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Originally Posted by BMW X5
they label us as non peace-loving folks how about trying to live in NYC or LA or any other major city here and have to see cops on every corner, stand in traffic because cops are surveying the area, have your shoes taken off at airports not be allowed to bring a freaken drink or even less a chapstick on the plane. then tell me we aint peace lovin folks. we love peace we just hate the m$th$r-F^k3rs that dont love us.
so ya if thats called not being peace loving that i'm the worst of em
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I think the point is that the United States has been involved in more wars in the past 50 years than, by far, than any other country in the world. And in all of those wars, the United States invaded other countries.
The United States also has a very high crime rate compared to most countries in the world. Our murder rate is the highest of all the industrialized countries in the world, and we have the highest percentage of our population behind bars of any country in the world.
A "peace-loving" country would be one like Sweden or New Zealand -- one who had kept to themselves, not invaded other countries, not started wars, and does not have a high rate of violent crime.
It's laughable to say we are "peace-loving". We are perhaps the least peace-loving of any country in the world, perhaps with the exception of a few third world countries.
Also, having police on every corner is certainly not a sign of "peace-loving". That is a sign of a violent society that needs high security to maintain order. Nazi Germany had police on every corner. Iraq currently has police checkpoints all over the place -- would you say they are "peace-loving"?? If you go to a country like Sweden, that has an extremely low crime rate, you probably will barely see any police at all, as they do not need them.