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I read a study that said that more Americans get involved on online forums/games then anyone else in the world. Do you think that is true, And too change topics what country are you from and do you enjoy living their or do you have plans on moving to another country that you find awsome...*cough*..like the usa...*cough*

I have tooken the opertunity to say that those to questions are completley unrelated and very random.

What country to I live in? England FTW!

A study was tooken and it said that more Americans enjoy online games and sort than anyone else. Do you think that is true? What country would you want to move to or just think it is awsome?

Sorry if thier is a small choice(too many countrys)

One word: spellcheck



*note* (look at my location under my name)

tooken? seriously .... TOOKEN?!?!

I live in the UK.

I don't play online games, unless you count NationStates itself, which I haven't 'played' in ages (just come to the forums).

I have no idea if it is true that more American's play online games. You have the study, so you should be telling us.

I'm quite happy where I am, but I wouldn't mind spending some time in the US.

Burbary, Pimpernel.

tooken? seriously .... TOOKEN?!?!

I believe he is related to the author of the Lord of the Rings.

I read a study that said that more Americans get involved on online forums/games then anyone else in the world. Do you think that is true, And too change topics what country are you from and do you enjoy living their or do you have plans on moving to another country that you find awsome...*cough*..like the usa...*cough*

I believe he is related to the author of the Lord of the Rings.

yes

jrr tooken wrote that porn classic "lord of the cock ring"

Myrth, Myrth

Canda. I am Candian.

Northern Ireland. Best in the world.

tooken? seriously .... TOOKEN?!?!

Grammar Nazi sensors explode looking at that entire post.

Obviously, ESL. No offense.

I live in the UK and I wouldn't leave for half a million quid!

Grammar Nazi sensors explode looking at that entire post.

Obviously, ESL. No offense.

Nah, ESL is recognizable. They spell things correctly. Grammar is usually what's off.

Obviously, ESL. No offense.

Aye ... obviously ... but it threw me off. Heh.

Poll Open! *cuts tape*

Where is 'Tawian', and when did the UK, France and Spain become one country?

well I'm from the U.K though Northampton should be its own country *waves shoe*

I never go on online games because I go outside (NSG is not a game)

and I wouldn't mind some time in maybe Hawaii or maybe Jamaica (provided I have money of course)

Canada and Mexico are the same option?

USA is and will always be my Home. I love my country although politics can frustrate the hell out me I will always love my Home land and have no intentions of leaving here ever. Yes America has it's share of problems and No our government isn't the greatest or perfect. As for our Troops they will always have my 100% support no matter how wrong the world think they are. Because of them I can enjoy all my Freedoms. I've been to a lot of the different states and we are just one heck of a beautiful country. God done good to Bless America the way He did. :D

You felt the need to make another thread why?

Also, I told you he wasn't ESL.

Canada and Mexico are the same option?

They're very close, in a completely-different-parts-of-the-world sort of way.

Where is 'Tawian', and when did the UK, France and Spain become one country?

I tried to incude major European Countrys into one! I would be scared if they were all one country!

Canada and Mexico are the same option?

Again I tried to add major North American countrys people:upyours:

I live where every other white person lives, South Africa.

I read a study that said that more Americans get involved on online forums/games then anyone else in the world. Do you think that is true, And too change topics what country are you from and do you enjoy living their or do you have plans on moving to another country that you find awsome...*cough*..like the usa...*cough*

I live in the US, but I'm gonna move to Canada.

Well, I'm from America but I live in Japan and rather like it here.

You felt the need to make another thread why?

Because there were a couple of typos in the previous one. This one is kosher, as you can see.

Hey all vote on this thread!!

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?threadid=499728

I was born in the USA and I intend on dying in the USA wooo hoooo

I live in the US, but I'm gonna move to Canada.

:( :( :(

why:mad:

where is the U.K 's exclamation mark! *threatens with Camilla*

Texas should be an option. It's a whole other country.

USA is and will always be my Home. I love my country although politics can frustrate the hell out me I will always love my Home land and have no intentions of leaving here ever. Yes America has it's share of problems and No our government isn't the greatest or perfect. As for our Troops they will always have my 100% support no matter how wrong the world think they are. Because of them I can enjoy all my Freedoms. I've been to a lot of the different states and we are just one heck of a beautiful country. God done good to Bless America the way He did. :D

But baseball? Surely that disproves the idea that God blessed the US;)

That was a dumb study. Of course there are more USians in US forums and on the US internet. considering it was invented there and all that...

