It was nice in July for me, July and August, especially in the highlands.

All right i'll man up an come out say it was me. I realize i was being overly sensitive when I did that, but in my defense i was in an irritable mood yesterday. Plus i get pretty sick of hearing how it's such an unforgivable sin for Americans to love there country and its flag. Now Im not one of those guys who would walk around waving the flag in the streets for times like the whole bin laden thing. But I do give it my full respect like any other American. So yes, I do get offended easily when people talk shit about our flag. I now realize you guys were probably just kidding around (it least i hope you were) And I probably just proved your point about how "obsessed" some of us can get.

So i apologies to STM and JG for the Neg-rep. It was a pretty childish thing to do and i hope you didn't take it personnel. If anything you probably laughed about how I just proved the stereotype.

Lol don't worry, just thought it was funny who you can get so angry for someone joking about *a flag*.

People actually say it's bad to be patriotic in America? I've only ever heard the opposite.

I think he is referring to the fact that stupid cunts on the internet (most people here included) seem to think that America is the great evil, and make constant comments to that end. It is mighty wearisome. It wouldn't be so bad if it were constant comments about our government, but the fucking idiocy of you people and your incessant hateful blabbering about Americans in general gets to be as irritating as it is stupid. Especially since so many of you owe so much of your modern culture to this country.

That's the thing though, it didn't seem like a joke to me at the time. It's hard to tell sometimes when people are either kidding or just being down right rude.

And I agree with OANST. Alot of people seem to have this image of America that the majority of the population is stupid, fat, and lazy and if you come here you have a good chance of being shot by a random citizen, like it's the old west or somthing. I try not to let the comments get under my skin, but sometimes they go way to far.

We do the same thing with other cultures/countries. People from France are lazy cowards. People from England are snobs with horrible teeth. Everyone from Australia is the crocodile hunter. Mexicans are lazy. Everyone in Africa has AIDS. Stop fucking whining. All you do is whine.

The majority of our population is fat, stupid and lazy. As far as being randomly shot, I guess that just depends on where you go. But the same can be said of just about any place.

I agree that that there are stereotypes of every culture, but no single stereotype is harped on so incessantly, or taken so seriously as that of the stupid, cultureless American.

Or maybe I just read too many of Havoc's posts.

You work in sales. You know the deal. People will tell three people about a negative experience versus telling one person about one that was positive. I think it's the exact same thing with cultures, ours in particular. You get some loud mouthed jackass from south Texas in France on business, and of course the waiter he offends is going to tell several of his friends about the 'big dumb loud' American that pissed him off at work that day. As for the quiet couple who took three years of French in college and keep their shit in check? Well, what is there to talk about, exactly?

And then you have our television programs/modern broadcasting content which seems to be nothing but reality television showcasing the rich and delightfully dim-witted, sitcoms featuring oversexed and mentally/socially inept yet decent looking people finding their way in life, and, of course, FOX fucking news. What would you think, if you found yourself on the outside looking in?

The problem with that is that every country has their fair share of this shit. I don't judge British culture based on The Daily Mail or Big Brother.

That's actually not wrong. The goat's head in the world of the Occult is a very highly meaningful image. The icon of the inverted pentagram;

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jl3ytlG8Wx...0/baphomet.png


represents Satan, aka the god "Lucifer" from the ancient Roman Pagan tradition translates quite literally to the "Bearer of Light". "Lucifer" is generally considered the savior to Pagans for the 'spiritual light' he brought to mankind in the form of knowledge of his origins and knowledge of Occult Magic (in some opinions, a foolish decision as this knowledge has as much possibility to be abused for negative, selfish purposes as it does benevolent, thus the "God" Lucifer is considered the Devil in Christian tradition)

The point is, that Occult magic is well-known and practiced all throughout the world, especially in business, through forms of highly-symbolic logos and insignias which are felt to have magickal power.

The goats head, as shown above, in the direction it is pointing (downward) is considered as 'submissive' or 'feminine' position in Occult magick. Pointing upward, aka the 'Delta' position, is represents power and the masculine. And indeed, it is well known in occult circles that the triangle in the downward position in fact reflects the woman's womb.

I would delight in writing a whole article about occult meanings in commercial symbolism, but even confined the the automotive industry would be several pages.

Please do. They're sufficiently popular to be an embarrassment.

Yes. We like to spend all of our time sat in pubs drinking lager and eating fish and chips whilst riding around in black taxis and red double decker buses.

I'm just gonna leave this here and walk away,


The World might owe you but American's owe the World a hell of a lot more.

Just shut up scrabtrapman, before you make yourself sound like even more of an idiot.

Not possible.

Yeah, i think that video was meant to make people laugh not boost American egos. Did you miss the parts where it made fun of us.


You mean that thing Europe was apart of.

And started.

And America carried on into the late 1800s.

Any way ignore that, I was just purposefully trying to be a dick, I'll remove those bits if you like.

Just shut up and we'll be happy.


So... Flags!

That one's true though.

Bhutan has a cool flag, though the dragon does appear to be grasping several disembodied breasts.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._of_Bhutan.svg

Well that's calling the kettle black.

Never been to Scottland before, I have been to Scotland though which is very nice. :D

Those are clearly... dragon balls.

Alcar...

there are seven of them :D

Okay, here i go:

I live in Egypt...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Egypt.svg.png

In Cairo, The city of a thousand minarets.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Cairo.svg.png

Coat of arms:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...fficial%29.svg

See, now that's real heraldry. Good symbolism you got going on there.

What does the writing under the eagle say?

My country is Italy

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4854/italyflagj.gif

I was born in Turin

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5...4torinoste.png

Now I live in Brandizzo

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/953...izzostemma.png

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/images/texasflag.jpg
Fuck yeah. Texas: home of retarded highway systems, top tier hispanic food and simultaneous jackassery/hospitality.

Also:
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcfm293grY1qc0k0u.png
Ironically, I'd aimlessly made a bracelet of that exact color scheme about two weeks before I ever learned of the term "pansexual." I make a lot of bracelets (very nice looking ones for the record), but rarely without some sort of intended symbolism. Funny coincidence #174 of my life.

Also also: Fuck yeah @ the Team America theme. One of the greatest musical accomplishments of this generation. It's an overflow of win.

England, obviously.

West Midlands:
http://www.internetbusinessdirectory...-coat-arms.jpg

Staffordshire:
http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/s/images/stafford.jpg

Lichfield:
http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/l/images/lichfiel.jpg

i think i've got that right.

Been a while since I've seen the Staffordshire Knot.

Croatia before :) :
Flag
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...roatia.svg.png

Coat of arms
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...roatia_coa.png


Croatia today: :(

flag

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...roatia.svg.png

coat of arms

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...roatia.svg.png

Rijeka:

Flag

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._of_Rijeka.png

coat of arms

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._%28grb%29.gif

historical flag

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Fiume.svg.png

It says "Arab Republic of Egypt"

i talk about it quite a lot with my grandfather. don't know why, just a point of interest for us.

and just to be an irritating, pedantic bastard: it's actually Stafford knot, not Staffordshire. although i only found that out myself a couple years back.

Ah, well I might as well say that off term time I live in the West Midlands, Staffordshire etc etc

http://i.imgur.com/xFEof.jpg

Stafford.

It's about twenty miles from where MA lives, I used to commute to his town for school until I outgrew the need for help.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...avl_Oblast.png


Yaroslavl Oblast. Bear with a battle axe, fuck yeah.


Not that I actually live there

you're so edgy.

Thats edg3, or whatever his name is.

fuck that guy. he's a dick.