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I'm roughing it.
It's the middle of January and it's sunny and 70. I always get paranoid when I'm out driving as I don't want to smash into somebody's Porsche or not pay attention and run through their gates. It's a hard hard life. The worst part? Stepping out of the pool in January and walking into my tiled and air conditioned living room. Burrr. |
i go back to america only to load up on household stuff at walmart and dollar tree. i fill up 2 duffle bags with simple items that are expensive here. the only real benefit america has is cheaper toiletries, electronics, and household supplies than the rest of the world. other than that i dont really have much use for it
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Answered what about Israel? I was talking about living in Miami, and I've never mentioned that I wanted to live in Israel ever, in the last 9 years of posting here. What was your question based on? I've never said that I wanted to live in Russia, nor have I said that I wanted to live in Germany, or China, or Japan, or Chili, or Burma, etc, etc,etc... Why aren't you asking me about those? You make no sense whatsoever. The subject of the post was about how terrible it is to the US, and then it veered because apparently Russia is the one place where no atrocities have occurred, according to you (a person that can't even read one page of history). :1orglaugh and btw, I may end up lving in Israel someday, or Panama, or India, or, who knows? I've been moving around my whole life.... Still pointless to the discussion at hand, isn't it? . |
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Wow.... your reading comprehension skills are very very poor. Good luck with that though! .:winkwink: |
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Look! I'm replying to your post! Wow, THAT must be really annoying! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh . |
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Dark history yes, but that whole African enslavement thing is all yours. |
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The British for sure had African slaves. Africans enslaved their own people to sell them. So how is "that whole African enslavement thing all yours"?? |
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.:2 cents: |
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I was wrong, it wasn't made illegal until the 1980s... and even with that... Main article: Slavery in Mauritania A system exists now by which Arab Muslims -- the bidanes?own black slaves, the haratines. An estimated 90,000 Mauritanians remain essentially enslaved.[25] The ruling bidanes (the name means literally white-skinned people) are descendants of the Sanhaja Berbers and Beni Hassan Arab tribes who emigrated to northwest Africa and present-day Western Sahara and Mauritania during the Middle Ages.[26] According to some estimates, up to 600,000 Mauritanians, or 20% of the population, are still enslaved, many of them used as bonded labour.[27] Slavery in Mauritania was criminalized in August 2007.[28] Malouma Messoud, a former Muslim slave has explained her enslavement to a religious leader: "We didn't learn this history in school; we simply grew up within this social hierarchy and lived it. Slaves believe that if they do not obey their masters, they will not go to paradise. They are raised in a social and religious system that everyday reinforces this idea.[29]" In Mauritania, despite slave ownership having been banned by law in 1981, hereditary slavery continues.[30] Moreover, according to Amnesty International: "Not only has the government denied the existence of slavery and failed to respond to cases brought to its attention, it has hampered the activities of organisations which are working on the issue, including by refusing to grant them official recognition".[31] Imam El Hassan Ould Benyamin of Tayarat in 1997 expressed his views about earlier proclamations ending slavery in his country as follows: "[it] is contrary to the teachings of the fundamental text of Islamic law, the Quran ... [and] amounts to the expropriation from Muslims of their goods; goods that were acquired legally. The state, if it is Islamic, does not have the right to seize my house, my wife or my slave."[32] |
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And yes, other cultures had slaves, but the point of discussion was the AMERICAN history of it. So on the debate about it being also a Russian thing the answer would be in fact 'no, it's an american thing'. I hope that clears up the misunderstanding. :D |
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But you're right, only you should be allowed to 'cry' about it. :thumbsup |
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Curiously though, the humans in Canada seem to have avoided it entirely. :D |
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cyberxx, you are funny guy..... :)
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:1orglaugh |
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General George S. Patton on the Russian: The difficulty in understanding the Russians is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other amiable characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk. |
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You were the ONLY one to reply after he asked about Jews 10 times too haha. Deal with it. |
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i don't understand - why can't you go ten feet in New York City and Toronto and other major cities in North America without bumping into a Russian immigrant? When you're walking around downtown Moscow are you seeing thousands of Americans and Canadians who've emigrated there?
why are Russians in masses coming here if it's such a scary violent place? |
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