I live in the dominican republic. Since you gringos tend to die for a ticket over here, I won't be leaving here on a permanent basis.

I live in the US, but I'm gonna move to Canada.
Please do. We have a labour shortage.

But we will insist you learn how to spell manoeuvre. And eat with cutlery; it's only silverware if it's made of silver.

You felt the need to make another thread why?

Also, I told you he wasn't ESL.

You can be ESL and live in the US. Really, who else would conjugate to take as tooken?

Canada and Mexico are the same option?Hey! Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better!

Again I tried to add major North American countrys people:upyours:

No need to get angry, bud. Just take a deep breath, and back away from the smilies...

That was a dumb study. Of course there are more USians in US forums and on the US internet. considering it was invented there and all that...
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Or just that America is the largest single country with a population generally rich and unoppressed enough to access the internet?

U.K here greatest country on Earth after all God is an Englishman….

of course that’s a gross lie in my travels I've learnt that all countries are unique in there own way that being said I usually don’t play online games and this is the only forum I use (though only occasionally)

And I intend to live in the U.K but travel allot like I always have (there is no place like England mainly because all my friends live here and also because of NHS)

Minnesota, USA

That was a dumb study. Of course there are more USians in US forums and on the US internet. considering it was invented there and all that...

Only this is a UK forum...

On topic, I'm originally from Germany and live in Ireland.

Or just that America is the largest single country with a population generally rich and unoppressed enough to access the internet?

so why don’t we see more Europeans use online games?

And why isn’t the far east ranked very high I thought internet connection was unrivalled in the world hmmm

Or just that America is the largest single country with a population generally rich and unoppressed enough to access the internet?

It's the middle of the night in Europe right now. Give it another 10 hours and check the ratio then.

Texas, baby!

:( :( :(

why:mad:

It's more civilized.

why is there a poll?

Other: New Zealand.

You can be ESL and live in the US. Really, who else would conjugate to take as tooken?

Probably about half of all middle school kids in the country?

Minnesota, USA

w00t! A fellow Minnesotan! :D

Other: Ireland

Other: Ireland

*sings*
I am proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free


USA!

(Oklahoma Boomer Sooner!!)

It's more civilized.

not true!!! We are kinda civilized!

Canada
Come on down the maple syrup is plentiful!

But baseball? Surely that disproves the idea that God blessed the US;)

uh.......baseball ROCKS!

(it's okay if you didn't know before, you do now)

I'm from Florida in the U.S.A.

Or just that America is the largest single country with a population generally rich and unoppressed enough to access the internet?

That was a dumb study. Of course there are more USians in US forums and on the US internet. considering it was invented there and all that...

I live in the dominican republic. Since you gringos tend to die for a ticket over here, I won't be leaving here on a permanent basis.

What wasnt made in the U.S!! The Car,Internet,Computer,Tv,ect and you all keep saying you hate us while your using are stuff!! Mybe you need somethin easy like this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_gDLn_UCg

have fun;)

not true!!! We are kinda civilized!

Well, not civilized enough to beat Canada.

What wasnt made in the U.S!! The Car,Internet,Computer,Tv,ect and you all keep saying you hate us while your using are stuff!! Mybe you need somethin easy like this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_gDLn_UCg

have fun;)


A lot of shit is made in China. Just look on the label.

Canada
Come on down the maple syrup is plentiful!
DOWN? Where the hell is more North than Canada?! ;)

DOWN? Where the hell is more North than Canada?! ;)

The North Pole?

The North Pole?
Doesn't Canada actually claim that?

I seem to remember something about that one time that Canada claims the Artic.

I read a study that said that more Americans get involved on online forums/games then anyone else in the world. Do you think that is true, And too change topics what country are you from and do you enjoy living their or do you have plans on moving to another country that you find awsome...*cough*..like the usa...*cough*What do you mean? Currently or usually?

What do you mean? Currently or usually?

I always thought it was the Japanese that got that honor; they have most of the largest online forums in the world.

I read a study that said that more Americans get involved on online forums/games then anyone else in the world.
I must play the wrong games then, in most places I see more Europeans online.

