Why is America so awesome?

[TerraMGP]

Just a spontaneous/unrelated statement, could you Yanks (I suppose using a semi-derogatory national nickname wasn't the best idea, but I'll stick with it ) stop referring to us as "Brits" and start calling us "English, Scottish, Welsh" or "Northern Irish" unless you are referring to something that is British, and not specific to a particular country, or you don't know which country something/someone is from. Cheers

Did you just simultaneously generalize a much larger group of people with perhaps an even larger gulf in diversity between regionality and then ask that we not call you all brits? Fact of the matter is that no real american ever calls anyone a 'brit' at least nobody who I have ever met. They do in movies some times, and I'm sure a small group of people do. But frankly the only group I have ever heard using the term 'brits' is, frankly, the British. So avoiding the obvious irony for the fact that you have more or less done the same thing you are asking us not to I am here to inform you that nobody over here DOES what you are asking us not to.

See? It might help if people stop just grabbing every bad statistic they can about the US and just accept that we are people with as many good points and bad points as other nations rather than using the united states as a whipping post and talking about how horrible we are.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

America stopped being awesome after George W. Bush decided to eat the terrorists' trollbait and engage in the futile war down in Iraq.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

UGH its not all that great... I just cant wait to leave.

 

[Jaythulhu]

every nation in the world loves you? I know one nation that your nation hates without reason, except maybe because we've beaten you in most of the rugby world cups. Especially because you are descended from us! show some gratitude.

Ha! If you read a little bit closer, I did say "almost". However, we're taking back the UK one sperm donation at a time. Another generation or two, and england will become little Oz.

Stop being such a sourpuss. Just 'cos pom-land made a mistake a couple of hundred years ago and sent us to this gorgeous country while they stayed behind in the rain... Actually, I guess we do owe ya a bit of gratitude.

 

[AdjectiveAnimal]

ameriaca
can not speak
say aluminium...

1 can not speall (lol)
mum, colour

2 are religious extreamists, and 3 are stupid.
4 more than 60% of americans believe the earth is less than 5000 years old

5 have WAY too many guns, WHY?!? why do you need to all be armed?

have ridiculus cars. 6 why a 4x4 in the city?!? 7 and why a "Muscle" car? is it to make up for your small "muscle"?

8 and all thote giant Nukes, definately phalic. and compansating.

9 Homophobic. if you like being with a guy, why should it matter to you what de does in bed with other guys?

yeah, i totally believe that the twin towers was NOT an inside job and that the "Patriot" act just happened to be lying around.

10 Guantunamo bay. an illegal military base, doing illegal things to people, who you arrested illegally. leave Cuba alone, just because they made comunisum work you didn't have to screw up the country.

11 you are too big. not just fat people, but your contry should be split into 3-4 differnt nations. so should china and russia, australias OK because most of the land is uninhabbitable, and aussies are too lazy to take over the world.

12 stop bashing the "scientific minority". creationists are stupid. NO ARGUMENT. EVULUTION HAPPENED THE BIBLE IS BULL. and athiests are 25% of americas population, so the nex time someones wants them to lose all rights as a citizen (like Bush Sr), go die.

you are a horrible nation that needs to look at what it is doing to the world. 13 you are not the world police.

14 and you KNEW about Pearl harbour before it happened, stop your lies and brain washing.15 making little kids pleadge alliegence is EVIL. it is something Hitler would have done.

no do what you people always do. dont address the issues, just bomb me with flame and 16 make fun of my spelling like you always do. 17why dont you accuse me of being unreasonable, nothing like americas war with Vietnam, or the war of terror, or your whole Frickin sex obsessed society.

18 what is with you people and sex? its always about getting "down and dirty" or "Hot and sweaty". rarely is it about closeness and love. or affection, trust, careing. personally, i like the adds for "i want to be an engineer, sex can wait", but people need more sexual education other than "dont do it" and "how to do it". how about "when to do it" and "why to do it"?

but why do you hake such disgusting sex scenes, and SO MUCH porn?

