Savage Dragon Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 (edited) I was cleaning my room the other day when I stumbled along my old English Journal from year 2001. Well who doesn’t love reading there own stuff, so I flipped it open and I was amazed that the second journal entry was dated 9/11/01. More ironic was the question that I had answered before learning about the attacks that happened that day. What do you think of when you hear the "American Dream"? My answer--- I think of being free because that's what I’ve always been in America. I have been able to pursue goals, believe in God, and say whatever I want. In America it doesn’t matter who I am just what I can do. Now how about that. I'd love to hear what some other people have to say, including your own answer to the question. :dragon4: Edited February 6, 2004 by MeThinksUFoolish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I use the excus, "It's the american way" whenever someone's questioning my excessive delegation that occupies everyone else and leaves me time to sit around, scratch myself in several places simultaneously and get paid for the pleasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaious, Master of Time Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Well, I hate to admit it, I think, but I actually can't stand my old writings..Old being anything that I've written already. The American Dream. I see the American Way as being loud, obnoxious, and highly ignorant. Gee, and I live here too. As my foreign exchange friend from Japan said, in not the same words, "America is stupid." I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 To call america stupid is messing with Texas And you don't mess with Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Hehehe, on the flipside In Soviet Russia, Texas messes with YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Dragon Posted February 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 ok so far we have one person who doesn't favor the american dream, and one person wo uses it as an excuse. Um anybody want to give a more patriotic answer? :dragon4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenproletariat Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 aardvarks thermite is going to kill me Having recently watched the movie "American Beauty", when I hear american dream I think suburbs, white picket fence, bland bland bland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I'm allowed to use it as an excuse. I'm Australian. Bagging out yanks is a national passtime down here. We're lobbying for it to become an olympic sport, and in doing so we'd win gold medal first time around, just for making it an olympic sport. Then we're gonna have to actually try when we're pitted against the canadian team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaious, Master of Time Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 To call america stupid is messing with Texas And you don't mess with Texas I can't stand Texas! It's too BIG.All wide open and flat, and deserty. I hate Texas! Went through it on a trip to Colorado once... A 27 hour ride, about 8 hours in Texas? TOO big. And yeah, the 'American Dream' is boring, dull, pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tralla Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 lmao too big? I've driven 14 hours north and only made it about two thirds up BC. Whee. Anyway, American Dream? To annex everybody else, obviously. =P Seriously, being Canadian, my view probably doesn't count as much as the Americans in here, but to me the American Dream has always been about the same as most religious/cult ideals - "We are better than everybody else, therefore we have the right to do whatever we want to those people to enforce that superiority. But God help them if one of those dogs we're kicking bites back." Or maybe that's the American attitude? I dunno. I'm happy to say that I've found a group of incredible, abnormal Americans here. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopperWolf Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) I could give a patriotic answer, but you wouldn't like it - I'm British. *wonders off to look up irony in the dictionary* heheh Edited February 7, 2004 by HopperWolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Irony - Electric appliance designed to get the creases out of your panties - Strange metal fifth letter of the alphabet worshipped by members of a deranged sesame street cult - Element that forms Steely when mixed with Carbony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I think that the phrase is only used sarcastically these days...well, some use it seriously, but I don't think that most people do. Thus, t hose who answer will usually give you non-patriotic answers. Anyway, I associate about the same things with it as lump does--suburbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Dragon Posted February 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Sigh, will the America bashing never cease? Well I for one still love America and her dream, even at 15. I thought the young ones were the ones who were supposed to be rebellious?? So far this post has been a real disappointment. Maybe I should be making fun of other counties, is that what you all want? I mean like Australia is all so high and mighty, the best-known Australian of the entire world spends all his time in the mud with crocodiles. The English royalty is just begging to be pointed and laughed at. And don’t even get me started with Canada; there just aren’t enough words. Besides I thought America was supposed to be made up of other countries, we have the highest immigration rate, we have Australians, and Irish, and English, and Indian, and Mexicans, and more Canadians than I want to mention. It’s like making fun of the polish only to discover you’re a quarter polish. So lay off already, you all have your own problems too :dragon4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 This is why controversial topics are dangerous here. No one means any serious harm to America, Savage Dragon. With all respect to everyone I think I'm closing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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