Also, what a weird poll.

(and its probably a better idea to pop into moderation and ask them to edit a typo rather than recreate the whole thread :))

I'm a Canuck and damn proud of it! Thank god I'm not in alot of other countries.....(raising eyebrows and looking south....)

uh.......baseball ROCKS!

(it's okay if you didn't know before, you do now)

What happened to Smunkeeland?:confused:

I read a study that said that more Americans get involved on online forums/games then anyone else in the world. Do you think that is true, And too change topics what country are you from and do you enjoy living their or do you have plans on moving to another country that you find awsome...*cough*..like the usa...*cough*

America is awsome! Proud to live there. And probably more are Americans on games becuase we are the largest developed nation (i think), so more computers.

New York (a country unto itself)

I looooooooooove the country groupings!

Durban, South Africa

England

well I'm from the U.K though Northampton should be its own country *waves shoe*

I never go on online games because I go outside (NSG is not a game)

and I wouldn't mind some time in maybe Hawaii or maybe Jamaica (provided I have money of course)

Southampton should be its own country! *waves other shoe... and throws @ j00*



yeah, so... the UK it is :)

Sweden.

And that poll is crap.

born and raised in the UK. Lived in spain now 8 years, give or take

England....and no, i dont like tea or have a disproportionate interest in the weather, before you ask:p

France, Wales and Germany. I am doing my PhD and have to do my field work in France this academic year, but I am at a Welsh university. I have to go Wales quite frequently to give my supervisors updates. My fiancée lives in Germany so I am there quite often as well. I am not originally from any of those countries. I would call Wales home for me though because that were my friends are for the most part and place I feel the most comfortable living. I like France a lot though and Germany isn't so bad, it would be better if German was easier to learn. :D

yeeeeeeees, hello. I'm new. I was born and am livin' in a beautiful country known as Croatia. I have no idea where will i move to when i finish high school. I'm probbably going to be stuck here in Croatia... Hey you American that started this post, you probbably never heard of Croatia before, Pearl Jam (ever heard of them, eh - bitch! ;)) is coming to Zagreb (capital of Croatia) in... 11 DAYS.

mouhahaha, Zagreb is the best city to be in on 26.9.2006. so f*ck you all !

tooken? seriously .... TOOKEN?!?!
Once upon a time, Harlesburg used Tooken to be a word.:(

Southampton should be its own country! *waves other shoe... and throws @ j00*



yeah, so... the UK it is :)
*Throws a j00 @ U!

Sweden.

And that poll is crap.

so are you then!

yeeeeeeees, hello. I'm new. I was born and am livin' in a beautiful country known as Croatia. I have no idea where will i move to when i finish high school. I'm probbably going to be stuck here in Croatia... Hey you American that started this post, you probbably never heard of Croatia before, Pearl Jam (ever heard of them, eh - bitch! ;)) is coming to Zagreb (capital of Croatia) in... 11 DAYS.

mouhahaha, Zagreb is the best city to be in on 26.9.2006. so f*ck you all !

Croatia is a small country in Europe thank you!

Norway.

Doesn't Canada actually claim that?

I seem to remember something about that one time that Canada claims the Artic.

They have claimed it, but it's been debated, since it's really not land and it's pretty far away from the rest of Canada (link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole)). But it is farther north than all of the rest of Canada, anyway.

so are you then!

Aren't we mature? :rolleyes:

I'm just saying that of the "Where do you live" polls that pop up here rather frequently, this is probably the most illogically made one I've ever seen, with large parts of the world left out.

<---- See here.

Other: Belgium.

Small country, but still with more internet connections than all of the Nomadic tribes combined.

From the poll?

Other.



Bam!

Other, specfically Antarctica:)

Other: Belgium.

Small country, but still with more internet connections than all of the Nomadic tribes combined.

Yeah, those nomadic tribes really need to properly sort out their web browsing priorities. ;)

I live in Iceland

I live in Iceland

I've always wanted to go there - seems a great place to visit (not sure what its like to live there though)

What if we live in multiple countries, or are on the verge of moving? In my case I am currently in Canada, but I am starting a job in Israel in two months, and I have already found an appartment there, and I have lived in both countries back and forth through my life.
I voted Middle East, as I now have an appartmentthere, but I do not, here in Canada (I am with my parents until I move because I didn't want to sign another year-long lease for only a few months).

