Isn't America the most liberal/progressive country in the world?

[KeithTalent]

Meh. America is the greatest country on the planet. About every type of climate/terrain there is, fertile fields, tremendous amounts of natural resources and then there is that whole freedom thing.

America, fuck yeah dog. fuck yeah.

Meh, not sure about that. I like America quite a bit, but greatest on the planet? Don't know about that. I guess nowhere is perfect though. :hmm:

KT

 

[InflatableBuddha]

brief blurb on wiki page:

The major sources of trafficked persons include Thailand, China, Nigeria, Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine


I was also thinking Romania, but for Slovenia, I was actually thinking Moldova. pretty much any former Soviet-occupied satellite country has major problems with human trafficking. especially the southern ones, it seems.

Yep, we pretty much nailed it. And as far as Europe goes, Romania is included:

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, former Eastern bloc countries such as Albania, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine have become the major source countries for trafficking of women and children.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking#cite_note-51

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking#cite_note-51

Interesting to note that the US has some of the best policy towards trafficking victims and Canada has the worst.

In a 2006 report the Future Group, a Canadian humanitarian organization dedicated to ending human trafficking, ranked eight industrialized nations and gave Canada an F for its "abysmal" record treating victims. The report, titled "Falling Short of the Mark: An International Study on the Treatment of Human Trafficking Victims", concluded that Canada "is an international embarrassment" when it comes to combating this form of slavery.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking#cite_note-29

We have a lot of work to do.

 

[NL5]

Definitely. Let's get those naggers back into chains and revoke the rights of femanons to vote for a start.

 

[nerp]

Meh. America is the greatest country on the planet. About every type of climate/terrain there is, fertile fields, tremendous amounts of natural resources and then there is that whole freedom thing.

America, fuck yeah dog. fuck yeah.

So list for us the countries you've been to.

 

[manowar821]

Troll thread is fail; please move this garbage to P&N.

Also, let the America bashing begin! Fucking retards.

It's called tough-love, you little crybaby.

Only a social-conservative would believe that dissent and an attempt to constantly improve ones nation and society could be considered "bashing".

 

[spidey07]

So list for us the countris you've been to.

I don't think I can remember them all honestly. I'm on my 4th passport.

So if you must know, most of western europe, a few stays in eastern europe, some pac-rim including japan, all over the carribean, a few south america, some central america, two trips to Africa. One of the percs for working for a truly global company. And all this isn't just stepping into the country but spending a few nights or weeks.

I really want to go to Australia for a few weeks. They were once a free country too but they went full retard about 10-15 years ago.

 

[Key West]

So list for us the countries you've been to.

He is born and raised in Alabama and has been to Texas. Listen to the wise man.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Politics in the USA are unshackled officially from religion.
...
on minority and immigrant issues, the US is extremely liberal compared to most other countries.

These two sentences invalidate everything else you have to say.

 

[CanOWorms]

These two sentences invalidate everything else you have to say.

God bless the Queen, right?

 

[GasX]

this isn't going to go nearly as well as the OP thought.

lol

 

[sandorski]

At Its' Founding, the US was probably the most Progressive/Liberal in the World. Since then it seems to hang out with the others, but usually lags behind somewhat.

 

[dandruff]

Pwnage of the year?

this.

 

[Schadenfreude]

. . . uh, does the OP know that other nations have had female national leaders? Even the kind where the public votes them into office?

Anyhow, either this is some brilliant neffing from the OP or . . ..

[/golf clap]

 

[Eli]

Fuck no.. Not even close.. LOL.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

This would be funny if it weren't so sad. America is one of the most conservative countries I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[silverpig]

Funny story - I was staying at a hotel in Bulgaria and flipping channels on the TV. There were 3 channels of hardcore porn (lesbians using dildos and vibrators, full intercourse, etc.) just on regular cable TV.

This was at about 8:30 PM on a Tuesday night .

That wasn't porn. That was "Eastern Europe's Next Porn Idol."

 

[qazwsxokmijn]

Fuck OP is fail.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

. . . uh, does the OP know that other nations have had female national leaders? Even the kind where the public votes them into office?

Our last Prime Minister was a female, voted in 3 times in a row. She was a hottie too.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Don't forget the Prime Minister before her, too! Jenny Shipley was a hottie as well...

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

What New Zealand needs is a Sarah Palin minus the lobotomy.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Don't forget the Prime Minister before her, too! Jenny Shipley was a hottie as well...

WTF she either lost a lot of weight since her leadership, or gained a lot before it.

 

[shortylickens]

Liberal and progressive are not the same thing. Although I'm sure people who call themselves liberals would tell you thats what its supposed to be.
But the modern idea of "liberal" really just means "be different for the sake of being different" regardless of whether its progressive or not.
And since so many so-called liberal ideas are very antiquated and outdated, I cant acknowledge a direct connection anymore.

So yes, given those concepts the U.S. is a VERY liberal country, cuz it cant decide anything without lots of arguing and defining first. Meanwhile, European and Asian countries are actually making progress.

 

[ahenkel]

liberal mean socialist duh HARRRRR

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Liberal and progressive are definitely not the same thing, you're right. But "liberal" is the opposite of "conservative" on the political spectrum, and "conservative" is mutually exclusive with "progressive" by definition. So it's quite logical to lump "progressive" with "liberal".

 

[kami333]

To be fair, I think the US is the first predominantly white country to have a black head of state. But we are from being the first country to have a racial minority as the head of state.