What’s So Great About the USA? (1 Views)
Print This Post | March 17th, 2006 | EMail This PostI got into a debate the other day regarding this topic, and I didn’t do so well. At the time, all I could pull out were the big obvious arguments which are so well known that plenty of counter arguments already exist. For example, freedom… freedom of religion (yeah but the country was founded by Christians and is still Christian dominated), freedom of speech (yeah, but the press is often one sided and tends to be sensational), safety through strength (yeah, but the American people are getting weak - they don’t have the stomach for war), etc.
It wasn’t till I’d had some time to mull this question over in my mind that I decided the true greatness of America is found lurking just out of plain sight. America has the most diverse mix of cultures the world has ever seen. The country is populated with citizens from every other country on the planet, and what is most amazing is that they all live together in relative peace. We have Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus living on the very same block as one another, whose children attend the same schools. These people shop at the same grocery stores, work at the same companies, eat at the same restaurants and even call one another friends.
Does that mean they’ve sacrificed their principles and ideals? Not at all. There is no requirement of agreement in the USA. The freedoms guaranteed by the laws of the land give individuals the confidence to be different and security to accept the difference of others knowing it does not diminish or threaten their own rights. Hence, Palestinians & Israelis, Indians & Pakistanis, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese, German, English… they all co-exist peacefully in a land they have chosen to call home.
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