I wana live in the great USA dudes

[tiem]

Man England sux, bland culture, miserable people, no magic to this country, I'm English born and bred but ever since I can remember I have always loved the look and magic of USA, I really don't like living in England, can't stand English people, I recently watched a movie that could of been great but because they included a few english actors it ruined the whole film, English actors don't have that magic like American actors do, English culture pisses me off, the whole "we're British and the best in the world don't you know", fuck off, I wana be an American man, live in the magic land, yeah I know I'm fortunate to be born in England rather than a shity 3rd world country but come on, USA is the shit man!, recently went on holiday and met some American dudes in a bar, and wow man they are so much happier and friendly than English assholes, had some beers played pool, it was cool, I just said hello at the bar and they were like "hey man how are ya", shit if that was in England they would have looked at me like I had 3 heads or something!, I've looked into moving to you great country but shit man it ain't easy, almost impossible really, man if anyone can help on this matter of me moving to USA please do, your guys are in the greatest country dudes, I've travelled a fair bit and people from all over the world would choose USA more than anywhere, AMERICA rules man, you got cool stuff everywhere, great cars for one thing, I mean V8 muscle cars man, in England are cars suck ass, I love you guys!!!!

[Rev. Ed C]

Errr... yeah, well, says you, man

England and the rest of Britain has its problems, but I'm more comfortable with the follies of the UK than I am with the follies of the US.  But that's just my opinion, I guess

It's funny you say "we're British and the best in the world don't you know", because one of my biggest problems with the US is that they often describe things as "The World's Best" and the like.  Best healthcare in the world, despite being ranked quite low among 1st world countires, and best democracy in the world, despite their farcical political system.  I think at least in the UK, there is a higher percentage of people who know how crap their country is compared to those in denial

The great thing about the cultural diversity of this planet, even within countires, is that you can travel and find the best place for you.

The Dudely Lama loves LA, but he feels more at home in Thailand.  I recently went to York and thought it was fantastic, but I'm pretty at home down here in the South.

I hope you get to fulfill your dream and live where you want... but, y'know, just remember some of us Brits fondly, willya?

ps, Can you get a copy of The Chap magazine in the US?  If not, what is even the point of that country?

[tiem]

@rev ed c.... Man you are classic version of a boring Brit, straight away you go to politics and government shit, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS BULLSHIT!!!!!, I'm talking about the fun great stuff in life, why do you concern yourself with politics, if your so clued up on it then go be a politician!!!, im talking about the stuff that matters in life, fun stuff, because if you don't have have fun in life then what's the fucking point!!!!, America has great everything, cars, food, comedy (and don't say English comedy is funny because it's fucking shit, bland and typical English bollox), actors are the best in the world, USA has spirit, v8 cars cruising down highways, so much I could go on for hours, and you know it, stick your politics and government shit up your ass, oh and if I'm wrong sorry but if you were defending Muslims earlier, then you don't know shit, I've live amongst Muslims my whole life (36 years), and they are hateful rude cunts, they hate anyone who is not Muslim and want to kill you, trust me you can't tell me nothing about Muslim people so don't try, you need to open your eyes to how shit England is stop lying to yourself, don't be a stuck up English Pratt, and no doubt your going to reply to this post with a clever worded post, well I ain't got time to reply again because I'm busy living life and not concerning myself with bullshit, I will not reply to your next post, if you don't like me then don't reply to my posts, oh and if you are a rev (christian) then I have even less time for you, whats so fun about English culture?, fish and chips and fawltytowers???.

[meekon5]

Ok stop and step away from the keyboard and calm down, tiem.

If you don't want others on the forum to express their (differing) opinions on a subject don't start a thread on it.

If you start a thread don't be shouting at other members eg:

...I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS BULLSHIT!!!!!...

Just because they don't agree with you.

Debate and argument are a skill learnt through practice and not shouting at each other.

You test your opinion by stating it and seeing how well you can argue against it's detractors.

If they are unable to convince you that you are wrong then your opinion is (iyho) sound and true.

There are times when one has to agree to differ (which in itself is fine).

This forum is not about point scoring and shouting each other down.

Also the question that occurs to me is if as you say you want to live in the US, why don't you?

