[FUMETTI]

Modernloser: "Well, I see that you live in Rochester, NY,"

Gee, not a bad guess. I suppose you have joined MENSA based on your brilliant attempts at teleopathy.

Modernloser: "which is not a bad town, but not a place I would say is particularly representative of the country as a whole."

You having only visited there, that is no way to judge a metropolitan area. FYI, bozo, I have lived in Long Island, Boston, Tampa Florida, Maine, and Maryland. I am sure you will up the ante and claim you have lived in Haiti, the Andes, and Saskatchewan, but either way you will come up with a less than salient way to contradict me.

"So, I think you're on pretty shaky ground if you're trying to preach about what America is and isn't like these days."

No, I am right on target. Just because you hang up with body pierced degenerates and drug taking losers, it does not make YOU worldly. In fact, you are merely the representative of unsophisticated, immature youth who think they know everything, but in the end are uniformly ignorant and pathetic when defending their POV. You are among those unwashed vermin. Grow up, and be a man, for crissakes. LOL

[Modernman]

Just because you hang up with body pierced degenerates and drug taking losers, it does not make YOU worldly.

Heh. Again, you make assumptions based on your petty predjudices. Anyone who disagrees with you must hang out with "body pierced degenerates and drug taking losers."

you are merely the representative of unsophisticated, immature youth

Youth? LOL. I wish that was true. You're very good at throwing insults out without actually staying on topic.

You are among those unwashed vermin

Ahh.... we see your brilliant rhetorical style here. Insults, followed by more insults. You have done a very good job of taking a fairly civil discussion and turning it into a flame-fest.