Sorry, my country's not in that poll.

And South America is not a country.

And Brazil is in South America.

I've always wanted to go there - seems a great place to visit (not sure what its like to live there though)

High salaries, low crime, modern in the sence of technology, healthcare, welfare, strong and growing economy, free education exept higher education (University, College), crazy partying, friendly, good roads, proud nation.

Don´t know what to say more... it really depends on what you want to know.

I like living here very much. I lived in Norway for 15 years and enjoyed that very much as well. However i prefer Iceland.

I suppose the other asian countries should just rot and die right?

Singapore small, tiny, urban 100%

I suppose the other asian countries should just rot and die right?



Actually the Jungle is damn good at accomplishing that sort of stuff.

or, for absurdities sake...


ACTUALY TEH JUNGLE SI DMN GOD AT ACOMPLISHNG TAHT SORT OF STUF!!!1!!!

Actually the Jungle is damn good at accomplishing that sort of stuff.

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Can I please have the absurd post of the day award???? Please! Pretty please!!!?!?!11!!!>!>!>!


Maybe this will make it more absurd....

CAN I PLZ HAEV DA ABSURD POST OF TEH DAY AWARD????!??!!??!!!?!??????!?????!!!? WTF PLZ!11!1 OMG LOL PRATY PLZ?!!!111!!111!!!!1?!!?!!!111!?!!!!!11!! OMG WTF

Venezuela, so good to see a people awakening, taking its destiny in its hand, and seeking to build a new, human, democratic form of socialism !

Can I please have the absurd post of the day award???? Please! Pretty please!!!?!?!11!!!>!>!>!


Maybe this will make it more absurd....

CAN I PLZ HAEV DA ABSURD POST OF TEH DAY AWARD????!??!!??!!!?!??????!?????!!!? WTF PLZ!11!1 OMG LOL PRATY PLZ?!!!111!!111!!!!1?!!?!!!111!?!!!!!11!! OMG WTF


*Smacks you*

Here, take it! now shoo

Republic of Ireland

I live in the State of Madness.

As for Online Games, I think the award goes to South Korea. Those fuckers LOVE their MMOs. *nod*

Venezuela, so good to see a people awakening, taking its destiny in its hand, and seeking to build a new, human, democratic form of socialism !

Go, Venezuela! It is indeed very encouraging.

I live in France, and like it here on the whole. I've visited... let's see... eleven other countries, but I wouldn't really consider moving to any of them. (I'm half-British, but I wouldn't want to move to the UK: I go there regularly, but I find life much better in France for the most part.)

uh.......baseball ROCKS!

(it's okay if you didn't know before, you do now)

no, its just some guys standing around.

Sweden.

And that poll is crap.

yes. especially with the pro-USA bias.

I'm living in the Netherlands

I live in Australia.
I don't think I'd mind living in Scotland...
not that ive been there - i just like their accents.
and my dad was born there, so why not?

New Zealand!!!!!

A lot of shit is made in China. Just look on the label.

amen

I wouldn't mind emigrating from the states after high school (when I told my teacher this though, she held me after class because she was 'concerned')

Regretfully... boringest part of the USA. I hope to move to Switzerland/Scandinavia (not Finland) because there isn't much to do here. And they have better pastries in Denmark. Oh and British Columbia seems really awesome too, as you can probably tell i like mountains. (Hawaii is nice too)

That was a dumb study. Of course there are more USians in US forums and on the US internet. considering it was invented there and all that...

I live in the dominican republic. Since you gringos tend to die for a ticket over here, I won't be leaving here on a permanent basis.
Uh-oh, I hate when some of US Latin ticks jump on to say something that moronic, he just fits all the stereotypes we have....

Jolt is a British company, and this section is being used by a Australian book publisher... How you make the excuse that we invented the internet and you guys just flushed yourselves down the toilet is lame.

Americans are just to many people in general, we have more Muslims than Iraq and Afganistan combined, same goes for just about any religion except some more Asian ones.

Anyhow, after laughing at them for a bit I got to say Mexico is a pretty good place, or that just could be I was a Yanqui tourist with to much money which most of those feal marketers can smell from a mile off. Capitalism at its best.

