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Superbowl XXXVII
So, if you're a good, patriotic American, you're certainly watching the Superbowl right about now. The dot-com ads should be pretty much absent this year, but perhaps there will be something more interesting than ads for recycled movies. Maybe even the game will be worth watching. :) Update: 01/27 17:02 GMT by T : Chardish writes "If you didn't catch the trailer for The Matrix: Reloaded on the Superbowl last night, it's now available for download."
I am configuring a few linux web servers. Ah the goodness of apt.
first post.
Football isn't the greatest American sport.
It's advertising.
-- This sentence is false.
If this isn't a troll, I don't know what is. Moderate accordingly.
Newsflash: Slashdot is a commercial site.
It's run by VA Software corporation for profit.
Sure using a dotorg for a commercial site is low down and dirty and poor behavior but hey that kind of stuff never stopped money grubbing corporations in the past so...
oh well.
Seriously though, I just saw the Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolution preview, and I can't wait for the Hulk and the X-Men 2 that we all know are coming.
I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own. - Christopher Walken
And in the United States, the Patriots are watching the Superbowl?
How's it feel to not be able to repeat this year, Pats??
GO OAKLAND!
Too bad you weren't at Kent State on May 4, 1970...
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Just what do you base this pile of shit on ? Living in both Europe and now in the US (oh yeah "America" is a continent; not a country) I see how american football is just as patriotic as "real football". Major sports have been about money for a long long time. Think about the 10 million pound transfer fees in soccer; all the olympic sponsors; it's no better or worse here. Consumerism is everywhere; learn to live with it buddy. I've lived 15 years under soft socialism; that's much less fun... I'd really appreciate if one of these "america sucks" advocates explained why the US is so much more evil than any of the other industrialized countries.
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Er, I'm having a hard time parsing your post. Are you saying that turning sports into mindless patriotic support is better than turning it into the capitalist entertaining BUSINESS that it is?
YEAH! GO BUCS!!!
Best. Birthday present. EVER!
I think he was ripping on the parent post for ripping on the USA. He rightly points out that capitalism, although perhaps allows for abuses, is still far better than socialism.
Now, you don't have to agree with him (or me). You are more than welcome to move to a more socialist country.
In the USA, money-grubbing IS the national sport.
No, "America" is short for "United States of America" just as "Mexico" is short for "United States of Mexico."
If you want to refer to a continent you may refer to either North America or South America. There is no continent called "America", although the two continents together are often called "The Americas."
Living in both Europe and now in the US (oh yeah "America" is a continent; not a country)
The irony of this statement is not lost upon us.
I write in my journal
No, it's a world-wide sport, we're just better at it!
That does not compute. By those definitions, "United States of America" is actually short for "United States of United States of America" and so on.
Another reason your claim is brain-damaged, at least in a logical sense (not that language is or has to be logical):
North America would then be a region that contains "America", which happens to contain a northern region that could be called North America, which is not the same as the first North America.
Perhaps you are saying they got the name of the country wrong, and that it should have been called "United States of the Americas"? I don't think so.
Face it, USA has more or less hijacked the name "America".
If there had been another notable country in the Americas, such as say "Jean's Stagnant Tyrrany of America", perhaps the shortened "America" would be more contested and not have become accepted as a short form for USA.
America may not be one of the continents, but it is still a region, just like Eurasia is a region but not a continent.
But if you consult a dictionary, we are both right in that there are two different meanings of the word "America" in use today.
Regarding the Superbowl, I thought it was mostly pretty dull, despite being pretty high scoring, although I am biased towards Canada's more open and faster paced version of the game.
Nachos and salsa are a staple, but there was no alcoholic beverage in sight at the Super Bowl party I was at. One of the ladies might have been getting a buzz from her Diet Coke, but that's about it.
Nobody placed any bets. Sports gambling is a senseless transfer of money that can easily create friction between friends.
Quite frankly, nobody really cared much about the game anyway. The Super Bowl is just an excuse to get together with friends. A lot of us got to the party late, because we regard an hour of spiritual food more important than part of a football game.
During the half-time show, both guys and ladies voiced their disgust at the singing sluts (an honest interpretation of the way they portrayed themselves). It's a shame that this is what the world sees of America. Michael W. Smith, Avalon, PlusOne, or FFH would've presented a far more respectable image and would've been a lot more entertaining, too.
The game was pretty dull for the most part this year. Our consensus seemed to be that the highlight of the program was the "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" advertisement.
The best aspect of the Super Bowl experience for me is just being with people that care about each other. Last night, a friend gave me encouragement and helped me with a tough situation I'm going through. It was a great time of hugs, handshakes, and warm fellowship.
This is American Heartland Football. We have fun and make smart choices. God is blessing us.
Ok, I get sick and tired of people giving this "It's not America, America is a continent" and other complaints from other countries because they find us calling the USA, America. I was in the Republic of South Africa, and was talking with a few college students. One of them asked me where I lived, I responded "America", he said "There is no such country," and proceeded to lecture me on that fact and how arrogant it was of us to say that was where we were from.
I then asked him where he was from, and he said "South Africa," so I proceeded to give him the same talk right back, as it is the RSA, and there are many countries in South Africa.
The fact is, this sort of abbreviation is common for countries who have their continient in their nations name. I am sure people of the Central African Republic refer to their country as Central Africa, or some such, just as we Americans and South Africans refer to our countries by a continents name.
Regardless of whether or not this is common practice, I am still from "The Americas" whether or not I am from the USA, and that is a fact of which I am proud, so the statement "I am an American" is no more false than a Frenchman or German stating that her or she is a "European".
Leave off it, yeah our country's foriegn policy sucks, but please take it out on our "elected" officials, and not our citizens.
That's just the US view. In most of the world "America"
is a continent that comprises North, Central and
South America. Please read, travel, and try to see beyond your bellybutton.
Give it a rest, cock-gobbler. The United Kingdom isn't very united, nor much of a kingdom, but we call it the UK anyway. And what's with the two "Congo"s in Africa? And one's "Democratic", even though it's far from it? Mindless twats like you argue semantics while the selfish, greedy and evil rule the earth.
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Yeah, yeah, and that makes as much sense as calling "Eurasia" all of Europe and Asia.
Please read, travel, and try to see beyond your bellybutton.
Actually, I am an American that lives OUTSIDE of the country, read: not in America. I've seen this argument from time to time and it's always silly. The post a few posts up regarding South Africa and Central Africa is right on the money.
People that acuse the U.S. of "hijacking" the name of a continent are truly clueless, just have an anti-U.S. agenda, and generally have too much time on their hands. It's like my name being Robert but having people call my Bob, then accusing me of hijacking the name Bob. Get a clue.