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 juraigamer wrote:
Well there is a point to be made here, if america is as bad ass as it seems to think it is, why are our troubles getting worse?

I blame Canada.

 Frazzled wrote:

 juraigamer wrote:
Well there is a point to be made here, if america is as bad ass as it seems to think it is, why are our troubles getting worse?

I blame Canada.

No... NO... NO!

Don't blame Canada! They have maple syrup!

 whembly wrote:
Don't blame Canada! They have maple syrup!

So does New England, and it is better, because it is American Maple Syrup and not some commie northern maple syrup.

 Ahtman wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Don't blame Canada! They have maple syrup!

So does New England, and it is better, because it is American Maple Syrup and not some commie northern maple syrup.

But, but, but... they have a STRATEGIC RESERVE of that stuff!

(American Maple Syrup is just as good)

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Yep. That was a lot of lives that we could have saved. I like to think that my government wouldn't put pride over the lives of myself and my crewmates if we were in a similar situation.

You mean like Benghazi?


On topic: Gun free zones work! We need more of them!

Can someone explain this comment to me? I mean, what the hell is the relation between american exceptionalism and this shooting?

Was this just an donkey-cave going the extra lenght to be extra offensive?

[Austin Powers] Finally those Capitalist Pigs Dogs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh Comrads? [/Austin Powers]


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 SickSix wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Yep. That was a lot of lives that we could have saved. I like to think that my government wouldn't put pride over the lives of myself and my crewmates if we were in a similar situation.

You mean like Benghazi?

Stop shining the Whembly signal!

A guy somewhere said something about something.... Okay? got it.

 Kovnik Obama wrote:
Can someone explain this comment to me? I mean, what the hell is the relation between american exceptionalism and this shooting?

Was this just an donkey-cave going the extra lenght to be extra offensive?

Yes. A Russian lackey is trying to troll the USA. Don't feed the trolls.

 whembly wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 juraigamer wrote:
Well there is a point to be made here, if america is as bad ass as it seems to think it is, why are our troubles getting worse?

I blame Canada.

No... NO... NO!

Don't blame Canada! They have maple syrup!

Unless Canada has some huge army of robotic moose riders underneath all that land, I see no reason to blame Canada *said while shamefully gulping syrup*

 Easy E wrote:

Stop shining the Whembly signal!

That's my signal?

Niiiiiiiiiice.

feeder wrote:

 Kovnik Obama wrote:
Can someone explain this comment to me? I mean, what the hell is the relation between american exceptionalism and this shooting?

Was this just an donkey-cave going the extra lenght to be extra offensive?

Yes. A Russian lackey is trying to troll the USA. Don't feed the trolls.

But Putin supported the comment, no?

I mean, I know the situation is rocky right now with the Ruskies, and that WWIII won't start over such a stupid comment, but this seems awfully petty and, well, forced, coming from the russian Head of State.

Just ask them how their aircraft carrier is doing...

The last time I gave a gak about Russia's opinion on something was never.

 whembly wrote:

 Easy E wrote:

Stop shining the Whembly signal!

That's my signal?

Niiiiiiiiiice.

He's the hero Dakka needs.

 Ouze wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Easy E wrote:

Stop shining the Whembly signal!

That's my signal?

Niiiiiiiiiice.

He's the hero Dakka needs.

Oh gak... I'm so stealing that.

Take it in stride. We can actually chalk up more screw ups in Russia then in the US. Besides them goat roping their sub that went down. Remember the Chechen Rebels that took over a school and the massive screw up they did.

 djones520 wrote:

 Rotary wrote:
We did it to them too when their submarine went down a few years back killing the entire crew. Every one likes to kick the horse when its down.

We (our government) didn't mock them. We berated them for not coming to us for help when we were the only ones with proven technology to rescue that crew. Russia put pride over the lives of their Sailors, and it was wrong to do so.

This would be the Kursk. There were several nations that offered assistance with the rescue, all to be turned down due to "national pride" and other stupid things. The British and Norwegians also offered assistance and by the time Russia decided to accept help from the Norwegians it was too late. So no, we didn't criticize them because they had a submarine go down, they were criticized because of their refusal to save the lives of the men aboard. Now I will grant that its debated how long the sailors would have survived, ask Russia and death was almost instant, but it was long enough to write notes and use Co2 candles, which ultimately could have led to their demise as Co2 Candles and oily water are a bad mix (other than you know, being in a submarine with a giant hole in it). Plus they blamed it on a collision with an American sub, which stirred the pot a bit.. (still under debate but the most popular theory is that a torpedo cooked off in the tube, not the warhead but leaking of fuel into the main compartment of the torpedo itself causing a reaction)

 Jihadin wrote:
Take it in stride. We can actually chalk up more screw ups in Russia then in the US. Besides them goat roping their sub that went down. Remember the Chechen Rebels that took over a school and the massive screw up they did.

Or the theater siege where they used gas that killed a lot of the hostages

I agree with him. Public shootings happen in the USA all the time, it really isn't a surprise.

It's like bombings in Pakistan. I don't jump for joy or anything when I hear about it, but it's simply "yawn what else is in the news?"

Define a public shooting? Mass shootings in the U.S. happen about as often as Europe. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but Europe on the whole is only four or five mass slayings behind the U.S. and that Brevik fellow makes our guys look like they barely stepped out the door.

I wonder if its the same 'Russian official' who made offensive comments about the UK during the G20 that put Putin in apology and denial mode.

'Diplomacy' doesn't translate well into Russian it seems.

This is the big problem with the Internet and social media. Gives people the ability to make statements before the brain has a chance to engage.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Define a public shooting? Mass shootings in the U.S. happen about as often as Europe. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but Europe on the whole is only four or five mass slayings behind the U.S. and that Brevik fellow makes our guys look like they barely stepped out the door.

Link please?

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Take it in stride. We can actually chalk up more screw ups in Russia then in the US. Besides them goat roping their sub that went down. Remember the Chechen Rebels that took over a school and the massive screw up they did.

Or the theater siege where they used gas that killed a lot of the hostages

I recall from a documentary that a lot of the hostages drowned because when they were removed from the theater still unconscious, they were lain on their backs in the rain.

But I might have been drinking when I watched that and remember it wrong.

Count and compare Europe and the U.S. yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers

I limited my numbers to the last decade. Also Brevik murdered 77 and injured 319. That is better then double our last three nut cases put together.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Count and compare Europe and the U.S. yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers

I limited my numbers to the last decade. Also Brevik murdered 77 and injured 319. That is better then double our last three nut cases put together.

From that link and counting just from 2001 forward, a high count of rampage killers, workplace killers and school massacres makes the count 17 incidents in the whole of continental Europe (minus Russia), and 33 incidents for the USA.

We're number one!
We're number one!

USA! USA! USA!

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Nations with a history of mass executions by the state and a murder rate that was recently better then triple the country they're criticizing... probably should mind their own glass walls before playing the stone throwing game.

Our glass walls are really plexiglass... Safety First and all that. Unless we're playing hockey

Maybe we're just more naturally violent. Or, you know, culture.