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treestar

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47. That's completely different

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 12:02 PM

Jan 2013

Because it involves different things. We don't know that Iceland or Finland or Sweden would not do the same if they could. They are not necessarily stopped due to superior morality. Maybe they just don't have enough people and resources. England ran roughshod over the rest of the world when it was able.

IMO any nation would rule the world if it could. Due to our size and natural resources we have an advantage in military conquest. In fact, why did European nations want us to come into WWI and WWII?

Internal and domestic policies however, leave us at a disadvantage in moving forward. The system we have is designed for conservatives. It makes it difficult to pass a new law. There are so many checks on it. Whereas a Parliamentary system allows for change when the party of a country's left is in power.

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We just watch what they do, then do the opposite. [View all] Scuba Jan 2013 OP

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Canada is in the same boat as the US. MAD Dave Jan 2013 #3

Thats because you elected a moron just like we did multiple times. stultusporcos Jan 2013 #10

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Sure thing Sparky Dubya was a frigging Einstein stultusporcos Jan 2013 #25

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I know tavalon Jan 2013 #26

As one from Scandinavian descent... longship Jan 2013 #4

Right on. :>) pangaia Jan 2013 #9

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I can't get my car out of the garatts. longship Jan 2013 #12

in finland it's sa-oo-na. not in the US. loan words are almost nowhere pronounced exactly HiPointDem Jan 2013 #14

Fine. longship Jan 2013 #16

as i said, finnish has borrowed lots of words from other languages, and the finns pronounce them HiPointDem Jan 2013 #17

Some people in the US, who have no clue, pronounce it SAWnah Thor_MN Jan 2013 #18

some people make a big deal out of nothing. language isn't a fixed thing. the finns have borrowed HiPointDem Jan 2013 #20

What's with the personal insult? Thor_MN Jan 2013 #36

you lived in an area with finnish immigrants. that's why they pronounce it in the finnish way. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #37

I think I understand that you have some sort of bee up your bonnet Thor_MN Jan 2013 #41

the american pronunciation is the pronunciation of most americans. which is 'sawna'. pronouncing HiPointDem Jan 2013 #43

Who says that most americans prounouce it SAWnah? You? Maybe around you they do. Thor_MN Jan 2013 #44

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with lots and lots and lots of 'weapons' pangaia Jan 2013 #8

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It's more difficult here treestar Jan 2013 #46

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That's completely different treestar Jan 2013 #47

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