1 Different dialect means different rules.
2 A stereotype that I find pretty hilarious.
3 Same as 2 except not as hilarious.
4 What's wrong with someone's religous beleifs? I doubt that those people are affecting you in any way.
5 Ever play Left 4 Dead? You have a point there.
6 Cargo space, workloads, towing of tralers, boats, etc, people who like 4x4s.
7 Muscle cars are just plain awesome and the small genatalia reference/complete and utter lack of capitalization just make you lose credibility.
8 I am pretty unimformed on this topic but it's more of a final defense.
9 See number 2.
10 You have a point there.
11 What the fuck?
12 See 4.
13 While we do go overboard when joining/starting wars that we do not belong in there is nothing wrong with lending a helping hand to victims of natural disasters which we are also accused of being world police for.
14 Again, what the fuck?
15 They are not forced. I still go to highschool. I should know.
16 No, I'll just stick with your capitalization.
17 You are unreasonable, just like Vietnam and the War on Terror.
18 Our problem with sex in the media is the other way around. It is often persecuted and censored more than violence, which I don't understand.
And yes I'm American, but I'm not the uber-patriot type.

 

[Higurashi]

8 I am pretty unimformed on this topic but it's more of a final defense.

This wins.

In all seriousness though, Bright_Raven, you harbour a lot of anger I see. Perhaps it is justified, but you embarrass those that agree with you by presenting such a poor case. It is not hard to spell and research your sources before stating a opinion.

As for the nukes, I remain theorising they are a way of showing their might, so as to avoid larger conflicts. Of course, the principle is in its core flawed, as others can acquire nukes as well, and also provokes attacks from unidentifiable assailants. But then, it would not be the USA if they dismantled them all and went all love and peace on us. Also, their paranoia might be slightly and partially justified, as they would probably experience an increase in terrorism if they cut down on their military forces too much. That being said, paying as much as they do to maintain it when there are so many other more important issues to attend to? What in the nine hells?
In closure, please stop hating so much, people.

 

[Nevins]

Don't kid yourselves. Britain had to fight off Nazi Germany in the Battle of Britain on our damn own. (A little help from a few foreign pilots). America was happy to see us under a Swastika. It was only after Pearl Harbour that they felt it necessary to take the war to Europe, when they could gain influence over the severely weakened countries there. So NO, America has not lovingly leapt into the fray whenever there is trouble and don't even try to suggest that they have.
*Edit, sorry this was a reply to ZorroFonzarelli's "America is the World's Guardian Angel and would take a bullet for any of her beloved fellow countries" rant.

Well, what about all the shit we sent you? The military equipment? The destroyers? (Sure, we got island bases, but we gave you 50 freaking destroyers!)Furthermore, the British and French did much more to further the cause of Germany's expansionism than the U.S. did (good old Mr. Appeasement Chamberlain) and the U.S. certainly did not want to see the rise of Nazism (or can you provide me proof?)

And to "take advantage of weakened countries." How so? Our war foundries gave equipment to everyone, we banded with the British and helped get back France, we helped beat back the Nazis, then waited and let Russia have the honor of taking Berlin. Europe belongs to you guys, we didn't take any colonies from it (well, we got parts of Berlin, but it was given back) and we helped rebuild everything. How did we take advantage of you guys?

However, we did go drunk with power after WW2 and started attacking everything that moved. I'll give you that.

First off, Appeasement was not intended to start World War II, in fact completely the opposite - to avoid conflict. It was a mistake, sure, infact, kind of like the US's isolationism!
Secondly, the Battle of Britain was an aerial conflict and I don't see many flying destroyers, so the destyroyers that your country oh so generously "donated" (or TRADED) did squat to help against the Nazi's.
And military equiptment? The spitfire's and hurricanes we used are ALL Britain, baby.
And yes you did take advantage of Europe! Hence why you still have military bases in many of our countries (fair enough we are allies) and ended up at loggerheads with Russia (who won the race to Berlin fair and square - you didn't "wait for them" - you didn't want to get in their way and were worried after Market Garden)

Oh and remember the Falkland's war? We received no help from you then either. So, no you don't jump into world conflicts and rescue everyone and I just wanted to make that point clear.

Er....... he never said that appeasment was intended to start WW2, he said that it did. If Chamberlain and whatever Frenchman was the PM on that particular day (The french didnt even have a govt. the day that Hitler came into power) had had the balls to tell Hitler to back the fuck down, millions of lives could have been saved. And as far as the American aid is concerned, the British might have been able to hold out for a year or two, but after the fall of the Soviet Union (which would have happened without massive aid from lend lease) they would have been very fucked.

