Apologize on behalf of your country

[Vryyk]

nah, i'd say our stock in trade is crippling depression and un-employment

If we would just annex Canada that would solve both of those problems. Plus we would have plenty of Canadians to eat.

 

[El Poncho]

I on the hand of Iceland apologize for nothing. I have nothing to apologize for. I could apologize for my ancestors stealing female royalty from Ireland, but they brought the gingers with them, so it all evens out.

are you sure about that? how about borrowing tons of money and then not paying it back?

Ten idiots that made a mistake and are hated world wide will not be apologized for by me. Most of them were living on other countries at the time anyway.
And all the people who were customers at the banks can only blame themselves.

What about your volcano!

Don't you feel sorry for this guy:

 

[heyman]

as an american, i'm sorry for our horrible version of The Office.

 

[Braonan]

SNIP

YOU claimed we should thank Canada for the creation of peacekeepers. Cut and paste as many forensic or english texts as you like, you can't pick and choose aspects of your work to represent. Either you did it, or you didn't.

If you can't take the criticism that you may have enabled international slackers and criminals to rape and pillage at will then you're a lot closer to the American border metaphorically and literally then you'd probably like to admit.

Just a reminder:

Now for things everybody ought to thank Canada for:

The UN's Universal Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Solving the Suez Canal Crisis, while creating peacekeepers.
Peacekeepers.

No thanks.

See, even in your last response your still committing logical fallacies. I just happen to be four months away from my PHD in practical ethics; so here's the website that covers logical fallacies fairly well, even for the special. <http://nobeliefs.com/fallacies.htm>

By the way, I just happen to attend a little known American University, of which Peter Singer is on the panel for my thesis. You may of heard of Princeton.

Congratulations, I am less than a year away from beating the odds and completing my undergrad in materials science on my way to the University of Minnesota for a PhD in Materials engineering. An education is a valuable thing. I'm personally doing this having started very late in the process (Cripes, I'm almost 40) and I'm hoping to make my defense within five years. As a post doc, I have no idea where I'll go given that I need to stay within a certain distance of my son (and his mother whom he lives with half time). I hope that he goes on to college also. Earlier than I did even. But if he does or doesn't I hope that he learns early that if he's going to take pride in something or attach his name directly to something, or attempt to take pride in his heritage, land, or values that he understands he is responsible for those actions. If he makes a product that harms the public with his name on it, he gets sued. If he wants to beam that he solved a problem, he shouldn't feel bad when someone points out a different way of doing it. And for the love of Pete if he wants to put a chip directly on his shoulder for what HE THINKS others should thank his nation for, he better not get upset when someone points out some of the very criminal things done under the flag of his pride.

Peacekeepers are an abomination on this planet. Royal Canadian guys? Pretty damn cool. Both the ones I've had the pleasure to meet and the ones I get to see on the tube on the weekends.

Formal demands of forensics and grammar are fine for framing arguments and discussions when required. We appear to be a little less formal here. Had you said you thought the peacekeepers were created by Canada and you thought they were neat, etc. I probably wouldn't have cared. But to tell the world that we should thank Canada for them? No. Perhaps if it had remained a strictly Canadian affair it would be respectable. UNfortunately for the worlds children who have been raped... its not.

Incidentally, I have heard of Singer. I am afraid that all I can remember at the moment is that he was approving of sex with animals as long as it was 'mutually beneficial' to both human and animal. I *know* there's more to him than that, but unfortunately that's the part that stuck.

"UNfortunately", nice. Lester B. Pearson created peacekeepers, for the Suez Canal so a war did not start. After that it was internationally adopted by the UN and member nations, along with NATO of course. All I was trying to say from the start is that instances of rape, cannot be the be all and end all for the "ideal" of peacekeeping. It's just logically fallacious. I don't presume to know your stance own the second amendment for the United States of America's Constitution; but let me you this as an example. If 1, 10, 100, 1000 people out of America's 300 million killed another through the use of a gun, should America repeal the second amendment? And, for Singer, many people remember that one thing. What he said is that if it is mutually beneficial/not harming either party it is ethically and morally okay. Nevertheless, because we could never know what the sheep's feelings are on the matter, we ought not to have sex with the sheep. You've read my other posts (flattered), I hope the person I quoted realises the humour intended. Most of my posts have some kind of levity to them, that's just who I am.

And, yes it is the ideal of what Lester B. Pearson had for Peacekeeping. I truly believe in that ideal and urge others to as well.

Congrats, on the education. All the best for you and your son.

