@edamame:
Racism and Homophobia don't exist in other countries?
Not sure how you could misinterpreted such a simple statement. I'm just gonna repeat it.
North America is the most racist and homophobic place I've ever been to.
You've CLEARLY been to very few places.
I have no idea why you are connecting diversity with Racism and Homophobia
What were you talking about when you said 'diverse' if you weren't talking about the people?
Btw, while there IS racism here (as well as everywhere else), you might take a second to notice that the MAIN reason the US dominates the Olympics is it's BECAUSE we're so diverse? China has us beat by population and financing...yet we still consistently beat them...why? Because we have such an amazing pool of diverse cultures, ethnicities, other groups to pull from. So yes, I'll have to disagree on us not being diverse, and positively diverse as well.
I also have not noticed any surveillance cameras or police officers in my residence or at the workplace, but I guess they might be invisible. lol
If the whole NSA scandal has managed to pass you by this long, I wouldn't rule it out as an impossibility that you've missed some CTTV cameras, too.
I don't know what country you live in (I assume somewhere in Europe, possibly a Latin American country), but the United States is a very newcomer to the whole "surveillance state" thing, and the state keeps hitting road blocks when it tries to snoop on people. Almost all the European countries have been doing things like this for decades. The difference is their news media aren't allowed to report on covert government activities such as these. Don't believe me? Look into your own country's press access in regards to government affairs laws. The whole "freedom of the press" concept is a United States invention. The difference here is that when the government steps out of line and the press finds out, you HEAR about it.
Democratic as in not totalitarian.
Not that far off, though.
lol I Can dig you not liking the United States...you're certainly welcome to (and also true...technically we are a Representative Republic...which IS a form of Democracy) however, feel free to put down the crack pipe equating us with "totalitarianism".
Criminals in our country very often have more rights than their victims, people with hurt feelings can change the way an entire school, business, or local government operates, disgruntled voters can riot in the streets and burn and destroy things and rarely, if at all, get a slap on the wrist. Things are FAR from perfect, but please call us out on what's actually wrong with us (heck, I'll help, I have a list), don't just make things up.
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