That having been said, I don't mean to come off as saying that Britain's wartime sacrifices were not as great as others, only that without the timely intervention of the US, Hitler would never have been stopped.

 

[intergral]

First off, Appeasement was not intended to start World War II, in fact completely the opposite - to avoid conflict. It was a mistake, sure, infact, kind of like the US's isolationism!
Secondly, the Battle of Britain was an aerial conflict and I don't see many flying destroyers, so the destyroyers that your country oh so generously "donated" (or TRADED) did squat to help against the Nazi's.
And military equiptment? The spitfire's and hurricanes we used are ALL Britain, baby.
And yes you did take advantage of Europe! Hence why you still have military bases in many of our countries (fair enough we are allies) and ended up at loggerheads with Russia (who won the race to Berlin fair and square - you didn't "wait for them" - you didn't want to get in their way and were worried after Market Garden)

Oh and remember the Falkland's war? We received no help from you then either. So, no you don't jump into world conflicts and rescue everyone and I just wanted to make that point clear.

I love how it seems like the whole world gets pissy at us for 'interfering' with world problems, but it's a completely different tune when it's their ass on the line.

Oh, and when I was stationed in Germany, I met some of the nicest people in the world who appreciated the fact that they had the US's protection. Usually, when the US sets up shop in an allies' country, that said country can start throwing more resources into education, medical care, technology and civil services. Just look at Japan.

 

[Socius]

simple, it ain't!

 

[intergral]

What about those people on the bread line? which is a substantial number.

Too poor to get health insurance and the uni funds but at the same time too rich for them? flawed system.

Thank god for Obama

You don't know what you're even talking about.

Oh yes thank GOD for Obama with his trillion dollar "economic stimulus" plan. "Where will Obama get this money?" I ask sarcastically. Obama replies enthusiastically, "Why I will get my magic money makers at the Fed to print up my trillion dollars for me."

"Um don't you think all that fiot money would create hella inflation?"

"Uhhh...well I... WHO THE HELL ASKED YOU ANYWAY?"

If anyone here thought Bush was a big spender, just wait till Obama takes office. You don't yet know the true meaning of debt.

Thank you for writing this. I'm tired of dealing with trolls on this site.

 

[Nevins]

America is awesome. I absolutely love my country. Look at all we've accomplished. Sure, we have problems but so does everybody else.

There is truth is all of that!

This poster is biased and inaccurate.
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005_Top100.htm

As you'll see in the link, the University of Cambridge is ranked at #2. Oxford at #10.

Oh wait, here's another one.
http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2006/top_200_universities/

This one places Cambridge and Oxford at #2 and 3. University of London is at #9.

And another one.
http://i.cs.hku.hk/~tse/topten.html

And speaking of the Mars rover. Anyone remember why the first Mars Rover didn't make it on Mars?

Because one of the countries working on the project was using the imperial system.

And 37 of the top 50 are American Universities, (the first link), and 17 of the top 20 are American. If we had Quake sounds, Dominating would be ringing out of your speakers. I am not trying to put down Foreign Unis, its just that the numbers show that the American ones are better.

What about those people on the bread line? which is a substantial number.

Too poor to get health insurance and the uni funds but at the same time too rich for them? flawed system.

Thank god for Obama

You don't know what you're even talking about.

Oh yes thank GOD for Obama with his trillion dollar "economic stimulus" plan. "Where will Obama get this money?" I ask sarcastically. Obama replies enthusiastically, "Why I will get my magic money makers at the Fed to print up my trillion dollars for me."

"Um don't you think all that fiot money would create hella inflation?"

"Uhhh...well I... WHO THE HELL ASKED YOU ANYWAY?"

If anyone here thought Bush was a big spender, just wait till Obama takes office. You don't yet know the true meaning of debt.

Thank you for writing this. I'm tired of dealing with trolls on this site.

Well, the bright spot in Obama winning is that he is being forced to shelve all those ridiculous spending projects that he had lined up. I still find it hard to believe that Obama (The one who was trumpeting spending) won over McCain (the one who trumpeted budget cuts) when we have a 10.5 trillion deficit, and when we have this insane bailout package that is rapidly approaching $1 trillion

 

[nathan-dts]

Two words, IT'S NOT!

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

Do they even have Mexican food in Britain?

 

[matrix3509]

Lest everyone forget here Obama, just like McCain, is a politician.

