Your Country Needs You!

OK, this is a chance for people to say why they like their country best, and why they are patriotic about it. No offensive language please, and all posts must be complimentary. No insults!

I am patriotic about England because...because...I am...?
I used to like England. Before the recent PMs rolled in, the recession hit and the entire country screwed up, I really liked it.
But what I mainly like is that our country has a long history with other countries, and whenever we encountered a problem, we would just roll in and "Persuade" them to see our views. After we actually set up and army and navy that is, before hand all we did was get conquered.
We have also made large technological advances that have benefited everyone, killed Germans, always had our own brand of ingenuity, killed Germans, Had a stiff upper lip and never really given up, killed Germans and helped shaped a lot of the world. We also killed some Germans.

I would rather not live in the US

Singapore's a really small country. But it has everything a first world country has. (US for eg)

Please ellaborate. I personally am interested in Singapore, as it seems to adress many of the problems that we are facing with overpopulation. However, I am disconcerted by the large-scale incineration projects.

Large scale incineration projects?!?!?!?!

We have a steady population of 4 million, but the birth rate has been decreasing due to the economical crisis. Expect it to be up by next year. And the youth olympics is held here!!!

And we do have reclamation land projects where we dump soil into the water and make land. A bit like terra-forming. (BTW when I say 'dump into the water', it's not the real process it's too complex...I think.)

And you will rarely see single houses here, we live in flats, which have many houses and spacious. That's how we fight the overpopulation.

we did something similar once a long time ago, make more land that is. We built island like thirty years ago or something.

Where is it?

it's around quebec I believe, possibly in one of the great lakes, I dunno, I'll have to look it up, I never really payed much attention to the heritage moment TV commercial

I..Hate..America... Check the NOFX video in the fave music thread. I want to go back to Ireland. Tá mé ag labhairt i nGaeilge, Éire beo fada!

Something about Irish Gaelic. I'm not even going to pretend I can read that, I'm afraid.

And yes, FF, you have large-scale incineration projects: LINK

Portugal... Only bad side is one of those chatbox forbidden topics... Either way.... Pretty nice... I wanna be a corrupt polititian, btw

Portugal does remarkably well for such a poor economy

that and it's peculiar dating habits

Darkwing wrote:that and it's peculiar dating habits

Yeah... Portugal only has a weak economy because someone we call D. João V (King John the 5th) wished to bet in turism in 17th/18th century, instead of industry...

And about it's peculiar dating habits... I just found out it's just with pre-teen girls... so... you know the why, now...

Pre...Teen...? That better not be a 12 year old... I'm quite sure that's illegal in most countries...

ooooo

um..it may not be in Spain, next door to him. It has some crazy age.

Apperently here in portugal, girls are becoming more immature than boys... Don't know why, also...

I would prefer to live in Germany. It should be nicer there.

I quite enjoy Canada. It does have its downfalls, but all in all, it's a good country to be in

Downfalls like Niagara Falls, or down falls as in...you know...bad stuff?

(I know, that joke really sucked.)

ha ha, yeah, that was a very bad joke. no, just things like it being an overly feminist and free minded country, like literally, almost anything goes here, but the balance of rights are different, there's a lot of making up for history crap that's here

killerflood wrote:I would prefer to live in Germany. It should be nicer there.

Know what you wish for. Germany is not all what it seems.

I don't think I have heard of it, we recycle. Pretty much, the plastics are still thrown away.

I have not even seen anything like an incineration plant. We even recycle water.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP9046620080522
http://www.recyclingpoint.com.sg/Education.htm
http://app.mewr.gov.sg/web/contents/Contents.aspx?Yr=2000&ContId=500
http://wikimapia.org/3109385/Ulu-Pandan-Refuse-Incineration-Plant
http://www.streetdirectory.com/jobs/singapore/jobnearby/9483,108760/

It's impossible you don't know that Singapore uses incinerators. Yes, article 1 says you recycle slightly, but most isn't, as there is no legislature. It says you incinerate 93% of your waste.

Article 2 goes through the safety and educates you generally about your incinerators.

Article 3 is a Singaporean Ministry of Water Resources and Environment announcement about incinerator #4

Article 4 shows you the location of one of the larger incinerators

Article 5 shows jobs vacancies within that incinerator

I have to come to the conclusion that you are either not from Singapore or an idiot.

well, his IP is from there, but i suppose he could be using a proxy

I think he's just an idiot. But I couldn't rule out him being an imposter until now, so thanks.

HEY!!!
That's in an industrial area no one knows what's in there unless you take the time to be there or search for it. I'm in Singapore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's definitely using a proxy... His IP's are all over the place.

Then who could he be... Using a proxy is rather suspicious.

My father just changed the internet service provider, and I used a proxy sometime ago for vexxiang's forum because it doesn't allow me to post even when I'm not banned. I already consulted Vex Xiang but he doesn't respond.

And he won't respond. He's a lurker at most. He only posts on occasion. And when that happens, people drool and fall on their knees.

Final Frontier wrote:HEY!!!
That's in an industrial area no one knows what's in there unless you take the time to be there or search for it. I'm in Singapore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Singapore.... images of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 pop into my head.

Hmm...it's still very strange you don't know what happens to 93% of your waste.

Yes, I suggest tossing it in your closet, or smearing it on your walls to keep better track of it.

i suggest incinerating our waste, namely banning it all together

Hey, FF, do you use the MRT?

and by our waste, I mean our forum waste

Darkjedi wrote:Yes, I suggest tossing it in your closet, or smearing it on your walls to keep better track of it.

You sound like an IRA hunger striker.

*Checking map...*

If he was a bit to the North (China), the use of a proxy would be justified...

Then he wouldn't be using a proxy, but a tunnel.

i don't want to credit this guy with a level of intelligence higher than my own

me naam is m wrote:Then he wouldn't be using a proxy, but a tunnel.

Yup... Get away from there! First Priority! XD

JPB18 wrote:

me naam is m wrote:Then he wouldn't be using a proxy, but a tunnel.

Yup... Get away from there! First Priority! XD

Nah, I didn't mean a physical tunnel as much as a VPN tunnel, and when he would be using a vpn, his ip would probably have a registered company linked to it.

me naam is m wrote:

JPB18 wrote:

me naam is m wrote:Then he wouldn't be using a proxy, but a tunnel.

Yup... Get away from there! First Priority! XD

Nah, I didn't mean a physical tunnel as much as a VPN tunnel, and when he would be using a vpn, his ip would probably have a registered company linked to it.

Oh... VPN... Hmmm... But the physical one would also be a nice idea

But I think they could still block the data string...

Yes, but the great Chinese firewall only blocks requests for suspicious sites. It does not know what to do with encrypted packets of data.

me naam is m wrote:Yes, but the great Chinese firewall only blocks requests for suspicious sites. It does not know what to do with encrypted packets of data.

Hmmm... It seems chinese don't seem to be able to build sucessfull walls... The Great Wall Of China, although a huge engineering accomplishment, failed it's objective (the mongols just flanked them)... Now the "Great Firewall Of China", seems to suffer with VPN

Nah, it was easier to just bribe the guards. however, the great wall of china wasn't designed to keep the mogols out, but in. after they had broken in, bribed their way in or flanked their way in, there would be no way back.

I love our ability to go OT and actually have some semi-relevant discussions

Darkwing wrote:I love our ability to go OT and actually have some semi-relevant discussions

Sure... Anyway, back to the descussion...

MNIM... in part the Great Firewall doesn't do the same thing?

Nah, it just keeps the ones who don't try hard enough from reading potentially 'subversive' stuff.