Anyhow, I think America is a great nation, I understand where a lot of the anti-American feelings come from, honestly, I would hate France if it helped win WWI, won WWII along with USSR and Britian, single-handly won the Cold War, got some guys to the moon first, invented the internet first, made the biggest canal ever, has the biggest finacial centers anywhere, has the biggest GDP, GNP, and buys and sells the most things, has its currency used the most, has its currency used the most by OPEC, invented the computer, invented Windows, invented the vacum tube on up, made and denonated the first nuclear bomb, has the best and biggest military, has the best funded navy ever, makes 10% of the worlds money, has the biggest companies ever by founding Microsoft, Apple, IBM, GMC, Boeing, Lockheed, Caterpillar, H-P, Google, and countless others, what would be even worse would be if all of France's companies were better than ours! Like if I had an electronics company that sold stuff cheaper to France then to the US (Japan-US Relations, yeah, there that funked up), or even worse my major airplane manufacter couldn't make as good stuff as theirs! Ah, the idea! Then comes the fate of having my comapanies care more about France because we can't keep up to their ever-spending consumers! Who buy more Mercedes-Benzs than almost all of America (i.e Europe) combined!


Yeah.... Wouldn't that be a scary world? :)

yeeeeeeees, hello. I'm new. I was born and am livin' in a beautiful country known as Croatia.... you probbably never heard of Croatia before...

A little bit of somethin inside the Balkans. Part of Austria-Hungary and more recently part of Yugoslavia, both chances at stablization have gone down the stream while Croatia has waved good-bye.

Sometimes incompetence cannot always be blamed on the old US of A.

Shows one American knows what he is doing.

That's another reason I would hate France in my hypothetical world, if everytime I said I lived in America and people would say "huh" but then I would finish with "I am moving to France" everyone, no matter if they disapproved, would know exactly where I was talking about.

That would suck, a lot.

Anyhow, I think America is a great nation, I understand where a lot of the anti-American feelings come from, honestly, I would hate France if it helped win WWI, won WWII along with USSR and Britian, single-handly won the Cold War, got some guys to the moon first, invented the internet first, made the biggest canal ever, has the biggest finacial centers anywhere, has the biggest GDP, GNP, and buys and sells the most things, has its currency used the most, has its currency used the most by OPEC, invented the computer, invented Windows, invented the vacum tube on up, made and denonated the first nuclear bomb, has the best and biggest military, has the best funded navy ever, makes 10% of the worlds money, has the biggest companies ever by founding Microsoft, Apple, IBM, GMC, Boeing, Lockheed, Caterpillar, H-P, Google, and countless others, what would be even worse would be if all of France's companies were better than ours! Like if I had an electronics company that sold stuff cheaper to France then to the US (Japan-US Relations, yeah, there that funked up), or even worse my major airplane manufacter couldn't make as good stuff as theirs! Ah, the idea! Then comes the fate of having my comapanies care more about France because we can't keep up to their ever-spending consumers! Who buy more Mercedes-Benzs than almost all of America (i.e Europe) combined!


You just keep on telling yourself that, kiddo. Blinding yourself to the truth makes everything so much easier, don't it? Fantasies have that effect, making you feel nice and good inside. Course if you actually started thinking, you might have to face reality, and that would just be scary...

You just keep on telling yourself that, kiddo. Blinding yourself to the truth makes everything so much easier, don't it? Fantasies have that effect, making you feel nice and good inside. Course if you actually started thinking, you might have to face reality, and that would just be scary...

It would, I can barely accept my slice of reality at the moment, then thinking that France was the founding nation of GMC and I am really scared shitless.

Regardless, most of what I said was honestly true, of course you can always look in the light that America is a warmonger whose automobile manufacters are so bad at making cars their only markets are in China, and are so pathetically belly up while every single country that has a automobile maker is having a hayday, letting the American consumer buyup every last bit while putting it all on their house loan or credit card. Not actual money persay.

Then comes job exporting, the corporations (like Dell) are giving technical assistance jobs to East Indians who are a time zone day away from people who can actually make decisions. It sucks, trust me, trying to talk to a accented East Indian who just keeps saying sorry and he'll try to do it but can make no promises.

Then come the uniouns, while most Europeans would consider me to rant against the government now since our uniouns get so "little" rights I on the other hand think the uniouns themselves have gotten even bigger than the corporations they "defend" against.

