I was just reading some quotations from an American you might like, H.L. Menken, a writer from the first half of the century. Here’s one, though not one I would recommend to anyone in particular:

“Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
Attributed to H.L. Menken.

No, I mean to leave one of his other quotations.

Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of.
Ibid

Whoops. Not that one either.

”The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.”

H.L. Menken, ”Letter to Upton Sinclair” 14 Oct. 1917.

I am really sorry. That’s the wrong one too. One more try?

The fact is that the average man’s love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty — and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.
H.L. Menken, Baltimore Evening Sun (12 February 1923)

Look, I just can’t get it right. We’ll just have to ignore Menken and hope things turn out well later. Good luck from Canada.

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i thing the “funny” statement about the muslims in asilums was cruel and rasice. For all you know there like four year olds looking at your website you should take that inappropriate remark off of this please.

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Savanah i think you need to realise that. a 4 year old would spend all day reading this paragraph, and the kids that are too young to understand wount understand it anyway, and wouldnt be reading this

btw from my point of view, as a person living in sydney, i have mabe 30 lebanese frends and there mostly agressive ppl but only a few are to the point of using guns or knives, but i also have other frends that use knives from other cultures and have killed ppl in the past, even infront of me
i guess you could say that the arabic culture here is compareable to the black culture in america
they like to talk and be in large groups and try to act cool and like they have some sort of power over the others

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