Is America A Great Country?

[XIX]

Discuss.

[hoosieranna]

Great? Yeah, I think so. Perfect? Not by a long shot.

[goldenchild17]

I love my country and will do whatever it takes to defend it should I be required to (due to physical disability this is unlikely). But I very highly disagree with much of the fundamental principles that were employed in it's formation. I love the country but I don't think that it is "great" by any stretch of the imagination. Probably a far better place to live than other places (though I would love to travel and spend time in other countries), but as far as its essential moral structure, I think there is a lot to improve upon.

Edited November 28, 2007 by goldenchild17

[Mercy me]

Yes!

[Pontifite 7 of 10]

No country as a whole is great.
Some parts are, some arn't.

[Socrates]

F*** YEAH!

[Jaime]

Certainly not

[jeffpugh]

Being a cold blooded Northerner, I should say heck no. I'm w/ hot stuff!!!!

Actually, I dunno. Just like mine, it could be better. Just keep the manifest destiny business outa my face... lawl

[KnightofChrist]

America was great, and can be great, and parts still are, but as long as the Untied States allows the murder of millions, and tries to throw God away how can it be great?

[Lounge Daddy]

carp ya!

Edited November 28, 2007 by Lounge Daddy

[CrossCuT]

[size=1]Green Day doesnt think so.
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[Lounge Daddy]

[quote name='CrossCuT' post='1426057' date='Nov 28 2007, 12:38 AM'][size=1]Green Day doesnt think so.
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Green Day tossed dookie all over the place and made a mess.

[S][N]

Hell no. It's a corrupted, vile, self-absorbed nation. Are there great people? Of course.

[kafka]

in a sense, of course this country is great,

but not yet holy

[dUSt]

It was great pre-hippies.

[Guest]

[quote name='Socrates' post='1426004' date='Nov 27 2007, 10:51 PM']F*** YEAH![/quote]


folk ya

[catholicinsd]

God Bless America land that I love!

[XIX]

[quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1426401' date='Nov 28 2007, 05:56 PM']folk ya [/quote]
Fork yeah.

[MissScripture]

As a second generation in America, I hear a lot from my grandparents about the "old country." Their "old country" being Yugoslavia (different parts, they met here). Both, before coming to America, moved to Austria. My grandpa was very poor in Yugoslavia and still poor in Austria. (They had to leave Yugoslavia because of WWII)

My grandma was from a wealthy family, before the war. Then the war came and her brother was stuck in Germany, her father was taken by the Russians and she and her mother were put in concentration camps by the Russians. When they escaped, after the war ended, they went to Austria, where they found her brother. She started school there, and her brother (who was a good deal older than she) worked and started a family, and her mother worked as well. My grandma had to go out and beg for food, because they didn't have enough money to buy enough food. Then, one day, they heard about opportunities to come to America, and they decided to come here.

When they got here, they had nothing. I think my grandpa had a $1.17, and a pack of cigarettes (which he sold to a sailor, becuase he couldn't stand them). I don't know what my grandma had, but it wasn't much. But they came here and they got jobs and they worked and worked and made a life for them and their families.

Now, they own a beautiful house on a lake. They have been in this country for more than fifty years, and love America dearly. That is what I grew up hearing about, how without this country they could never have nearly all they have, today. They never would've had the opportunities. I realize a lot has changed since then, but a lot is still the same. Do I think America is great? Definitely. Do I think America is perfect? Not by a long shot. Do I think for the most part America is well-intentioned? Yes. Do I think we've made mistakes? Of course. But overall, I don't know anywhere I'd rather live.

[rachael]