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Religions > Atheism |
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"Peter Barber" |
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10 Jul 2006 11:11:56 PM |
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Re: Decretal |
wrote:
No Foreign atheist SHALL be granted American Citizenship.
America has already many of its own ASSHOLES.
You mean 'US' when you say 'American', I assume? Don't worry. The way
things are going in your country, I'm sad to say I really don't want to
live there.
And yet - I was listening to Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" last
night, and thinking what a brilliant and inspiring place the USA could
be if it wanted.
<sigh>
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| User: "Gospel Bretts" |
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| Title: Re: Decretal |
10 Jul 2006 11:26:55 PM |
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On 10 Jul 2006 21:11:56 -0700, "Peter Barber"
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
codebreaker@bigsecret.com wrote:
No Foreign atheist SHALL be granted American Citizenship.
America has already many of its own ASSHOLES.
You mean 'US' when you say 'American', I assume? Don't worry. The way
things are going in your country, I'm sad to say I really don't want to
live there.
And yet - I was listening to Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" last
night, and thinking what a brilliant and inspiring place the USA could
be if it wanted.
<sigh>
Where do you live? The folks I know in Ontario call ppl in the US
"Americans". (Well, actually, they say "merkins")
--
Gospel Bretts
aa Atheist #2262
Fundy Xian Atheist
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever would believe in Him would believe all sorts of
other ridiculous nonsense as well.
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| User: "Peter Barber" |
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| Title: Re: Decretal |
11 Jul 2006 03:59:44 AM |
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Gospel Bretts wrote:
On 10 Jul 2006 21:11:56 -0700, "Peter Barber"
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
codebreaker@bigsecret.com wrote:
No Foreign atheist SHALL be granted American Citizenship.
America has already many of its own ASSHOLES.
You mean 'US' when you say 'American', I assume? Don't worry. The way
things are going in your country, I'm sad to say I really don't want to
live there.
And yet - I was listening to Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" last
night, and thinking what a brilliant and inspiring place the USA could
be if it wanted.
<sigh>
Where do you live? The folks I know in Ontario call ppl in the US
"Americans". (Well, actually, they say "merkins")
<slap href=forehead>I was *wondering* what 'merkin' meant!</slap>
Currently Australia, but a British citizen. I feel that 'American' is a
slightly nebulous term, since potentially everyone from Tierra del
Fuego to Nunavut could be American. (As I am European, for instance.)
Still, I mentioned it simply so codebreaker would know what my
assumption was.
PS. On the vocabulary front, I am embarrassed to admit that codebreaker
has taught me a new word. I thought "decretal" was made up or misspelt.
Google is indeed my friend...
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Decretal |
11 Jul 2006 08:56:12 PM |
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On 11 Jul 2006 01:59:44 -0700, "Peter Barber"
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1152608384.498142.156930@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
Gospel Bretts wrote:
On 10 Jul 2006 21:11:56 -0700, "Peter Barber"
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
codebreaker@bigsecret.com wrote:
No Foreign atheist SHALL be granted American Citizenship.
America has already many of its own ASSHOLES.
You mean 'US' when you say 'American', I assume? Don't worry. The way
things are going in your country, I'm sad to say I really don't want to
live there.
And yet - I was listening to Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" last
night, and thinking what a brilliant and inspiring place the USA could
be if it wanted.
<sigh>
Where do you live? The folks I know in Ontario call ppl in the US
"Americans". (Well, actually, they say "merkins")
<slap href=forehead>I was *wondering* what 'merkin' meant!</slap>
Currently Australia, but a British citizen. I feel that 'American' is a
slightly nebulous term, since potentially everyone from Tierra del
Fuego to Nunavut could be American. (As I am European, for instance.)
Still, I mentioned it simply so codebreaker would know what my
assumption was.
:
I agrre. The abuse of "American" mean "Citizen of the Republic of the
U.S.A." annoys the crap out of me.
It rings of parochial xenophobic arrogance.
Maybe it's just an Aussie thing?
"Yanks", yes.
"Americans", no!
P.S. If you like obscure words, look up "zzxjoanw".
--
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| User: "Gospel Bretts" |
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| Title: Re: Decretal |
11 Jul 2006 12:33:33 PM |
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On 11 Jul 2006 01:59:44 -0700, "Peter Barber"
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
Gospel Bretts wrote:
On 10 Jul 2006 21:11:56 -0700, "Peter Barber"
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
codebreaker@bigsecret.com wrote:
No Foreign atheist SHALL be granted American Citizenship.
America has already many of its own ASSHOLES.
You mean 'US' when you say 'American', I assume? Don't worry. The way
things are going in your country, I'm sad to say I really don't want to
live there.
And yet - I was listening to Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" last
night, and thinking what a brilliant and inspiring place the USA could
be if it wanted.
<sigh>
Where do you live? The folks I know in Ontario call ppl in the US
"Americans". (Well, actually, they say "merkins")
<slap href=forehead>I was *wondering* what 'merkin' meant!</slap>
Currently Australia, but a British citizen. I feel that 'American' is a
slightly nebulous term, since potentially everyone from Tierra del
Fuego to Nunavut could be American. (As I am European, for instance.)
Still, I mentioned it simply so codebreaker would know what my
assumption was.
PS. On the vocabulary front, I am embarrassed to admit that codebreaker
has taught me a new word. I thought "decretal" was made up or misspelt.
Google is indeed my friend...
Neither do I ever recall ever having read "decretal" before! (I'll
look it up later.)
After reading your post, I emailed a Canadian friend (btw, I'm an
American):
me: Canadians don't call themselves "Americans". Is that true of
false?
her: LOL. True nor would we ever do such a thing. Why would you ask
such a question?
me: Someone on usenet (a European) seemed to think Canadians are
Americans too and that therefore just to use the term "American" to
describe someone from the US is ambiguous.
her: The only thing I can say to that is ........ if that European
doesn't know a Canadian from an American then he doesn know his *****
from a hole in the ground..........LOL.
LOL. She's the one from whom I learned the spelling "merkin".
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Gospel Bretts
a.a. Atheist #2262
Fundy Xian Atheist
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever would believe in Him would believe all sorts of
other ridiculous nonsense as well.
.
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