Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Well everyone has their own opinion but I as an American have a view of my country that's different than you people from other countries...even a view different than some Americans. However, this doesn't make me wrong or you right...it just means we have different views of the way things are and the way they ought to be.....no reason to make assumptions that I am not a decent person because of my politics...I get along fine with plenty of people who are going to vote for Obama...I got along with everyone in France....I get along with people from other countries fine...I guess it comes across in a different way online, oh well.

Have your views....just allow me to have mine as well OR be up for debating.

I don't hate Canada......just Canadians....haha, only kidding
It's a lot easier to take a more polarized or antagonistic position online, because there are no real consequences.

I'm always up for a good debate, but you're the one who said to drop it - so I will after this.

In regards to your comment about being a decent people regardless of your politics, this is true. I'm sure ever George Bush, on a personal level, is probably a decent person. It's not like he's Hitler or Pol Pot. However, the actions of apparently decent people can still have grave consequences. A bad person is just as capable of making a good decision as a good person is capable of making a bad one. The consequences of those decisions is what is most important, not the impetus behind them (which is also important). I have a problem with many of the actions of the U.S. government since the Civil War, but I have no problem with individual Americans, it's not their fault that the elites control their society in the same way they have controlled nearly (perhaps all) society from the dawn of goverance.

I have no problem with you on a personal level, though for the life of me I can't understand your views or why you support the people you do. But that's cool, I'm sure you probably can't understand my views.