hillary hasn't won yet?

God help us if and when that happens, the server will crash if the Democrats get the the whole of the Hill.