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Originally posted by Memnoch:
Link, relax mate. To be fair, there have been few posts in this forum "glorifying" America in the last few days. In fact, the majority of posts here lately have been very critical of America, and rightly so based on the latest situation. The Americans here have kept their cool reasonably well for the most part, given the subject matter. It's difficult to understand the American psyche unless you actually move there and live there - you will understand their perspective, even if you disagree with it. Sure there are soma appalling things that have greatly tarnished their image in recent days but They believe they still have a lot to be proud of, and that's fair enough too - they do.
You also need to realise that while you don't like hearing America "glorified" (to use your term) that most likely Americans don't like hearing their country slagged off. Both emotions are equally legitimate. Now seeing as we like to allow a modicum of freedom of expression here both things are likely to happen, and both sides will likely have to live with it.
These are just words on a message board. If these issues genuinely upset us then we shouldn't be here. Self control please. Cheers mate. [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QB]
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I'm willing to control myself, sure. Just note that I was never implying that I was talking about this forum as a total. I never mentioned that the place where I was looking at (concerning the glorification) was Ironworks Gaming Forums. My frustration was more a rant to society in general, than a rant pointed to someone else.
That's also why I can't believe you never stepped in and pointed a warning finger at Yorick for attacking me without any reason. Although you state that the Americans have kept their cool reasonably well, I beg to differ about keeping their cool when it comes to allegations that aren't even pointed directly at them. I was sincerely hurt by the fact that a comment by me (with not the worst bit of 'extremist aggression' in it) lead to a pretty downright insult. You obviously chose to ignore that particular one, because I've seen both Larry and you ignoring it.
To get things straight: I'm not accusing you (Memnoch) or any other mod or member of pulling me through the dirt: it's just that I loathe the fact that things like these have to happen. And for this particular case I know I'm NOT exaggerating for once.