OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope

[Starhawk]

LOL sorry Narf that's hilarious it really is

But anyway yes compared to most countries around the world the US is tame and often I think a little too tame, in the end America is generally a fat happy child who's citizens are spoiled and who's citizens ***** and moan at the slightest tax increase or at the slightest change in laws and yet they do nothing to actively try and participate in law except to do stupid protests that they know won't effect squat in the world.

In many ways America has lost it's strenght of will and it's resolve because we are too decadent and have too easy a lifestyle I mean damn I get sick of hearing 15 and 16 year olds who openly admit they are cheating in their schools because it's so easy, and yet they pass because no one bothers punishing them so they are quite stupid and I DO MEAN STUPID no polite way around it they think they are so clever but they're dumb as bricks and when they grow up and can't cheat on everything they do they'll end up being unproductive losers.

I think sometimes this country could use a kick in the *** to get back some of that iron will we used to be famous for.

[El_Phil]

Keh? Famed American iron will.... Unless your talking about a bloke named William whos actually made of iron I have no idea what your talking about.

[Starhawk]

Study history America used to be a nation of hard workers and people who beleived we could overcome anything and take on anyone no matter what and we did it in a good way, these days we piss and whine and have protests EVEN WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO A "RIGHT" War!


But anyway El_Phil

Now back on to subject I wonder how many of us would even be able to handle a true "space age" era Humanity, and how much we would all either be overjoyed/overwhelmed or just plain freaked out.

[cshank2]

Hm, you have to remember, that, like in the case of 40k, Religion is a HUGE psychological boost. If every religion were to claim that said aliens were either Pure or Unpure would determine the majority of the populaces reaction. So... meh... Hopefully us humans will have talismans by then though! *pulls a luke skywalker on a tyranid spore ship*

pwnage.

[El_Phil]

Starhawk said:
Study history America used to be a nation of hard workers and people who beleived we could overcome anything and take on anyone no matter what and we did it in a good way, these days we piss and whine and have protests EVEN WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO A "RIGHT" War!

When exactly was this hard worker and belief in overcoming stuff a national trait?

Now of course there are millions of yanks who that did/does apply to, but it was never a famous national trait. If you'd ask a person to name a US national trait it might be 'epicly fat', 'has no taste in trousers' or 'drinks awful beer' something like that. Just as the French would be 'arrogant' or 'bad at fighting wars'.

Of course these are broad and entirely unfair stereotypes, but that's the whole point

[Starhawk]

El_Phil I was trying to get off the politics that's why I changed subjects learn to let it go especially since it's only this generation that is "epicly fat" as a national trait and boy howdy is that true lol

Anyway thanks for all your answers folks it was really helpful.

[El_Phil]

Helpful hint #42: If you want to get off a point the best way is not to mention it. Strange but true.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

During the Napoleonic era, the french army was one of the best in the world.

Present-day opinions are not nessasarily today's truth's and rarely apply in history.

[El_Phil]

Yet still they lost. Of course I'm biased, should I offer the French more than grudging and heavily qualified respect I may well have my Englishness revoked.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
During the Napoleonic era, the french army was one of the best in the world.

AHEM the French army yes..... but just look at the amount of foreign recruits..... and what nationality was its leader?

*****

If SETI were to receive a signal, the world governments (i.e. the US government which thinks is the world government) would immediately shut down the program and start arming for war.

If an alien landed in Hyde Park, there'd be a crowd of media people around it within hours. It would probably get so freaked out (just think how much a TV camera looks like a rocket launcher or an energy weapon if you don't know what it is, and then there are the helicopters.....) it would either get back in its spaceship and take off again, returning some days later with a battle fleet, or it would attack the crowd, get fired on by the military, take off in its space ship and return some time later with a battle fleet. Either way, we lose.

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In an entirely unrelated matter, I've just noticed SETI hasn't sent me a new data package for at least three days.....