I don't know why she insists on bringing up the most irrelevant, biased, Bush-Hugging bullshit points I have ever had the pleasure to not care about. Honestly, all that happens is most of us dislike her for it. Today she was raving about who knows what and suddenly she's telling about some person she knew who was in the army and went to some godforsaken place and came back preaching about how perfect America is. So the good teacher is now raving about how superior America is. When she finishes there's a general murmur of distaste going through the class, not as well covered as usual, so she says something like "I challenge any of you to name a country as free and democratic as this one blah blah blah." So I assumed my role as protector of the REAL free world (Allied Power Girl, you all remember her right?), and put my hand up.
BigotedBushBroad: "Yes Lise?"
AlliedPowerGirl: "Canada is better." Uh oh, don't think she liked that.
BBB, disgustingly sarcastic and disdainful: "Oh really? How can you say that? Can you tell me what it's like waiting in line at the Doctor's office in Canada?"
--PAUSE--
Ok people, WHAT THE HELL? How on EARTH can she equate Doctor's lines in America being shorter (WHICH THEY ARE NOT I ASSURE YOU), with democracy and freedom? She clearly has no argument, and I don't feel like being submissive today.
APG: "Ummm, well yeah since I AM Canadian. And there are lines everwhere, they're longer here."
BBB, still disdainful: "Oh REALLY, there are just lines EVERYWHERE? I've heard what it's like in Canada, people wait for HOURS"
What? And they don't here? She's insulting my country, which happens to be better than hers (sry, I have my reasons as does the rest of the world. 5 billion and one people can't be wrong). I think this deserves a nice well administered Dragonkick don't you?
AGP: "Umm, well at least in Canada it's all free."
KA-POW BIA!!!!
BBB: She actually cut me off in the middle of that comment. *Unintelligible dissent and disbelief* *Goes and puts in Plato Video*
I was actually quite disappointed in her cutting me off. I was absolutely ready to go to battle and kick some bigot-ass. How can she deign to make comments on how so many people's political beliefs are unfounded and then flaunt her own without proper justification and NO respect for anyone else's views? How can she honestly and firmly believe that this country is more free? A country where the man who wins the popular vote isnt elected; a country where not everyone is free to be married; a country where only certain faiths can be recognized in schools; a country with an exponentially rising debt while taxes supposedly drop, with an increasing class gap; a country filled with prejudice, debauchery, censorship, rascism, nationalism, sexism, nepotism and corruption; a country where the government decides what you can do in your UTERUS, nevermind your own home. Where homosexuals can't adopt but millions of heterosexuals can beat their children. Where the life of a stockbroker is worth ten times the life of general office worker. Where the more work is done to outlaw drugs the worse the problem gets. Where the national standards for education are continually slipping, are you aware that the education in some third world countries has now exceeded education in America? And lets not forget that we can all go out and get a nice big assault rifle now too, to defend our freedom. Long live the land of the free.
Statistcally, (from the BBC, the last good news source), America is one of the most collectively unhappy nations in the world. People are becoming depressed, bitter zoloft-poppers who arent satisfied with how their lives went and somehow its the government's fault. This is why we need better education, so people will actually know what's in the freaking Declaration of Independence. You have the right to life (yeah ok everyone has that unless they were accidentally shot by a nine-year old with daddy's newly legal assault rifle), liberty (this is slowly disappearing, why does no one see it? why does no one stop it? Why do people elect a president who ACTUALLY SAYS "there should be limits to freedom." Wake up people, the government is there so it can be changed), and the pursuit of happiness (the PURSUIT, you aren't promised it, but America is so glorified and commercialized that everyone thinks that they deserve to be happy and have everything they want. Tough luck, it ain't happening) You know which country has the happiest, most content people? No you don't, So I'll tell you: NIGERIA. See? Money and glory really aren't everything.
Don't get me wrong, I'm well aware that my country has some of these issues as well. But most of them we don't have. What do we have? We have a high rate of interacial marriages, we have the oh so evil abortion that keeps babies out of dumpsters and coat hangers in closets, we have taxes, no deficit, and free healthcare, free GOOD education, we have literate citizens, we have less pollution and more open spaces, we have an "Other" box on every form asking for race, we have good relations with the vast majority of other nations, we have the mountains, the praries, and the most open-minded, nice, accepting citizens you can find.
I think that me and my patriotic teacher can agree to disagree, provided she doesn't open the floor to critcisms of her garbage views in which case APG will be out for the blood of america. I like America, I hate American bigots. Think you can talk down about our doctor lines eh? I think not. But don't worry ma'am, I'm not saying Canada is actually BETTER than America.
Oh wait, yes I am. Reality Bites, doesnt it? (*Dragonkick*)
Statistcally, (from the BBC, the last good news source), America is one of the most collectively unhappy nations in the world. People are becoming depressed, bitter zoloft-poppers who arent satisfied with how their lives went and somehow its the government's fault. This is why we need better education, so people will actually know what's in the freaking Declaration of Independence. You have the right to life (yeah ok everyone has that unless they were accidentally shot by a nine-year old with daddy's newly legal assault rifle), liberty (this is slowly disappearing, why does no one see it? why does no one stop it? Why do people elect a president who ACTUALLY SAYS "there should be limits to freedom." Wake up people, the government is there so it can be changed), and the pursuit of happiness (the PURSUIT, you aren't promised it, but America is so glorified and commercialized that everyone thinks that they deserve to be happy and have everything they want. Tough luck, it ain't happening) You know which country has the happiest, most content people? No you don't, So I'll tell you: NIGERIA. See? Money and glory really aren't everything.
Don't get me wrong, I'm well aware that my country has some of these issues as well. But most of them we don't have. What do we have? We have a high rate of interacial marriages, we have the oh so evil abortion that keeps babies out of dumpsters and coat hangers in closets, we have taxes, no deficit, and free healthcare, free GOOD education, we have literate citizens, we have less pollution and more open spaces, we have an "Other" box on every form asking for race, we have good relations with the vast majority of other nations, we have the mountains, the praries, and the most open-minded, nice, accepting citizens you can find.
I think that me and my patriotic teacher can agree to disagree, provided she doesn't open the floor to critcisms of her garbage views in which case APG will be out for the blood of america. I like America, I hate American bigots. Think you can talk down about our doctor lines eh? I think not. But don't worry ma'am, I'm not saying Canada is actually BETTER than America.
Oh wait, yes I am. Reality Bites, doesnt it? (*Dragonkick*)
