Where are you from?

*snickers* Everything about my sentence was wrong in more ways than I can bear to elaborate on. xD

Merry Holidays and Happy Christmas!!

I'm goin' back to bed. :P

Ok, I'm sorry. I just thought you would say which country in Africa you're from. Africa is a very diverse place. Native South Africans, Indo-Europeans that moved to South-Africa during the colonial era, Kenyans, and Egyptians are very different peoples. So saying you're African is like me saying I'm European. That could mean that I'm from Moscow or Athens. So doesn't give much info, which is why it sounded fake. That was rude though, sorry.

USA.
Atlanta, GA.

Sure the US is rich and freedom of speech and other liberties are great, maybe I take them for granted too much. But still, I feel very out of place here. Especially living in the south.

*Everyone* drives a car. When I say everyone, I mean everyONE. Imagine thousands of cars on the road, each occupied by ONE person. Whats more, a large portion of the cars, around 30-40%, are unnecessarily large. Everyday I see hundreds of people driving sports utility vehicles- 8 cylinder vehicles- around city suburbs. And most of the time it is just one or two people in a car. And, of course, nobody is willing to acknowledge climate change. The corporations would lose money.

Almost every day I see at least one or two Hummers on the road. These are MILITARY GRADE vehicles. They get 12 miles to the gallon AT BEST. In Atlanta traffic, its more like 6 MPG. Why do you need a military grade vehicle to sit in suburban traffic every day? Its disgustingly wasteful.

Public transportation is laughable. Alternative transportation like biking or walking? Yeah, right. When I commute to school, traffic is awful. It takes me almost an hour to drive less than 10 miles. And all of the traffic on the road

And don't get me started on the drug war. It literally throws away tax payer money and feeds it to violent drug dealers. It is a simple principle of market economics that you can't destroy demand simply by prohibiting a product. We learned that during 1930s alcohol prohibition, and yet we're making the same mistake. Furthermore, it impeaches upon personal freedom to tell people what they can and can't do with their own bodies.

Dont get me started on the political infrastructure. Washington is a puppet for american corporations.

The death penalty is stupid, the war on terror is stupid. Everyone is fat. Corporations pollute our environment and feed us disgusting food. I can go on ALL DAY.

Bottom line: today, american society is dominated by corporate interests, and not by the people.

I admire your country's progressive criminal justice system. The death penalty is vindictive and does not deter violent crime.

Figures, I didn't really think too many people from Dominica were going to find themselves on IIN.