japan today offshoot(no censor here?)

[jez]

Player,
I've been thinking about your insinuation that I (or other critics of US/allied policy)are simply jealous.
This must imply that I view myself as a representative of my country, and that as such I feel I must stick up for it. Like I have an inferiority complexe or something.
Let me tell you something(something I have said before on this forum-with similar words). I didn't ask to be given a French or a British passport. I didn't ask to be labeled British/French. What do those terms mean anyway. Their meanings have been forged by centuries of wars and negotiations between so-called leaders, events in which my ancestors probably played little role, and in which I definitely played none. I might easily have been spanish or something entirely different(Occitan maybe? Look this up if you don't know).Had the Nazis and the Fascists not forced my paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather respectively to flee Austria and Italy, I probably wouldn't even be here.
So, what makes you think I should be proud to be French/British, or jealous that I am not a US citizen.(whatever good the 'leaders' of your country have done, I doubt you had much of a role to play).
Even if I felt I had to represent my countries, what would there be to be proud of? Colonisation? What would I be proud of if I were a US citizen? The massacre of the natives? The support given to dictatorial governments accross the globe?
So, please, stop and think for a while: maybe not everyone is as patriotic and flag-waving as you think. Maybe there is more to a human being than his/her nationality which he/she didn't even choose to have.
Jeremie

[Caustic Saint]

Linking to the Japan Today page that spawned your post might have been a good idea....

[jez]

This is open to anyone who wishes to debate Japan Today topics without fear of censorship(?)

[Caustic Saint]

I was just wondering who you were referring to. There's no member here with the name "Player." That leads me to believe it's somebody's Japan Today handle. This is why I suggested linking to the JT topic so there'd be some context for your remarks.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

BTW Ultra has been censoring resently. Its good sometimes but my post count has being going down instead of up te he he.

[jez]

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=278636&refresh
Here a debate about national borders was started, but when I tried to reply, I was censored for being 'off topic'...
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=278279
My original post(to player) relates to this topic.

[American Oyaji]

What has Ultra censored recently?