To me, the definition of a politician is someone who cannt be trusted to not act out of their own self interest. Add to it that both candidates were senators (God why in the name of all things sweet and holy did they both have to be senators?) It was like choosing between a turd sandwich or a giant douche. A senator can only be further removed from the interests of real people by becoming president (I suddenly realize why so many senators want to be president, damn them). But back to my point.

You can't trust a politician to do what he/she SHOULD be doing. News Flash: Every candidate for president from the past one hundred years has spoken about "Change We Can Believe In." Why is it that when the candidates skin color changes, does it suddenly become more meaningful. Before trolls start flaming me about being a rascist, rest assured I am not. I simply see Obama, and indeed McCain also, as nothing more than politician. The only time a politician has ever done any good is when the public is there threatening them.

And I'm not even going to try to comment on the histoy part of this thread because:

1. It seems no one here has read a proper history book, rather they read some book written by some pretentious git who wasnt even born when WW2 was happening. Hint: Get some real evidence from first-hand accounts.

2. Everyone here has a different view of what happened, and whats amazing is that almost ALL of them are wrong.

Damn too late, looks like I was lured in after all.

 

[Colodomoko]

The U.S.A. in general is just the safest place to be, I mean we never had a magor war on our soil.

Plus the fact that, well I dunno....... EVERYONE COMES HERE!

I guess its mainly the american dream for the most part.

Practically everyone carries a gun - how on Earth is that safe?

Only people who go looking for trouble get shot, and that goes for the rest of the world as well.

 

[rattling_bean]

First off, Appeasement was not intended to start World War II, in fact completely the opposite - to avoid conflict. It was a mistake, sure, infact, kind of like the US's isolationism!
Secondly, the Battle of Britain was an aerial conflict and I don't see many flying destroyers, so the destyroyers that your country oh so generously "donated" (or TRADED) did squat to help against the Nazi's.
And military equiptment? The spitfire's and hurricanes we used are ALL Britain, baby.
And yes you did take advantage of Europe! Hence why you still have military bases in many of our countries (fair enough we are allies) and ended up at loggerheads with Russia (who won the race to Berlin fair and square - you didn't "wait for them" - you didn't want to get in their way and were worried after Market Garden)

Oh and remember the Falkland's war? We received no help from you then either. So, no you don't jump into world conflicts and rescue everyone and I just wanted to make that point clear.

I love how it seems like the whole world gets pissy at us for 'interfering' with world problems, but it's a completely different tune when it's their ass on the line.

Oh, and when I was stationed in Germany, I met some of the nicest people in the world who appreciated the fact that they had the US's protection. Usually, when the US sets up shop in an allies' country, that said country can start throwing more resources into education, medical care, technology and civil services. Just look at Japan.

How have I got pissy about you interfering? I think you need to actually read my comments instead of reading THROUGH them and seeing what you want to see.

A comment I actually said was (and I quote)

"Oh and remember the Falkland's war? We received no help from you then either. So, no you don't jump into world conflicts and rescue everyone and I just wanted to make that point clear."

Big emphasis on the "WE RECEIVED NO HELP NO HELP FROM YOU" and "YOU DON'T JUMP INTO WORLD CONFLICTS". (i.e You don't interfere with world problems!) Please don't try and come back at me with a completely invalid message... The opposite of what I was trying to say.

Oh and you also say about "American protection" in Germany. Erm, I think Germany (as well as many other countries) have a very competent army, easily good enough to protect ourselves. Especially because of the EU - we look out for each other. I am not saying we don't appreciate the help (but seriously, do you think we are armed with sticks and rocks or something? The eurofighter typhoon is probably the most advanced fighter jet in the wordl at the moment!) - but it is not "you helping us", rather you getting your influence spread as far as you can.

 

[rattling_bean]

Don't kid yourselves. Britain had to fight off Nazi Germany in the Battle of Britain on our damn own. (A little help from a few foreign pilots). America was happy to see us under a Swastika. It was only after Pearl Harbour that they felt it necessary to take the war to Europe, when they could gain influence over the severely weakened countries there. So NO, America has not lovingly leapt into the fray whenever there is trouble and don't even try to suggest that they have.
*Edit, sorry this was a reply to ZorroFonzarelli's "America is the World's Guardian Angel and would take a bullet for any of her beloved fellow countries" rant.