They don't "defend" the workers, they chop the corporation and politicians up and then hang them out to dry. Generous (General) Motors actually owes its retired workers more money than it is currently worth, how screwed up is that?

Anyhow, I don't want to move, I like having a job and being fired and hired on my own merits. Especially if I want to become get a small buisness in engineering, being un-able to fire a slack off who worked for a little bit just to get fully attached knowing I couldn't fire him later on would really piss me off. What would be worst would be when I support a politican to let me fire him (or make him work harder for a bit longer and then slack off) and then he gets angry and tries to burn my car and buisness and teams up with all his buddies and takes law into their own hands.

Now that leaves me really scared shitless.

Sometimes incompetence cannot always be blamed on the old US of A.

Shows one American knows what he is doing.

That's another reason I would hate France in my hypothetical world, if everytime I said I lived in America and people would say "huh" but then I would finish with "I am moving to France" everyone, no matter if they disapproved, would know exactly where I was talking about.




It would, I can barely accept my slice of reality at the moment, then thinking that France was the founding nation of GMC and I am really scared shitless.

Americans are just to many people in general, we have more Muslims than Iraq and Afganistan combined, same goes for just about any religion except some more Asian ones.

Anyhow, I think America is a great nation, I understand where a lot of the anti-American feelings come from, honestly, I would hate France if it helped win WWI, won WWII along with USSR and Britian, single-handly won the Cold War, got some guys to the moon first, invented the internet first, made the biggest canal ever, has the biggest finacial centers anywhere, has the biggest GDP, GNP, and buys and sells the most things, has its currency used the most, has its currency used the most by OPEC, invented the computer, invented Windows, invented the vacum tube on up, made and denonated the first nuclear bomb, has the best and biggest military, has the best funded navy ever, makes 10% of the worlds money, has the biggest companies ever by founding Microsoft, Apple, IBM, GMC, Boeing, Lockheed, Caterpillar, H-P, Google, and countless others, what would be even worse would be if all of France's companies were better than ours! Like if I had an electronics company that sold stuff cheaper to France then to the US (Japan-US Relations, yeah, there that funked up), or even worse my major airplane manufacter couldn't make as good stuff as theirs! Ah, the idea! Then comes the fate of having my comapanies care more about France because we can't keep up to their ever-spending consumers! Who buy more Mercedes-Benzs than almost all of America (i.e Europe) combined!


Funny. You bitch about people being pointlessly anti-American (subtle it may be), yet you do the same thing to France for some reason. Mature.

yes. especially with the pro-USA bias.

It could have been done better. It is missing plenty of the world from an option forcing many "other" votes. Eastern Europe, most of Asia, Africa and South America. Simply lousy.

Funny. You bitch about people being pointlessly anti-American (subtle it may be), yet you do the same thing to France for some reason. Mature.

Actually it is just because France is the easiest to make fun of. What can you say about Britain? Haha, you only managed to cover 1/4th of the world, the Romans could do that!

Or Germany. Nener, every 20-30 years or so you usually single-handly dominated Europe and managed to kick the world's colective asses quite a few times!

Honestly, France is the biggest, and easiest target. The Low Countries have Interpol, managed to stick it out through WWI (or at least the Belgium did, I don't know what Netherlands was doing at the time, neutral, taken over, or what), anything of real cool importance is based in Hague. So nothing to make fun of there, unless Pluto being degraded to a Dwarf Planet, but that doesn't really count.

Who else is there? Everybody else is just.... There, even though there is tons of history on each nation no single one has such a career as France has had in losing. Like Bonaparte sucked out all the military geinus into one person and left just.... It.

Spain had its Moors, its fascist. Austria had its time in the sun, turned into Austria-Hungary, became German Austria, Austria, then Nazi Austria. Nothing extremely bad to say there (and because I like to storyboard Austria-Hungary and Austria could bring some bias).

What else? France is just the saddest of the bunch, even Sweden could get some credit for being the Socialist country that worked, Norway gets credit for making the first hard-water, and Finland is well... Finland, did some good work against the Red Arm in WWII(still lost, but didn't lose like France does), ganged up with Nazi Germany to get back some of its lost territory, and pretty much stopped at pre-war boundries. Good stuff there.

Now there may be some wide gaps but I honestly can't give the detail I want to all the countries of Europe, especially if you include Turkey and some former USSR Republics.

