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[fpb]

One person I met on someone else's LJ called Sarah Palin a Nazi. This person, luckily, is already banned from my LJ.

Another, at the same time, showed a picture of an eleven-year-old girl with an AK-47 and thought it cute. This person also suggested that the ability to use such implements should be a test of citizenship.

Needless to say, I defriended this person on the spot. I try to understand Americans, but there is a limit.

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[sanscouronne.livejournal.com]

Yikes, totally agree with this,but don't classify Americans as some mindless collectivity...though perhaps this could sometimes be true. :)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

No, of course. Let us just say that I am more familiar with our own brands of insanity. We have many criminals and many lunatics - in fact, I often suspect that our political classes are composed largely of both - but the American obsession with weapons is alien to us, and when it rears its ugly head in such an ugly manner, I am afraid that it is impossible not to label it not just ugly but American.