NationStates Jolt Archive


Best and Worst: About your Country

16-04-2004, 18:02
Yes another best and worst topic. This time you get to post your own ideas. And the bast and worst topic up for discussion is your own country. That’s right, talk about the things you both love and hate about your country. Talk about the geography, climate, government, people, or anything else you love or hate about your country. And of course tell people which country you live in. Me I’m a Demon, but my territory is in the United States so I’m going to talk about that country.

Best:
1. Diverse climate means that I can go anywhere and find whatever climate condition I desire and not have to learn another language or change currency.
2. Lots of diversity, means lots of tension, and sometimes comical exchanges between two groups that have no idea as to what the truth really is.
3. I can own weapons, use them without being considered a criminal.

Worst:
1. If I kill someone who’s being annoying, people get freaked out and all of a sudden I’m the criminal. For instance I was on a pleasure cruise just kicking back and relaxing. Then this guy sits down next to me gabbing on his cell phone. I asked him politely to stop, but he wouldn’t He just stuck a finger in his other ear and kept gabbing on. I tell him to shut up and he shushes me. So I get up and throw his phone overboard and then he wants to start a fight. So I rip out his jaw and shove one end in his ear. People start freaking out and I have a cleanup situation on my hands. I hate having to do a massive cleanup, finding everybody and blanking their memory is a pain. However I did eat well that night. But why cant people realize when I do them a favor?
2. People mistakenly thinking that their sense of worth is based on how much useless crap they own. Not only is that wasteful, but eventually it could be self destructive and then I’ll have to go to another dimension or another planet to find work. I don’t want to do that, this place is so much fun.
3. Marijuana is illegal. Yes for humans it’s a drug that can cause many problems but making illegal actually creates other problems. But for Demons it’s a medium sort of like using a radio transmitter to call HQ and update them on situations. Now most demons don’t call in all that much, but we’d like to think that we could buy some without fear of being arrested. Sure most of us could just kick the shit out of the cops, but that can be an even worse PR incident than the pleasure cruise incident that I already mentioned.
4. In many places it is illegal to have fireworks. They’re oh so much fun, but not as fun as torturing souls mind you. If somebody blows their hand off, they likely deserve to get their hand blown off. They shouldn’t have been fooling around. They’re fun, but it’s also serious and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Accidents are often the result of somebodies recklessness and somebody definitely deserves punishment, and I’d like to think that I can volunteer for that.

Well that’s enough from me for now. I know there are others who have different opinions si I'll leave that for them.
Yes, yet another aside poll.
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Out of all the demons in this world, none is more frightening than man
16-04-2004, 21:25
Bump
The Great Leveller
16-04-2004, 22:52
Best:

1. Decent welfare system (although I understand this is up for debate, which is why I used a neutral adjective).
2. Produced brilliant individuals (Godwin, Robert, Babbage, Darwin, Ball, Turing, Burgess, Shelley, Shelley (I could go on forever)).
3. We can laugh at ourself.

Worst:

1. Monarchy.
2. Inherently reactive and back-looking
3. No "Bill of Rights" to ensure freedom.
4.Culture of sycophancy and expectance of deferance (which actually ended after the WW I, but society takes a long time change).
5. Not a real democracy.
Rehochipe
16-04-2004, 23:20
Best:
1. Cultural heritage. Lots of it. Lots and lots of it.
2. The BBC.
3. Owning a handgun is about as socially acceptable as eating babies.

Worst:
1. Monarchy. People who approve of the monarchy and wave little flags at them.
2. Absence of genuine wilderness. Goddamn farmers.
3. General kowtowing to corporate interests and the USA.
Superpower07
16-04-2004, 23:42
Yes, we should. A lot of Europe goes by 24-hr system and so does our (the US's) military, so we should change as well
Superpower07
16-04-2004, 23:46
Yes, we should. A lot of Europe goes by 24-hr system and so does our (the US's) military, so we should change as well
17-04-2004, 04:04
I like the 24 hour system because there is no AM or PM to fool around with. If someone says that you’re supposed to be someplace at seven, and they don’t give any information beyond that. How do you know which seven they were talking about? Was it AM or PM? You can’t tell if it’s unspecified. That can be annoying and you may need to show up twice. With the 24 hour system any specified time only comes around once a day.
Best:
3. Owning a handgun is about as socially acceptable as eating babies.
Your country likes eating babies. They may be tender, but I prefer to wait until they grow up a bit.
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Out of all the demons in this world, none is more frightening than man
Orders of Crusaders
17-04-2004, 04:22
Best:
1) Green, green, green, and oh yeah, green hills
2) Cliffs of Moher(best rock climbing there is)
3) My job at the local pub(family owned)

Worst:
1) Goddamn reputation for being drunk all the time. Its not true, its not our fault everyone got jealous of our superior drinking capabilites! :wink:
2) Northern Ireland
3) Rainy winters aren't as snowy as others...
Orders of Crusaders
17-04-2004, 04:23
Best:
1) Green, green, green, and oh yeah, green hills
2) Cliffs of Moher(best rock climbing there is)
3) My job at the local pub(family owned)

Worst:
1) Goddamn reputation for being drunk all the time. Its not true, its not our fault everyone got jealous of our superior drinking capabilites! :wink:
2) Northern Ireland
3) Rainy winters aren't as snowy as others...
Southern Industrial
17-04-2004, 04:30
Best:
1) Green, green, green, and oh yeah, green hills
2) Cliffs of Moher(best rock climbing there is)
3) My job at the local pub(family owned)

Worst:
1) Goddamn reputation for being drunk all the time. Its not true, its not our fault everyone got jealous of our superior drinking capabilites! :wink:
2) Northern Ireland
3) Rainy winters aren't as snowy as others...

Yeah! Ireland! I'm American, but I'm proud of my Irish heritage. I'm also too young to drink.
Zyzyx Road
17-04-2004, 04:35
Best:
1) Me

Worst:
1) Michael Eisner
The Great Leveller
17-04-2004, 04:39
Best:
1) Me

Worst:
1) Michael Eisner

I really, really hope you are not really Eisner
Orders of Crusaders
17-04-2004, 05:26
You should be proud of your heritage! Best place their is! Others may bigger country, but bugger them, we control their every wim with the alcohol industry! Muuwahaha! :wink:
17-04-2004, 06:52
:( I just poured my hreart out about what I liked and hated about my state. I got an invalid session message when I tried to submit it. Ow well back to the drawing board.
Lapse
17-04-2004, 07:00
Best:
1. climate... really diverse=good
2. freedom but not too much freedom
3. THE BEER
4. Bundybear
5. Max Barry = nationstates = YAY

Worst:
1. Government kisses Bushes arse
2. slowness in moving out of constitutional monarchy
3. The hypocracy which happens
4. Steve Irwin
17-04-2004, 07:01
http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/9_1/9_1_1.pdf
http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/1_2/1_2_1.pdf
Yes We Have No Bananas
17-04-2004, 07:14
Australia:

Best:

1. Beer
2. Beaches
3. High standard of living and decent minimum wage
4. We mock hardcore our politicans, left, right and centre. We don't revere our national leaders
5. Low crime, it feels very safe (that depends, ofcourse)

Worst:

1. Not having our own foriegn policy, being seem as Americas 'deputy sherrif', Johny boy constantly brown nosing Bush
2. Racism
3. The way we treated Aborigionals and continue to treat immigrants
4. Lack of a well defined national 'image'
5. How right wing we are becoming