Glad you liked it. Sadly, it’s likely to get even worse in Britain now as ‘we’ have decided that ‘we’ want a European president. Yep, fantastic - someone who’ll be even more out of touch with what we actually do want and need.

Apart from stunning scenery and a great standard of living, I know little about NZ. I do hope to visit one day - if I can persuade Ania, my partner, to suffer the flight. I take it from your phrasing that, your situation different in a good way. Nice to know someone is getting it right!

Thanks for stopping by,
Steve

I can’t even be bothered engaging with you to show you just how ridiculous your statements are.

But then I don’t have to - every single reader can see exactly what the problem is here and who has it.

Steve

Oxford English Dictionary - “Censor…….ban anything considered to be offensive……”

I mistakenly thought you were intelligent.

It’s okay, I’ll leave your self-important totalitarian blog rules. Just one last shot

“Are you too dumb to work FOR freedom of expression, instead of AGAINST it ?”

I’m not arguing with you. Accept my rules on my blog or go elsewhere. It’s that simple. End of story.

Steve

So clearly, I’m not the one being offensive here. On the other hand, your crude attempt at censorship is offensive to me. Choose your words more carefully.

Bare teeth don’t impress me (nor do I disagree with your views - just your sense of superiority). In case you think I’m upset because I’m an American - I’m not. I’m Danish, but I have the same right as you to use the English language as I see fit.

Even I can see that the title of this is intended as an offence to Americans, not to “everyone”.

But, and I’d listen to this to avoid wasting your time, if you don’t want your vocabulary criticizing then don’t use language others may find offensive, don’t post your thoughts in arenas open to public debate, and don’t comment on a blog whose author has teeth and isn’t afraid to bare them!

Steve

As for politicians “beating around the bush” , what does the idea that the question “Are Americans Too Dumb To Vote In The U.S.Presidential Elections ?” refers not just to Americans, but everyone, sound to you ?

The question asks about American’s suitability to do something which only Americans can do (vote in U.S. elections).

Still wriggling ? Answer under oath.

That said, the passport concept is very representative of many people, I’m sorry to say. For example, if you look deeper into the idea behind that one point, i.e. learning more of the world, - did you know Sarah Palin didn’t even know Africa was a continent? The potential president of the strongest nation on earth didn’t know that!

You’re right about learning - if people took the time to learn of other cultures, they’d be far more willing to do something about the state of the world. After all, you’re far more likely to help someone who isn’t a complete stranger in every sense of the word, aren’t you? That’s one of the ideas behind my blog - to make people curious, to get them asking questions.

I’m glad you have a thirst of knowledge, Deborah, and hope you one day have the finances to indulge yourself and travel to some of the exotic places you’ve only read about.

Thanks for sharing with us,
Steve

A world tribunal sounds great. Theoretically, it could do all we’d ever hope for, but, in practice, it would be either impotent or riddled with as much corruption as any government you care to mention or simply overwhelmed by the task in hand. And don’t forget all the paperwork involved - it would be a bureaucratic nightmare!
Katrina? What can you say? It’s just a joke - except for the people suffering it - how the US has handled that.

Thanks for sharing more thoughts, Lee.

That’s a novel solution, Peter. The problem is it’s hard getting a straight to a simple question from a politician as it is, so imagine how they’d beat around the bush and say absolutely nothing if their money or freedom was at stake.

Nice idea, though. Thanks, Peter.

You’re right, Nikolas - people will go to any length to avoid facing the truth, especially about themselves. How sad it is that we’ve come to such a situation when we and our civilization are supposed to be so developed!

Thanks for commenting.
Steve