On subject; so in conclusion France is sadly the automatic power which any biased American scholar knows. A collection of bad luck, to good fighting Germans in their Messerschmidts, and overall "weird" economic stance. Then there is "Food For Oil", but I think I have summed up why France is always the butt of a lot of jokes.

I would hate France if it helped win WWI, won WWII along with USSR and Britian, single-handly won the Cold War, got some guys to the moon first ...While you actually forget that really WWI was won by Europe, Nazi were broken by USSR and somewhat held by Britain while US jumped in in the end of the war, Cold War was won by combining the efforts of most of the World, the first satellite and the first astronaut were from USSR, and so on. You can find a lot of great things in history of every nation if you can do some cherry-picking work.


The actual reason for nations to be liked or hated is not their power, but how their governments use it.

It could have been done better. It is missing plenty of the world from an option forcing many "other" votes. Eastern Europe, most of Asia, Africa and South America. Simply lousy.

Even I have to admit the poll is pretty aweful, I would structure it something along this-

Canada
United States
Latin America
Pacific Island Nations*
East Asia (Korea, Japan, Vietnam)
Asia
Middle East
Africa*
Balkans*
Eastern Europe
Russia and Republics
Western Europe
Scandinavia

*Are mostly the ones you need to cut but if you want to substitute another to be cut, that's cool.

snip
Like I said, mature.

...While you actually forget that really WWI was won by Europe, Nazi were broken by USSR and somewhat held by Britain while US jumped in in the end of the war, Cold War was won by combining the efforts of most of the World, the first satellite and the first astronaut were from USSR, and so on. You can find a lot of great things in history of every nation if you can do some cherry-picking work.


The actual reason for nations to be liked or hated is not their power, but how their governments use it.

Actually there are many merits to a debate on the effects of American troops on the declining moral of both German, BEF, Belgium and French soldiers. Yet I must even admit the burden fell on mostly their soldiers. As for WWII it would be doubtful at best if the USSR could've even armed its peasants without the lend-lease program and Britian would have been sorely pressed in Egypt and The British Isles in time without good equipment from the US. The Arsenal of Democracy indeed.

As for Cold War it would be childish to say that the US was in any way not the sole director of the United Nations and capitalist countries. If it wasn't conducting the inependence of South Korea and South Veitnam is was keeping West Berlin fed and countries like Greece independent (if under a dictator, can't have it all).

As for being mature I never said I would, I am a cold, sadistic, biased, educated, pessismistic, and American. I never even try and make you belive that I am mature in anyway, you just cannot consider the idea that not everyone is obssesed of what others think of mauturity to actually write a decent counter example, in no way did you disprove anything.

Depressing to say the least, and I would like some of the more European leaning members to introduce themselves to my slightly over bearing debate I have going. Being called mture is only fun for so long.

But baseball? Surely that disproves the idea that God blessed the US;)

And Bush? :eek:

*runs*

They're very close, in a completely-different-parts-of-the-world sort of way.


how?


(sorry if I missed sarcasm)

Abercwmscut is governed jointly by 4 individuals who actually reside in France, Kernow/Cornwall, Scotland and England but have not met in real time - yet.

For that, you shall be speared

how?


(sorry if I missed sarcasm)

You did. ;)

AMERICA IS GREAT!!!

But not its government. :(

tooken? seriously .... TOOKEN?!?!

Everyone knows it's "take, taked, have taked" :p
*notes that English sucks*

Actually there are many merits to a debate on the effects of American troops on the declining moral of both German, BEF, Belgium and French soldiers.
Piss-all?
Yet I must even admit the burden fell on mostly their soldiers.
Almost entirely.
As for WWII it would be doubtful at best if the USSR could've even armed its peasants without the lend-lease program
The USSR recieved a very, very small amount of weapons, percentage-wise, via lend-lease. Its peasants were given Mosin-Nagants, PPDs and AVS (in very limited supplies) rifles in the M35-pattern regiments.

In the M41-pattern regiments, they had Mosins, SVT-38s/40s, PPSH-41s (although still some PPDs) and some lend-lease stuff (in extremely limited numbers).

By the time of the M43- and M44- regiments, it was all Russian-made stuff, Mosins, SVT-40s, PPSH-41/43s and that did the trick fine.