Well, what about all the shit we sent you? The military equipment? The destroyers? (Sure, we got island bases, but we gave you 50 freaking destroyers!)Furthermore, the British and French did much more to further the cause of Germany's expansionism than the U.S. did (good old Mr. Appeasement Chamberlain) and the U.S. certainly did not want to see the rise of Nazism (or can you provide me proof?)

And to "take advantage of weakened countries." How so? Our war foundries gave equipment to everyone, we banded with the British and helped get back France, we helped beat back the Nazis, then waited and let Russia have the honor of taking Berlin. Europe belongs to you guys, we didn't take any colonies from it (well, we got parts of Berlin, but it was given back) and we helped rebuild everything. How did we take advantage of you guys?

However, we did go drunk with power after WW2 and started attacking everything that moved. I'll give you that.

First off, Appeasement was not intended to start World War II, in fact completely the opposite - to avoid conflict. It was a mistake, sure, infact, kind of like the US's isolationism!
Secondly, the Battle of Britain was an aerial conflict and I don't see many flying destroyers, so the destyroyers that your country oh so generously "donated" (or TRADED) did squat to help against the Nazi's.
And military equiptment? The spitfire's and hurricanes we used are ALL Britain, baby.
And yes you did take advantage of Europe! Hence why you still have military bases in many of our countries (fair enough we are allies) and ended up at loggerheads with Russia (who won the race to Berlin fair and square - you didn't "wait for them" - you didn't want to get in their way and were worried after Market Garden)

Oh and remember the Falkland's war? We received no help from you then either. So, no you don't jump into world conflicts and rescue everyone and I just wanted to make that point clear.

I never said we did, or do. We mostly exacerbate things. I'm just saying that World War 2 couldn't have been won without American help. And while we didn't supply your airplanes (which, I would like to add, were awesome), we did supply rifles, ammunition, metal, and food. Tons of food. And I did think that I did mention that we did indeed TRADE (I mentioned the Island bases) for the destroyers.

And it was decided beforehand that Russia was going to invade Berlin, at the Yalta conference (I think). And, as I said before, the Pacific Front was mainly handled by the Americans. We also provided General Patton for the African Front, who was two parts awesome, three parts crazy, and four parts win.

And I know that Appeasement was intended to avert WW2. However, it was SO much stupider than isolationism (and you have to remember that most Americans had bad memories of WW1). And Hitler himself admitted in the middle of World War 2 that if the French or British had counterattacked when he was invading one of the first counties he invaded (forgot which one) he would "returned with our tails between our legs".

*Sigh*... I am going to try and put this as simpy as possible. If we lost the Battle of Britain, this post would be in German. We won that battle on our own. It didn't come down to food, or metal or anything like that because it didn't drag on long enough to account for plane production or rationing (the real problem was lack of pilots! We had too many planes to use!) During that time, the US did not act. Therefore, they could have potentially watched us being invaded and taken over. They would have done nothing. It came down to Britain and Britain only. That's all I am trying to say. Sure the US helped later on and obviously brought about the end of the war far quicker, but the fact remains - you didn't help us during the Battle of Britain.

And about Isolationism, I hope you realise it was a bad idea in regards to human life (you seem to be defending it slightly) Don't get me wrong - so was Appeasement, but we can only say that looking back. No one knew Hitler was so evil back then. In fact, alot of leaders respected him. Chamberlain was only trying to do the right thing. Turns out it was an epic fail. But isolationism cannot be defended - you let a war rage over Europe and didn't intervene (militarily anyway, which, when it boils down to it, is far more valuable than food, or raw materials)

P.S. Yeah, the spitfire is one of the most beautiful machines ever created! The US mustang is also a bucket of whoopass!

 

[rattling_bean]

Don't kid yourselves. Britain had to fight off Nazi Germany in the Battle of Britain on our damn own. (A little help from a few foreign pilots). America was happy to see us under a Swastika. It was only after Pearl Harbour that they felt it necessary to take the war to Europe, when they could gain influence over the severely weakened countries there. So NO, America has not lovingly leapt into the fray whenever there is trouble and don't even try to suggest that they have.
*Edit, sorry this was a reply to ZorroFonzarelli's "America is the World's Guardian Angel and would take a bullet for any of her beloved fellow countries" rant.