 

[Commander Jack Rankin]

As an internet representative of the United States of America, I wish to apologize to the world for the following:

Snooki
"Bridalplasty"
The Micheal Bay Transformers "movies"
The limited availability of the McRib
Vampires that sparkle
Ke$ha

 

[zega frega omega]

As a proud American, I find no need to explain myself. We have the best art, religion and music, therefor we are better than all other countries: we've made Huckleberry Fin, Citizen Kane (we also invented movies) and, despite popular belief, Alfred Hitchcock was actually born in Jersey; Jesus was born in America, so we invented Christianity, then the Brits copied us (and stole our language too); for music, we have Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, and Beethoven. My country is the greatest in all of history and nothing the evil Muslims or British do will ever take away my American rights. Undeniable proof: the Cold War began because Russia was being aggressive and didn't want to be like us, but now America is the best in the world, and Russia is still full of Commie Satanists.

I apologize on behalf of America for people like that^

 

[Jnat]

Sweden here, sorry for helping Germany during WW2

 

[Braonan]

Lol ok. I will concede the point. I like baseball myself. Went to a Yankee game while in New York a few yars ago. Had a great day.

Awesome. I miss Stamford Bridge.

The holy land. Also nice one for quoting me before I changed my spelling mistake. You think I'm going to freind you after that kind of action?

I didn't even notice. My apologies.

Hey! don't worry about it. I'm dyslaxtic....deslextic.....daslaxtic....Oh Bollocks to it!

lol

 

[bz316]

Despite the fact that the list should be much longer and cover more serious shit, I, on behalf of America, apologize for the following pieces of popular "entertainment":

1) American Idol
2) Jersey Shore
3) Bridalplasty
4) Friends
5) Two and a half Men
6) *&%! My Dad Says
7) Anything ever written, past, present and future, by Stephanie Meyer
8) Any film ever created by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
9) Matrix Revolutions
10) Shia LaBeouf and all Shia LaBeouf related things

This list should be a lot longer, but these were just the ]10 that were off the top of my head

 

[WaderiAAA]

Apologizing for Norway:

- I'm sorry that we pretend to care about global warming when we actually release more and more CO2 each year.
- I'm sorry that we often give you the impression of being rude and antisocial.
- I'm sorry that the Torbjoern Jagland can't pronounce the English language.
- Oh, and sorry for stealing your goods and raping your women back in the 11th century or so.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Sorry for having a big fuck off Empire and making everyone have to learn our language, well I'm alright I live in the country. Also sorry for sucking America's dong.

We also apologise profusely for "allowing a bunch of greedy terrorists, thugs, goons, and rabble rouser to take over the American colonies."

...as well as Black Pudding and Chavs.

But... I love Black Pudding!

 

[xqxm]

I'm Swedish.

I don't see why i should apologize, our government is actively deconstructing our country at the benefit of all people who aren't swedes so yeah.

You're welcome.

 

[xqxm]

Doubles.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I know we usually have a pretty good record of not letting criminals escape the country, but I'd like to apologise on behalf of England for letting Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan infect America with their incredible worshipping of mediocrity.

Also to a lesser extent, Anne Robinson, however, I won't take all the blame, you'll keep getting our unpleasant castoffs all the time you keep making the bad guys in Hollywood movies British, just because we're not offended by stereotypes and we do a damn fine bad guy!

Honestly tho, Cowell and Morgan are the concept of smug distilled into flesh and given subhuman form, what's to like? Please stop giving them publi- ah what's the use, more people than ever queued in the rain to get on X Factor this year, not understanding that unless you're in the top (or far more TV worthy, bottom) 0.1% you'll be dismissed as uninteresting by a mid level talent scout without so much as getting to wave at the spiky haired, nipple high waisted fucknut.

(Yes, it's mainly just an excuse to hurl abuse at some twats I don't like, but I AM sorry they made it in America to disappoint millions more people who expected entertainment and instead just got derision in a funny accent.)

 

[Rathcoole]

On behalf of Northern Ireland I apologize to England for all the terrorists nobody really supports them. To america I am sorry for all the immigrants you are apparently ALL related too(who if hollywood is to be believed are made corrupt police officers the second they step off the plane). and to everybody else I am sorry about all the drunk tourists running around your countrys.

This!

I cant believe NI got mentioned on the 1st page

You would be surprized how many of us there seem to be. We are everywhere.

 

[Helios_(DEL)]

Australia here. None of what we've done concerns you.

Go away.

lawl well said

 

[moonlantern]

On behalf of America, I would like to apologize for not being as good as we should.

 

[Jedamethis]

Sorry for anything the UK's done. As soon as I'm an adult I'll try and fix it, how does that sound?