The US did give them some Bazookas eventually, but the Russians had so many tanks (and good ones - T34/85s and IS-1s) that it didn't really matter by that point in the war.
and Britian would have been sorely pressed in Egypt
Oh no...
and The British Isles in time without good equipment from the US.
Lend-lease didn't help to win the Battle of Britain, and that was the only time when the British Isles were actually under threat.
The Arsenal of Democracy indeed.
Not really...
As for Cold War it would be childish to say that the US was in any way not the sole director of the United Nations and capitalist countries.
They pissed them about, for sure.
If it wasn't conducting the inependence of South Korea
Yippedy-dee.
and South Veitnam
Nice one there... propped up one of the regimes crappest to its own people - ever!
keeping West Berlin fed
That fell on the French and British also...
and countries like Greece independent (if under a dictator, can't have it all).
Oh great... woohoo... a dictatorship vs. a communist state... nice one.

On the other hand, it was also propping up Pol Pot, Pinochet, the Contras in South America, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin (for a bit), the Brazilian military rule, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Nice way to misuse your power there, the US!


(oh and I'm British)

Even I have to admit the poll is pretty aweful, I would structure it something along this-

Canada
United States
Latin America
Pacific Island Nations*
East Asia (Korea, Japan, Vietnam)
Asia
Middle East
Africa*
Balkans*
Eastern Europe
Russia and Republics
Western Europe
Scandinavia

*Are mostly the ones you need to cut but if you want to substitute another to be cut, that's cool.

Well Im only 13 what do you want from me? I full exam?

Iceland, and not moving.

Iceland, and not moving.

Feel sorry for you.....You stay their why?

Regretfully... boringest part of the USA. I hope to move to Switzerland/Scandinavia (not Finland) because there isn't much to do here. And they have better pastries in Denmark. Oh and British Columbia seems really awesome too, as you can probably tell i like mountains. (Hawaii is nice too)

Curious, why not Finland?

Feel sorry for you.....You stay their why?

:rolleyes:

I was born there and I quite like it... Arrogant wanker.

:rolleyes:

I was born there and I quite like it... Arrogant wanker.

hiss...:upyours:

Iceland, and not moving.



http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=556079

Okay, I live in the United States of America, but I'm about 99% sure I could chuck my tuba into Canada from where I live.

I live in the Confederated Kingdoms of Skalvia, lol...

Although im located in Biloxi, MS, lol...

USA, and yes I enjoy living here

to be honest i think the south Koreans beat us in online games. 24/7 cyber cafes everywhere and dirt cheap too. one married couple even got sent to jail for letting their baby die because they forgot to feed him during a 48 hour gaming session.

Curious, why not Finland?

because Russia is planning to invade. something about Putin being named the new Czar returns Finland to grand duchy status.

Look at my location...

And no, I can't see myself moving.

Curious, why not Finland?

That's not a part of Scandanavia

Feel sorry for you.....You stay their why?

Given the choice between Florida and Iceland I would choose Iceland every time. Florida is probably the worst part of America that I have been to and Iceland is really rather nice.

Nomadic. Currently based in USA, will be wandering between Italy, Hungary and Czech Republic for much of this year, also ties to Bulgaria. I'm a musician, we live like this...:)

Nomadic. Currently based in USA, will be wandering between Italy, Hungary and Czech Republic for much of this year, also ties to Bulgaria. I'm a musician, we live like this...:)

What type of music do you play? And what instrument?

I'm an Aussie, but I'm living in Hong Kong atm.

I live in Madrid, Spain, but I hail from the city of Oviedo, in the Principality of Asturias (NW Spain).

the United States Of Mexico -The northern states- :)

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=556079

grave digging a thread from 2006...erm

and I wouldn't mind some time in maybe Hawaii or maybe Jamaica (provided I have money of course)

how much of a predictable tourist was I?!

quick someone give me some money so I can travel across South America catching every disease known to man

I live in the US but Canada shall always be my home.

I'm from the UK, if I was to leave, it would be a to go to a European country such as Germany or Hungary.

Born and raised in Brazil, but my girlfriend and I intend to move to Australia in a couple of years.

i live in turkey

Iceland here

If I could live anywhere in the world, I'd live in London. New York places a solid second. Third place up for grabs, maybe Berlin.