Well, what about all the shit we sent you? The military equipment? The destroyers? (Sure, we got island bases, but we gave you 50 freaking destroyers!)Furthermore, the British and French did much more to further the cause of Germany's expansionism than the U.S. did (good old Mr. Appeasement Chamberlain) and the U.S. certainly did not want to see the rise of Nazism (or can you provide me proof?)

And to "take advantage of weakened countries." How so? Our war foundries gave equipment to everyone, we banded with the British and helped get back France, we helped beat back the Nazis, then waited and let Russia have the honor of taking Berlin. Europe belongs to you guys, we didn't take any colonies from it (well, we got parts of Berlin, but it was given back) and we helped rebuild everything. How did we take advantage of you guys?

However, we did go drunk with power after WW2 and started attacking everything that moved. I'll give you that.

First off, Appeasement was not intended to start World War II, in fact completely the opposite - to avoid conflict. It was a mistake, sure, infact, kind of like the US's isolationism!
Secondly, the Battle of Britain was an aerial conflict and I don't see many flying destroyers, so the destyroyers that your country oh so generously "donated" (or TRADED) did squat to help against the Nazi's.
And military equiptment? The spitfire's and hurricanes we used are ALL Britain, baby.
And yes you did take advantage of Europe! Hence why you still have military bases in many of our countries (fair enough we are allies) and ended up at loggerheads with Russia (who won the race to Berlin fair and square - you didn't "wait for them" - you didn't want to get in their way and were worried after Market Garden)

Oh and remember the Falkland's war? We received no help from you then either. So, no you don't jump into world conflicts and rescue everyone and I just wanted to make that point clear.

Er....... he never said that appeasment was intended to start WW2, he said that it did. If Chamberlain and whatever Frenchman was the PM on that particular day (The french didnt even have a govt. the day that Hitler came into power) had had the balls to tell Hitler to back the fuck down, millions of lives could have been saved. And as far as the American aid is concerned, the British might have been able to hold out for a year or two, but after the fall of the Soviet Union (which would have happened without massive aid from lend lease) they would have been very fucked.

That having been said, I don't mean to come off as saying that Britain's wartime sacrifices were not as great as others, only that without the timely intervention of the US, Hitler would never have been stopped.

Why could America not have stepped in and had the balls the tell Hitler?
Also the Russian Winter was the eventual factor in Germany's defeat in Russia, so it could be disputed that the war could have been win without the US (We can't really say for sure as it didn't happen).

I am not saying the US did nothing, don't get me wrong. As you obviously contributed (if not secured) an Allie victory, but if we had lost the Battle of Britain - your help would have been far too late for us humble Brits. Again, I am trying to say that everyone has this idea that America is the World Police and that they interfer too much - my point is actually the opposite. It was lucky we survived the Battle of Britain, and again back to the Falklands point - we received no help then.

I am not saying it was your place to help, as obviously the US has the right to do what the US damn well wants, but it annoys me when all these American's say that they are the protectors of mankind etc. The world is too big a place for 1 country to defend, so dont imply that they do!

Thanks!

 

[birdbrain18]

We are not awesome for these reasons:

1. Anyone who gloats about their patriotism isn't a patriot. You don't earn patriotism by yelling about it. You do something with it.
2. Anyone who says we're a Christian nation (a lot of them) needs to get their mouth checked because they're confusing it with their asshole.
3. Our mainstream music is shit.
4. Our government is corrupt. Now, while all governments are, ours is simply ridiculous.
5. We don't honor our own constitution. And by that I mean separation of church and state. Look at Prop 8 and who backs it for evidence.
6. We are so fucking fat.
7. We have a abhorrent health care system.
8. The economy.

I believe that's a good start.

/thread. also best avtar EVR

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

There's no such thing as the USA. It's a myth perpetrated by the leaders of the Muslim world, who are in need of a Great Satan to keep the people distracted while they live like kings. They have callcentres and datacentres dedicated to generating all correspondence reportedly from America. All those US soldiers wandering around Iraq? Mercenaries paid to be there, pissing people off.

Between Canada and Mexico, there's a great rift that leads to the centre of the Earth. Canadians and Mexicans, the superstitious lot they are, keep well away from the precipice and don't mention it to anyone, for fear of demons stealing their souls.

Does that mean I live in an alternate dimension or something?