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How is America more conservative than Europe?

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7even:
^...or war

Joe Bonanno:

--- Quote from: Trauma-san on February 02, 2008, 09:03:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: K.Dub on February 02, 2008, 05:37:31 PM ---Yo, you know that Europe ain't one nation?

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Yes, I do know that.  Of course, you might as well be because we don't usually give you a second thought.  To the average American, no other country even exists until we start thinking about where we're going to go on vacation. 

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dont listen to this cocksucker he is not nor does he speak for any "average" American.

Trauma-san:
LOL Yeah, the average American is enlightened about the world.  Please.  I am the epitome of the average American.  I NEVER think about other countries, until I decide to go on vacation or what dude said about War.  You think we really give a shit what's going on in Afganistan?  LOL  Yeah, I lay awake at night thinking about Afganistan. 

There is so much to do in America and everybody is so involved in their lives they have no concern over the rest of the world.  That's a fucking fact. 

Elevz:

--- Quote from: Trauma-san on February 04, 2008, 08:54:48 AM ---LOL Yeah, the average American is enlightened about the world.  Please.  I am the epitome of the average American.  I NEVER think about other countries, until I decide to go on vacation or what dude said about War.  You think we really give a shit what's going on in Afganistan?  LOL  Yeah, I lay awake at night thinking about Afganistan. 

There is so much to do in America and everybody is so involved in their lives they have no concern over the rest of the world.  That's a fucking fact. 

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So that's your pride for America? A pride of ignorance and short sightedness? :loco:

Kill:

--- Quote from: Trauma-san on February 04, 2008, 08:54:48 AM ---LOL Yeah, the average American is enlightened about the world.  Please.  I am the epitome of the average American.  I NEVER think about other countries, until I decide to go on vacation or what dude said about War.  You think we really give a shit what's going on in Afganistan?  LOL  Yeah, I lay awake at night thinking about Afganistan. 

There is so much to do in America and everybody is so involved in their lives they have no concern over the rest of the world.  That's a fucking fact. 

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Like Eleven said, this does sound like you're proud of it in some sense. I'm not intending to go anti-american in any way here, but being oblivious of the outside world is not one of the most admirable qualities one could attribute to (many, not all of course) american people, and it is also related to the fact that while the US is the most inventive, powerful and in some ways technologically and scientifically advanced country in the world, the average level of education is deplorably low by first-world standards. Of course, living in such a huge country is different from living in Europe where you might have two different borders half a day's walk off from your house, but i don't quite see the point in saying that this "unawareness" is due to the fact there is "so much to do" in america and "people are so involved in their lives"...as opposed to europeans whose lives consist of reading newspaper articles on Afghanistan and Darfur because there's just nothing to do in their countries? I don't lie awake brooding over political issues in Zimbabwe either, but I read the papers and watch some CNN (yes, american TV ironically)

As for the original question, the point that europe is not one country is a vital one. The average man's opinion on sexual issues is not the same in Serbia as it is in Norway, Holland's liberal drug laws are not applicable in the UK, etc. The reason why the US tends to be more conservative in many ways than most of europe is, simply put, that it is a country much more strongly based on puritan values and a country much more strongly influenced by the opinions and beliefs of (strongly) religious people.

It's a difficult topic though, I'd like to elaborate on this, but right now I got a bus to catch :P

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