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That's true. The parent's probably need to be slapped around a bit, too. But, regardless, I don't think the teacher would have been helped by having a gun stored in her house somewhere.
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The parents are partial to blame in this. I hate parents who pressure their childrent to be perfect. It's forcing them to strive for something impossible. Making that kid take all those lessons plus his schoolwork I imagine, and the rest, it's no wonder he went mad. I disagree with stabbing though. Maybe some harsh langauge would have sufficed.
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"Is it a case of "Look! They claim to be better than us, but they're just as bad"? Is it that deep-rooted sense of American insecurity that makes you such a loud and overcompensating country? Or is it just an attempt to make yourselves look better by showing that others are worse?"
Actually, I suspect its a demonstration of America's superiority over most things English. Let's see, USA 2, England 0. Uh, World War One? Two? Geez, you guys still owe us millions from both of those wars. Maybe if you'll just pay up you'll feel better about yourself. Living up to one's obligations usually helps raise self-esteem. If anyone is overcompensating for their insecurity I'd say its the English continually criticizing the USA in an attempt to conceal her own inferiority. Let's face it, England is living in the past. She is not now, nor ever will be a true, dominant world power again. So, the best she can do is bash the one remaining superpower. Nice try. [Ok, satiric mode "off].
Let's be honest: there is violence in every country. You can't escape it. As a teacher myself, I can relate many instances of violent students OF ALL NATIONALITIES committing crimes. Be realistic, please. And, the simple fact that someone posted a thread about a violent act in one country should not necessarily imply an attack upon that country. Your response, however, did, hence mine.
PS. What's that about that United Nations report of a few weks back stating that violent hate crimes in England against minorities are on the rise? Oh wait, forget I said that. I'm just overcompensating. The moral of the story? No country is perfect, so let's both stop pretending.
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Actually, the original post was mostly because I HATE FOOTBALL (and that goes for all kinds, and all other forms of athletic endeavour.) It was intended to cast aspersions on wanna-be athletes, and how athletics 'rots the brain,' as my father used to say. That fact that it showed a proper British kid going nuts, (hats off to the 'we're-all-just-SO-much-more-civilized' folks) and made a small statement about weapons, was just icing on the cake.
so PHHBPBBBPPP! Again! :P
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Hey Constellation of One: I'm guessing you have a small dick, right?
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But such a wonderfuly to-the-point comeback, don't you think? Really cuts to the heart of the issues at hand. Rational argument at its finest. Bravo!
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Ah, the ad hominem attack, the savior of everyone who lacks a rational argument. When all else fails, and it just hurts too darned much to THINK and read a post in its entirety, and in the spirit it was intended, resort to insults.
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No, see, I didn't actually read CoO's post very well. I took it as an actual attack, and not as a pseudo-satirical response to overcompensation.
God bless ignorance. It's really the best excuse. Plus, you can use it over and over again.
Therefore the reference to miniscule genetalia was alluding towards the fact that I thought you were exitedly defensive about the US and such, leading me to believe that you were being defensive due to a lack of proper ballage.
I'm sorry I just blurted out shit. (It did get attention, though. Maybe I should do that during class.)
Thus endeth the sappy 'Full House' Style violins, and my loss of face.
------------------ "...you know, Omega, there's a phrase you might want to look up. It goes something like "paranoid arrogant fuckwit who has more chance of ejaculating to the moon than he has of ever convincing a girl that he's a viable prospect for marriage." -PsyLiam, September 16, 2000 10:23 PM.
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My god. Over here we'd call a speech like that 'yank wank'. WW1 & 2 are so relevant to this argument! Ooh yeah.
Now lets clarify. We of the UK, Australia, Canada (etc) do not feel inherently superior to the USA. What bogs us off is the fact that you lot (read: USA) tend to act like the be all and end all of right and wrong, be it economically, militarily or otherwise. We'd like to point out that as places to live, most places in Europe (West) and definitely Australian & Canada are as good as or better than the USA. In our humble opinion, of course.
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