Is that offensive? It sounds offensive.EllEzDee said:
Also, a warning to all those who answered Canada: we're shipping the whole lot of you to Nunavut. You have been warned.
Americans: what country would you go to if you had to leave the US forever, and why?
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Also, a warning to all those who answered Canada: we're shipping the whole lot of you to Nunavut. You have been warned.
I'd pick England because of the very small language barrier (I'm not too versed in British slang. I just learned what a "bell-end" was very recently), the culture (Shakespeare is pretty fantastic), and I've never met one uninteresting English person. Also Fish 'n Chips is my favorite food ever since I had it there.
Italy ,specifically Rome, would be a great choice since the architecture in that city is phenomenal. The food there was also some of the best I've ever had any everyone was super polite and willing to help. If only I could afford to pay for a Roman apartment...
OR MAYBE JAPAN BECAUSE ROBOTS LOLKAWAIIDESU~~~ <3
Italy ,specifically Rome, would be a great choice since the architecture in that city is phenomenal. The food there was also some of the best I've ever had any everyone was super polite and willing to help. If only I could afford to pay for a Roman apartment...
OR MAYBE JAPAN BECAUSE ROBOTS LOLKAWAIIDESU~~~ <3
Although the question isn't inherently political, it is certainly divisive and will very shortly become a political one. "My country of choice is better than Amerika because blah blah blah" I've noticed a rather sickening number of anti-Amerika threads in this community of 'free-thinkers', most for fairly petty or juvenile reasons. Not so much about the unequal rights under laws for same-sex couples, or miscarriage of justice by clever legal technicalities or misuse and abuse of the checks/balances systems to keep political power in the hands of the upper 2% and maintain the cultural status quo... probably because this type of behaviour is also HIGHLY prevalent in other 'superior' European nations, whether many would like to admit it or not.bdcjacko said:
An example, Amerika has a rep for it's backward mentality towards same sex couples and their legal equality as compared to "traditional" couples, and this reputation is rightfully deserved. I have scars to prove it. However, this is NO different from many other countries which flaunt with GREAT smugness their 'enlightenment, like Holland, home of legal drugs and legal same-sex unions. Also home of my ex-wife who was the victim of an anti-TG hate crime assault where she was thrown from her bicycle and roughed up rather soundly, bruises, cuts, broken bike and broken glasses. If not for an intervention on her behalf, gods only know what could've happened.
I'm not saying this country is perfect, but it's not nearly as comparatively bad as many seem to enjoy making it out to be via ignorance and stereotypes. There are dangerous neighborhoods, to be certain, street thugs, sexual predators, rural yokels and the like just as in every other nation on the planet. And it's rather irksome seeing how many people, particularly those Yerpers who've never even set foot in the colonies, look down their noses at another country which is only marginally different from their own. Practically every civilized nation has warred on every one nearby at some point in their history, and most were involved in one or more slave trades, from the Spanish to the English, the Danes and yes, those sexy Dutch, nein clean hands.
I would like to move to Germany, yes, but not because it's 'better'. I would be giving up quite a few things as well as gaining, trading one freedom or privilege for another. It's my families ancestral home, their laws are juuuust a wee bit different, I adore the language and it is a beautiful country. This is all really.
Serious answer-- UK. My wife's a citizen, and we might just have to go there for the NHS. Don't want to, though. Love the people and beer, hate the weather and the weather (I live in San Diego, FFS).
But ignoring practicality, Paris. Spent a summer there. Amazingly friendly people despite everything you've heard (I wasn't in the tourist areas), . Drop dead beautiful, and I say this as someone who's been in my share of beautiful cities. More than that, there's a sense of local community that I've rarely seen outside of small towns. People don't hunker down in their apartments, but get out and enjoy the world around them. Got a love/hate relationship with the language, though. Beautiful, but those vowels are tricky for anglophones.
But ignoring practicality, Paris. Spent a summer there. Amazingly friendly people despite everything you've heard (I wasn't in the tourist areas), . Drop dead beautiful, and I say this as someone who's been in my share of beautiful cities. More than that, there's a sense of local community that I've rarely seen outside of small towns. People don't hunker down in their apartments, but get out and enjoy the world around them. Got a love/hate relationship with the language, though. Beautiful, but those vowels are tricky for anglophones.
Probably Canada. I'm usually just playing video games anyway so life anywhere else wouldn't be so different from life in the US.
Most likely Germany because I feel a tie to it as I was born there. Pretty sure the legal system wouldn't let me get citizenship, though. That could be a problem...
Other than that, probably the Tuscany region of Italy. It's beautiful and I already know a bit of Italian.
Other than that, probably the Tuscany region of Italy. It's beautiful and I already know a bit of Italian.
Canada, probably. I give them a hard time, but they're not all bad. I like England, too, but you have to pay for refills up there. Not sure about Canada, though.
Israel.
That is a country that has its shit together. If I have to serve in the military to become an Israeli citizen, I'll do it.
Granted, I'll probably be involved in a major war at some point because every single country in that region wants to destroy Israel and burn all its people, but it's okay, because Israel will win.
Probably.
That is a country that has its shit together. If I have to serve in the military to become an Israeli citizen, I'll do it.
Granted, I'll probably be involved in a major war at some point because every single country in that region wants to destroy Israel and burn all its people, but it's okay, because Israel will win.
Probably.
Canada, because I have friends there and I prefer cooler climates.
Second choice, Ireland or the UK, because I have friends there and prefer cooler climates.
Third choice someplace in Scandanavia because fuck the equator.
Second choice, Ireland or the UK, because I have friends there and prefer cooler climates.
Third choice someplace in Scandanavia because fuck the equator.
I was born and raised in Zambia and have plenty of family there so I already have a country to go back to and besides I want to go back anyways (when I have my degree and hopefully get married and have a family)
I agree they would win again, but at what cost to the civilian population? I knew someone who emigrated from the US to Israel and lived there during the near daily rocket attacks from Hamas and Hezbollah back during 2004-2006 (or something like that). Even though only a few dozen civilians were killed, he said the fear and disruption to daily life was considerable. I'd rather not live somewhere where I have a potential to die in armed conflict.DanDeFool said: