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Your opinion on Coke's version of America The Beautiful? [W:1014]

Do You like this version of "America The Beautiful?"


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I thought it was beautiful.

Good grief, people. We are all descendants from immigrants. :roll:

Yup. I am Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, French-Canadian, German (Prussian), Norwegian, and Cherokee, as a matter of fact.

It doesn't change the fact that I speak English, and conform to the standards set by modern American culture. :lol:

If you see that idea in the commercial you're still reading way too far into it

It is the underlying idea of the ad, even if not the deliberate intent.
 
Corny. When I'm watching the SuperBowl, I want to be entertained, not bored to death.

Potato, po-tah-to. I didn't think it was boring at all. I thought it was kind of cool.
 
Potato, po-tah-to. I didn't think it was boring at all. I thought it was kind of cool.

When you're watching the Super Bowl, you're pumped up. You don't want to see those sentimental boo-hoo waa-waa type of commercials. The one with the guy getting ready to shoot a rainbow out of his butt? That's the kind of commercials you want to see during the Super Bowl. :lol:
 
I do feel that a nation, for practical purposes, should subscribe to a common language. As it is, in America, that means English.

But I thought the commercial was very nice. I enjoyed the visuals, good music and the message was delivered in very good taste.

It reminds us that our bloodlines are from many different foreign shores, native Americans notwithstanding.

In fact, anyone who objects to the message, that is not a native American, is a freakin' idiot and I really don't care what idiots think.

America the beautiful. Indeed. I love America! From sea to shining sea.
 
When you're watching the Super Bowl, you're pumped up. You don't want to see those sentimental boo-hoo waa-waa type of commercials. The one with the guy getting ready to shoot a rainbow out of his butt? That's the kind of commercials you want to see during the Super Bowl. :lol:

That was pretty hilarious. :lamo
 
It was a lovely commercial, and it's amazing that people would be offended by it. Some people gotta have a bitchfit over nothing I guess.

America the Beautiful is my favorite American song.

Oh yes, so lovely! :violin
 
Yup. I am Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, French-Canadian, German (Prussian), Norwegian, and Cherokee, as a matter of fact.

It doesn't change the fact that I speak English, and conform to the standards set by modern American culture. :lol:

Modern American culture. :lol:

Dude, you really gotta open your eyes. There is a lot more to this country than a few million WASPs.
 
Well, for purposes of communication, people should at least be familiar with the "native" language of the country in which they live. It only helps them and everyone else too. Communication issues can actually be dangerous in certain situations, such as on construction sites or other dangerous jobs. If you tell someone "look out" because you dropped a hammer off of a high place, and the person couldn't understand you, that person would be hurt, and there are even much worse case scenarios too.

It's no biggie, really. Canada has two official languages, Belgium has three, Switzerland has four. It doesn't get in the way- well, not seriously.
 
I do feel that a nation, for practical purposes, should subscribe to a common language. As it is, in America, that means English.

But I thought the commercial was very nice. I enjoyed the visuals, good music and the message was delivered in very good taste.

It reminds us that our bloodlines are from many different foreign shores, native Americans notwithstanding.

In fact, anyone who objects to the message, that is not a native American, is a freakin' idiot and I really don't care what idiots think.

America the beautiful. Indeed. I love America! From sea to shining sea.

What a cornball post! :2razz:
 
It's no biggie, really. Canada has two official languages, Belgium has three, Switzerland has four. It doesn't get in the way- well, not seriously.

I've heard otherwise from people who work on construction job sites.
 
It's no biggie, really. Canada has two official languages, Belgium has three, Switzerland has four. It doesn't get in the way- well, not seriously.

Yes but luckily for them they don't have an aversion towards education like so many Americans do.
 
Yes but luckily for them they don't have an aversion towards education like so many Americans do.

No, countries don't change their native language or get rid of their native language to appease illegal immigrants and their supporters.

If you are moving to a country, it is YOUR responsibility to learn the native language so that you can communicate. Otherwise, you are an idiot to move to a country and be ignorant of the native language.
 
When you're watching the Super Bowl, you're pumped up. You don't want to see those sentimental boo-hoo waa-waa type of commercials. The one with the guy getting ready to shoot a rainbow out of his butt? That's the kind of commercials you want to see during the Super Bowl. :lol:

Seriously? Damn.

Well, it's their money. $4 million to say whatever they wanted to say. I say good on them. If you don't like the commercial, or if it bores you, go get a snack. Not everybody is going to like every single commercial. I hated the damn Budweiser frogs, and can probably guarantee you that I would not have found somebody shooting rainbows out of his butt very funny. Not a fan of Jim Carrey type humor.
 
Modern American culture. :lol:

Dude, you really gotta open your eyes. There is a lot more to this country than a few million WASPs.

A "WASP" I pretty clearly ain't. :lol:

The fact of the matter here is that things function best when everyone shares more or less the same language, the same culture, and the same goals. This wasn't a problem in the past, but is becoming a problem now due to "multiculturalism" and other such ideas.

Needlessly playing up ethnic divisions serves only to increase factionalism, and factional tensions, within the body politick. It doesn't benefit much of anyone.
 
'Assimilation'? Really?
I live in a multicultural society and I wouldn't have it any other way. When I go to the city (Vancouver) I could easily hear four or five languages on one half-hour transit trip downtown. The thought of 'assimilation' and 'unity' brings to mind a drab, uniform society that I wouldn't like much.

