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Offline Swoop

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« on: May 12, 2003, 03:42:59 AM »
Sometimes you just gotta say....


"Hang the expense, we're doing it anyway.  

Dont give a crap that it only give's 6 mpg / fires 10 times before needing a barrel change / gotta change the pistons every 50 miles / gotta rebuild the thing after every trip / wont make any money cos build costs are too high / dev costs too high / it's just plain stoopid.  

And the reason we're doing it is cos it'll be the biggest, baddest and coolest thing around even if it wont make any money, we dont give a crap.

And we're gonna be proud of it too, not only cos it's the best but because we built it.  

And anyone who wants to slag it off cos it won't make any money can go screw themselves, we dont care cos we've already GOT lots of money thanks.  We did it cos it needed doing and because we could.  If johnny-foreigner thinks he can do better then he's welcome to go ahead and try......."


Now think about it for a second and ask yourself if you havn't thought the same way about something wholly American.

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Offline NUKE

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Re: Here's something you Yanks should understand
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2003, 03:46:02 AM »
Yeah we do that too.... we just don't need the French to help us do it.
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2003, 03:55:34 AM »
Ok how about the English, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, African....continue until named every sub-culture in the US......?

Lets see, native American means what again?


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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2003, 04:04:04 AM »
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Originally posted by Swoop
Ok how about the English, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, African....continue until named every sub-culture in the US......?

Lets see, native American means what again?




Who said anything about native Americans?

America ( the nation) wouldn't need French ( the nation) help if we needed to build an SST.
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2003, 04:10:25 AM »
Are you building an SST?

And is there anything major any nation has built in recent years with zero outside assistance?  I mean totally zero.

Oh and you do know the Statue of Liberty was a French gift, right?  You often in the habit of accepting gifts from the French?  You gonna give it back now cos it's French?

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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2003, 04:17:11 AM »
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Are you building an SST?

And is there anything major any nation has built in recent years with zero outside assistance?  I mean totally zero.

Oh and you do know the Statue of Liberty was a French gift, right?  You often in the habit of accepting gifts from the French?  You gonna give it back now cos it's French?



Is it "an" sst or "a" sst.

"our" you building an super sonic transport, or are you building a super-sonic transport.
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2003, 04:24:44 AM »
Well, that's a new approach to these things.

When you're not making headway in a debate, turn it into a matter of grammar.

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"our" you building an super sonic transport, or are you building a super-sonic transport.


Eh? The first isn't even a sentence in any context.
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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2003, 04:28:12 AM »
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Is it "an" sst or "a" sst.

"our" you building an super sonic transport, or are you building a super-sonic transport.


Is it super sonic transport or super-sonic transport?:rolleyes:
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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2003, 04:30:16 AM »
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Who said anything about native Americans?

America ( the nation) wouldn't need French ( the nation) help if we needed to build an SST.


You're ready to intern about 5% of you population ?
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2003, 04:33:40 AM »
Oh and for the record it's "an" SST....

or it would be if you built one, which you wont.

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« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2003, 04:33:51 AM »
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Well, that's a new approach to these things.

When you're not making headway in a debate, turn it into a matter of grammar.



Eh? The first isn't even a sentence in any context.


exactly Dowding, Swoop attacked my grammer because he was'nt making any headway. I returned the favor.




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And you cant spell "our"
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« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2003, 04:36:41 AM »
Wrong again Nuke.  I merely pointed out a spelling mistake, spelling is not grammar.  

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« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2003, 04:39:28 AM »
lol! :D

You haven't refuted any of his arguments in this thread.
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« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2003, 04:43:31 AM »
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lol! :D

You haven't refuted any of his arguments in this thread.


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And we're gonna be proud of it too, not only cos it's the best but because we built it.

Now think about it for a second and ask yourself if you havn't thought the same way about something wholly American.


He implied that the UK built the SST ( my impression) I refuted that.


Swoop changed his argument after that and then asked what nation had built something with zero outside assistance.

Moving target is he.
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« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2003, 04:50:13 AM »
Say Nuke, 1 more thing.

If you're gonna argue grammar then I'd highly recommend making sure that the grammar you're about to correct is in fact incorrect.  My Grammar was not incorrect cos I'm an educated Briton and you.......well you can't spell our.

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