American Citizen

Planet Ubuntu ^ | 5-23-07 | Og Maciel

[MichiganMan]

I’m very proud to announce that today I have become a citizen of the United States! About 16 years ago my parents left or sold everything they owned and came to America with the intention of giving my sisters and I a better life...

[MichiganMan]

I came across this on Planet Ubuntu, a blog aggregator for Ubuntu Linux related blogs, but you can also find the original here if it already slid off this end of the page due to the frequent new updates. I use, and greatly enjoy Ubuntu's Linux distro and heartily recommend it to anyone wanting to see just how "ready" Linux is. The Ubuntu community can occasionally get a little heavy with the "Ubuntu Means People" hippie tripe (getting better in this respect) and Planet Ubuntu itself is occasionally visited by off-topic anti-American Euro-weenies, but this environment is what made this particular post so striking.

[hole_n_one]

I think we're ok.......

I did a quick scan of the linked text for the words moose and cheese and the results were negative.

OTOH, they could be using a DU filter.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I looked at it.....this comment to him pizzed me off so much I nearly registered to speak my piece....

“America is not only the USA. America is the name of a whole continent; from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and it’s a bit offensive the way you (and many other US citizens) calls themselves “Americans”. Remember that you are not the only ones living in this beautiful continent.”

[MichiganMan]

I looked at it.....this comment to him pizzed me off so much I nearly registered to speak my piece....

Eh, technically he has a point. The common use of the word by we, well, Americans, has superceded its actual more accurate definition as an occupant of the continent.

Chalk it up to a grouse that wants to bitch, but can't really find anything else in the uplifting story to grasp onto.

[Grizzled Bear]

MichiganMan posted the article from another source. He’s not the new citizen. Follow his link.

[processing please hold]

Welcome my fellow American.

One question. What is our national language?

[processing please hold]

I wish I’d seen your post before I posted my post. ;-)

[Grizzled Bear]

I wish I’d seen your post before I posted my post. ;-)

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Don’t feel bad. You should be commended for reading the title of the article before posting. It’s more than many FReepers do!

;-D

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

This is the United States of America.......the ONLY country in the world with “America” in its name.

My Nationality is American, my residency is in one of those United States.

There is no North, Central, or South American nationality, period. They are messican, chileans, venezuelans, whatever.....western hemispherians, for all I care, but NOT Americans just because they wanna say so.....

[Elsiejay]

Its Spanish, only we don’t yet know it. Ask the Chappaquiddick Swimmer.

[hole_n_one]

MichiganMan posted the article from another source. He’s not the new citizen. Follow his link.

Again, let's not get fettered by untimely facts.........

This is FR and we have a rep to maintain, facts be damned!

[Michael.SF.]

Why did you copy me in on this?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

He is wrong. North and South America are collectively called “The Americas” but it’s two continents, not one.

[Michael.SF.]

Look pal, you completely failed to understand what I was saying in the other thread. You failed to grasp the concept of emphasis vs, deception, you confused an editorial with a news piece. Additionally, you have insulted me on numerous occasions and now you continue to do so.

I have no interest in talking to someone who fails to grasp simple facts, and then has the audacity to claim it is I that am not comprehending what was said.

Grow up and go away. Do not copy me in on any of you tiresome rants. That is out of line and childish.

[hole_n_one]

Look pal, ..............

I'm not your pal, dipshit.

[Michael.SF.]

LOL. So now you not only fail to recognize sarcasm, you have resorted to profanity.

Nice move, very classy. Speaks well of you.

[hole_n_one]

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How utterly pathetic.

[MindBender26]

Og,

Congratulations. You did it right and legally. We as a country are better and stronger for your allegiance.