The 1950's, and of course the 60's of "Love, Sex and Rock n Roll" were sure fun. I can assure you that America wasn't a "drab, uniform society" back then. In fact there was more unity among the people. Except for the 1% Marxist and internationalist socialist, the vast majority of Americans were nationalist. America first. America number one, assimilation.


>" With the demise of Marxism in the late 1980s, multiculturalism emerged as its major ideological successor. What follows is an overview of some of the creed's major precepts:

Western culture was founded on aggression towards others. The whole of Western culture since the ancient Greeks is something to be disowned.

Western literature and arts endorse imperialism. Rather than reflecting “the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome,” the Western literary heritage is politically contaminated. This charge is reinforced by a critical apparatus based on gender, race and class. Othello is branded as ethnocentric; Paradise Lost as misogynistic; Hemingway as pathologically heterosexual.

The Western economic system exploits the rest of the world. Globalization is a euphemism for American imperialism. The poverty of the Third World is guaranteed by debts from the International Monetary Fund and the free-market policies of the World Trade Organization.

Victimhood should prevail over individualism. Individualism is both the cause and effect of capitalism, which in its turn produced the imperialism that now oppresses the wretched of the earth. The idea of individual human rights deriving from the Enlightenment is the one great barrier to a collectivist solution for humankind..."<

The fringe of the radical left hates this source since the messenger is a "red diaper baby" and use to be one of their top leaders. -> Multiculturalism - Discover the Networks
 
It's no biggie, really. Canada has two official languages, Belgium has three, Switzerland has four. It doesn't get in the way- well, not seriously.

You do realize that French Canadians and the rest of the country basically despise one another, right? There are more than a few separatist factions present in Quebec who want nothing less than complete independence.
 
Seriously? Damn.

Well, it's their money. $4 million to say whatever they wanted to say. I say good on them. If you don't like the commercial, or if it bores you, go get a snack. Not everybody is going to like every single commercial. I hated the damn Budweiser frogs, and can probably guarantee you that I would not have found somebody shooting rainbows out of his butt very funny. Not a fan of Jim Carrey type humor.

You miss my point that the Super Bowl is not the proper venue for those types of corny commercials. People are pumped up and happy! They want entertainment.
 
No, countries don't change their native language or get rid of their native language to appease illegal immigrants and their supporters.

If you are moving to a country, it is YOUR responsibility to learn the native language so that you can communicate. Otherwise, you are an idiot to move to a country and be ignorant of the native language.

I know right, some guy who doesn't even speak English is fleeing his corrupt, poverty-ridden, drug infested, crime infested country to come to one much safer where he can earn much more money and give a real future to his children.

LOL WHAT AN IDIOT LOLOLOLOL

That's not to see we should just let anyone in the country, or adopt Spanish because its spoken by most illegal immigrations, but to call someone like that an idiot its pretty damn ignorant. And its not just the illegal immigrants who speak Spanish you know, its also the legal ones... and millions and millions of US citizens....
 
A "WASP" I pretty clearly ain't. :lol:

The fact of the matter here is that things function best when everyone shares more or less the same language, the same culture, and the same goals. This wasn't a problem in the past, but is becoming a problem now due to "multiculturalism" and other such ideas.

Needlessly playing up ethnic divisions serves only to increase factionalism, and factional tensions, within the body politick. It doesn't benefit much of anyone.

Dang - do you realize that African Americans have their own culture? African Americans have been here as long as we have. What about Native Americans? They have their own culture, and they were here first. And many of us have different goals. That doesn't make us bad, or "causing a problem." Just makes us different. Nothing wrong with that. It's why America is called the Great Melting Pot. Like I said, we are all descendants of immigrants.
 
A "WASP" I pretty clearly ain't. :lol:

The fact of the matter here is that things function best when everyone shares more or less the same language, the same culture, and the same goals. This wasn't a problem in the past, but is becoming a problem now due to "multiculturalism" and other such ideas.

Needlessly playing up ethnic divisions serves only to increase factionalism, and factional tensions, within the body politick. It doesn't benefit much of anyone.

I agree 100%. If you want to take up residence in a country, it is your responsibility to learn about that country. It is utterly ridiculous to expect the country to change for you. Sometimes, I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone when I hear some of the things liberals actually think. It's hilariously unrealistic.
 
A "WASP" I pretty clearly ain't. :lol:

The fact of the matter here is that things function best when everyone shares more or less the same language, the same culture, and the same goals. This wasn't a problem in the past, but is becoming a problem now due to "multiculturalism" and other such ideas.

Needlessly playing up ethnic divisions serves only to increase factionalism, and factional tensions, within the body politick. It doesn't benefit much of anyone.

On this, we will just have to disagree. I want our country to be as multicultural as possible. When I am in small town south Louisiana, I want to experience the Cajun culture. When I visit New York's Chinatown, I want to experience that culture. I dont want them to ever be same.
 
Dang - do you realize that African Americans have their own culture? African Americans have been here as long as we have. What about Native Americans? They have their own culture, and they were here first. And many of us have different goals. That doesn't make us bad, or "causing a problem." Just makes us different. Nothing wrong with that. It's why America is called the Great Melting Pot. Like I said, we are all descendants of immigrants.

African Americans speak English. My friend's step father is from Ghana, and he speaks German because he lived in Germany, French because he lived in France, and English because he now lives in the United States. That is how you do things. Otherwise, you are only making life more difficult for yourself.
 
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