[tiem]

Errrrr why am I in the wrong here?....Why  Don't you put the rev in his place?.... and as for moving to America it's almost impossible, as they don't let any scum in like I. The uk!

[tiem]

Fucking rev started on me!!!!!!!!!

[tiem]

What about telling him to back off if he don't agree with me eh?!!!!!!!..... Or are you two buddy's?....

[Rev. Ed C]

Hmm, well, first off, I never started on you.  I'm sorry if you felt like that, but I was just expressing my opinion on the matter.  I chose not to be insulted that you felt so venomously angry at the country I'm rather quite fond of, but I'm struggling not to be insulted at being called a boring Brit.... even if I am

Secondly, I don't shout.  My sentences are punctuated with appropriate smilies to ensure the levity of my words shines through

If the thought of me defending the UK (whilst poking fun at it) and pointing out that the US isn't perfect either, maybe you need to take another trip to the US, because wherever you are in the UK is really getting to you.  You don't live in Erith do you, that's what drove my dad to the crazy old man he is

Yeah, the UK';s a bit shit, but I don't think it's any shitter than the rest of the world.

And, politics IS life.  If you don't take an interest in politics, politics won't take an interest in you.  And trust me, there's no better comedy than watching UK/US politics... man, that's some funny shit right there

ps, I'm glossing over the Muslim bit, because I just respectfully dsagree :/

[hannahdude]

wow, that degenerated fast. i was going to reply to the original post, and i guess i still am  but i cant help but thinking about 'thinking-dude' and wondering if this charmers a new incarnate playing us for the fool.
more likely, there are just more tools than fools in the world. in ANY case,
tiem, america is not this big wonderful thing with awesome people who are nice in bars.
it is, like anywhere else full of dudes ANd human paraquat and you could get your ass handed to you in a bar in mississippi for just saying hi to a person who doesn't like your color or your tone or your shirt.
i didn't realize people still idealized america, i thought we had pretty clearly shown the world what a mess we are in so many ways.
rapes, murders, child sex trade, politicians, scandel, obesity, hate crimes, gangs....i mean, i love me some california man, but even here in the ventura hills we have idiots at every corner and murders in every town.
it takes a good deal of dude-work not to be a asshole in america, and a majority of us don't even know that well enough to try to be decent and kind and ethical. anyway, thats' my feeling from here.

[tiem]

Again I'm not talking about politics, just dig Americas style, in a non political way, does anyone hear me???...

[forumdude]

I checked the ip address. tiem is posting from Hampshire, UK. so it's not thinkingdude 2.0. thank dude.

i find it strange that tiem likes we americans so much because we're so friendly. and then he's so incredibly unfriendly to ed.

ed didn't say anything mean to him at all. and then he goes an' acts like a right english hooligan, glassin' iz face an all that, innit? i guess he proved his point.

tiem, say you're sorry and don't talk shit like that again. we're not going to have another thinkingdude here. or as we say in american: "not on my watch!" ha ha. there are plenty of pricks over here as well.

nothing wrong with saying you dig america's style. and nothing wrong with saying you hate english style, either. just don't make personal attacks on forum members.

[tiem]

Ed attacked me saying I'm wrong and England is better than USA, I originally just said I dig USA, what the fuck did I do wrong?

[tiem]

Well..., from saying I just dig USA more than uk what a fucking disaster!, forum dude is putting my ip location on the forum?, what's that about?, also implying I'm a piece of shit English hooligan?, I'm getting fired at from all angles, I am not an asshole, very passionate maybe but not an asshole, I respect everyone on here, if you are not cool you would not of found this forum as I have, forum dude I have been greatly offended by you, I want to get along with everyone and please tell me if my politeness in typing is not correct as I'm not a computer wizard, I just watched the movie and fell in love with it, hence finding this forum, can't see how I can stay here now and make dude related posted...............

[forumdude]

ed didn't attack you tiem. he stated his opinion and you royally cussed him out. you got mean and personal. sorry if you feel attacked. i was just pointing out the irony of your attitude. don't you think it's a little funny that you love americans for being friendly and you lash out violently at someone who meekly disagrees with you?

if you want to hang out here, you've got to stop over-reacting to everything and be more dude. the main thing the dude did was not react to all the criticism leveled his way. that was walter's way.

[tiem]

Why did you post my ip location