geography

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:56 pm

"War ... the American way of teaching their people geography."

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:58 pm

And the down side to that is...?

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:04 pm

Is this just some brain fart?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:05 pm

Diedel wrote:"War ... the American way of teaching their people geography."

Where do you live again? We feel like learning some new geography...

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:44 pm

Krom wrote:
Diedel wrote:"War ... the American way of teaching their people geography."

Where do you live again? We feel like learning some new geography...

Never mind. You have been here already.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:19 pm

Well ... yeah, I suppose America-bashing is fun sometimes.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:46 pm

C'mon, you can take a joke, can't you?

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:04 pm

Diedel wrote:"War ... the American way of teaching their people geography."

This coming from a German.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:11 pm

JMEaT wrote:
Diedel wrote:"War ... the American way of teaching their people geography."

This coming from a German.

LOL pwn3d

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:52 pm

Actually it's true.

Look at where Afganistan is and then Iraq...

And then look at what country is right between them! No wonder Iran is feeling the 'squeeze'!

heh

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:55 pm

Sarge wrote:Look at where Afganistan is and then Iraq...

Lothar wrote:Blackfive's Exit Strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:09 pm

OMG, that's funny! Good One, Loth!

P.S. That kinda ties in with this...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/ ... index.html

U.S. special forces dart through Iran's underground nuclear facilities, gunning down any hapless Iranians standing between them and centrifuges that must be blown to bits.

Much to Tehran's relief, this crack team exists only in a new U.S. computer game. But even these animated saboteurs are too close for comfort, downloadable into Iranian living rooms at the click of a mouse.

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:05 pm

And since a not insignificant fraction of American youth can't point to the location of Washington DC on a map, maybe we should invade there.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:47 am

JMEaT wrote:
Diedel wrote:"War ... the American way of teaching their people geography."

This coming from a German.

We know the planet by heart ...

... but then we hadn't had been leading a war during the last 60 years.

ROFL @ dissent. Do you think that might help?

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:40 am

dissent wrote:And since a not insignificant fraction of American youth can't point to the location of Washington DC on a map, maybe we should invade there.

This is the best idea I have heard in a very looooooooong time.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:47 am

Geographism.....another form of 'ism to hate each other. Hey i'm for it.

Racism, sexism, ageism......Musicism? Toiletism? Flabbyism.

I know your post was a joke Diedle (I'd heard it before actually, quite good though) but there is a lot of truth in it. The bit about Americans having no knowledge of the world they live in.

I used to think Americans were ignorant for their lack of understanding of the layout of the planet, but it's people on this board that changed me mind a bit. Why do they need to look outside their bounderies when they have so many cultures and enviroments within their own? This is the reason for such a low percentage that have passports. (how many on this board have?)They don't need them.

...but i bet you knew that anyway.

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:55 am

I've always been astounded at how little geography some Americans know.

However, invading a country will get the map of said country printed all over TVs, papers, obscure articles in the basement of the local industry planning commission, and other places; thus putting said map into the minds of the American people for a long time.

Therefore, I must wholeheartedly endorse the invasion of Washington, D.C.

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:51 am

Flabby Chick wrote: I used to think Americans were ignorant for their lack of understanding of the layout of the planet, but it's people on this board that changed me mind a bit. Why do they need to look outside their bounderies when they have so many cultures and enviroments within their own?

Thanks for pointing that out. I think you are correct. Although, a lot of Americans don't feel the need to know about US geography.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:09 am

I don't want to get too serious about this, but I think it's not enough to have a lot of nationalities (who are getting strongly influenced by your culture, up to the point of assimilation) inside your borders to understand the world outside of them.

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:30 am

Sarge wrote:Actually it's true.

Look at where Afganistan is and then Iraq...

And then look at what country is right between them! No wonder Iran is feeling the 'squeeze'!

heh

Hehe... Stuck between Iraq and a hard place...

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:36 pm

I rest my case;

http://home.comcast.net/~wwwstephen/americans/

I'm looking for the original full clip, hard to find.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:59 pm

Sting_Ray wrote:Hehe... Stuck between Iraq and a hard place...

Congratulations, you get the "worst joke of the year" award... although actually it is kind of funny.

I suspect this forum's E&C bunch have a better knowledge of geography than most, since it's hard to be a pedant without actually knowing something - although I won't speak for the rest of them.

I'm sure you know why.

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:57 am

I have a 5 foot wide map of the world stuck to the wall above my monitor. For some reason the US occupies the center.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:34 pm

kinda an odd statement seeing as most of Europe's, the mediteranin's and middle east's countries and borders were totally re-arranged by the European "winners" of WW1.

It's Their geography and not they Us's .. but we're working on it.

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