# If you only want to talk about America, fuck off elsewhere, brickbacon **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130 "2005-04-26T06:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/1 "2005-04-26T06:23:54Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6092877#post6092877](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6092877#post6092877) > [@brickbacon](#): > > This is an American board. Get over it. Fuck off. I don’t recall seeing anything in the fucking board rules about only being able to discuss things from a fucking American perspective. In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s more than the occassional non-American around here. In fact, there’s a fucking lot of us. And I don’t see anything in the OP of that thread saying it was about America. In case you hadn’t noticed, the initial story was about fucking **Finland**. All you’re doing is repeatedly telling us how inept, corrupt and generally untrustworthy American police are - and refusing to talk about anywhere else. _“La la la I’m not listening because that’s not about America”_ isn’t a good fucking way to respond to someone else’s points. Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/2 "2005-04-26T06:49:18Z")
That’s pretty funny considering the fact that a recent retired moderator was Dutch. **brickbacon** , you really shoved that foot in far! This isn’t “an American board”, it’s a worldwide community with a goal of fighting ignorance, but it seems you’ve forgotten that too. JMHO of course. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/3 "2005-04-26T07:21:57Z")
_:: sitting round the table with legless Steven, Michael, Linda, Stan and the two fat blokes, and raising a glass to Nick ::_ God Bless America! _:: best Basil Fawlty voice ::_ Don’t mention the guns! I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/4 "2005-04-26T07:25:12Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > \*Don’t mention the guns! I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it. Ya know…I hate guns. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/5 "2005-04-26T07:28:06Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > Ya know…I hate guns. WHY do you hate 'merica, boy? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/6 "2005-04-26T07:31:28Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > _:: best Basil Fawlty voice ::_ > > Don’t mention the guns! I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it. You bastard, you made me choke on my tea 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/7 "2005-04-26T07:33:13Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > You bastard, you made me choke on my tea 😛 You’re drinking tea? What are you, a communist? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/8 "2005-04-26T07:38:34Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > You’re drinking tea? What are you, a communist? Could be worse. Imagine if I were a tea-drinking _Democrat_?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/9 "2005-04-26T07:41:32Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > And I don’t see anything in the OP of that thread saying it was about America. Some thought one of Brickbacon’s responses was “America-centric.” Brickbacon responded by saying that this was an American board which was a fair response. This board is hosted by an American company and the population is mostly made up of Americans. I don’t see how it can get more American then that. > [@](#): > > In case you hadn’t noticed, the initial story was about fucking **Finland**. Was Brickbacon the first person to mention the possibility of a similiar fining system in the United States? This is a pretty lame Pitting. Marc ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/10 "2005-04-26T07:47:00Z")
> [@MGibson](#): > > Some thought one of Brickbacon’s responses was “America-centric.” Yeah, me. > [@](#): > > Was Brickbacon the first person to mention the possibility of a similiar fining system in the United States? No - but he was putting up objections to it that were specific to America, and not specific to the fining system. I pointed this out, and he unilaterally decided that the thread should only be about America. > [@](#): > > This board is hosted by an American company **and the population is mostly made up of Americans.** I’ve gotta say it…cite? (And what’s ‘mostly’, anyway? 90%? 51%?) ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/11 "2005-04-26T07:48:07Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6092877#post6092877](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6092877#post6092877) > Fuck off. I don’t recall seeing anything in the fucking board rules about only being able to discuss things from a fucking American perspective. In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s more than the occassional non-American around here. In fact, there’s a fucking lot of us. > > And I don’t see anything in the OP of that thread saying it was about America. In case you hadn’t noticed, the initial story was about fucking **Finland**. All you’re doing is repeatedly telling us how inept, corrupt and generally untrustworthy American police are - and refusing to talk about anywhere else. _“La la la I’m not listening because that’s not about America”_ isn’t a good fucking way to respond to someone else’s points. > Fuck off. What’s all this ‘Fuck’ business? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/12 "2005-04-26T07:51:58Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > What’s all this ‘Fuck’ business? Because it’s the fucking pit, so I fucking can… And yes, it is big, and it is clever. Your parents lied to you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/13 "2005-04-26T09:21:55Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > You’re drinking tea? What are you, a communist? Can’t be, he’s drinking Earl Gray, and as we all know… Communists don’t believe in proper tea. Sorry ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/14 "2005-04-26T11:39:56Z")
> [@MGibson](#): > > This board is hosted by an American company and the population is mostly made up of Americans. I don’t see how it can get more American then that. _Rises hand and jumps up and down in his seat_ Me!, me!, eh… uhhh… if there weren´t non-American members at all? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/15 "2005-04-26T12:38:51Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > WHY do you hate 'merica, boy? Hate America? I love this land where you are free to wear whatever clothes you see fit to a job interview, even if it involves _fringe._ It’s the apple pie I hate. Why they make us eat all that apple pie, I’ll never understand. \*Oh the shark–babe–has such teeth, dear And it shows them… …pearly whiiiite!\* ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/16 "2005-04-26T13:45:54Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Don’t mention the guns! I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it. You think so, huh? We’re just biding our time, waiting for a clean shot … The fight against ignorance knows no national boundaries, and **brickbacon** is an ass. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/17 "2005-04-26T15:11:26Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Could be worse. Imagine if I were a tea-drinking _Democrat_?!?! Sshhh…I AM a tea-drinking Democrat! Oh, the horror, the shame, the utter madness of it all! I must away to pay penance. \ ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/18 "2005-04-26T15:16:25Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Sshhh…I AM a tea-drinking Democrat! Proper brewed iced-tea? There’s nothing shameful in that, especially if served in quart sized Mason jars. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/19 "2005-04-26T15:19:43Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > …skulks off to perform small animal sacrifices… Oh, the poor mice! And the shrews, won’t somebody think of the shrews?! ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130/20 "2005-04-26T21:38:08Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6092877#post6092877](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6092877#post6092877) > Fuck off. I don’t recall seeing anything in the fucking board rules about only being able to discuss things from a fucking American perspective. In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s more than the occasional non-American around here. In fact, there’s a fucking lot of us. > > And I don’t see anything in the OP of that thread saying it was about America. In case you hadn’t noticed, the initial story was about fucking **Finland**. All you’re doing is repeatedly telling us how inept, corrupt and generally untrustworthy American police are - and refusing to talk about anywhere else. _“La la la I’m not listening because that’s not about America”_ isn’t a good fucking way to respond to someone else’s points. > Fuck off. First off, you fucked up the link in the other thread. Second, you are really an overly sensitive pussy. If you expect me to qualify every statement with “in America”, then you can kiss my ass. This is an American board, the vast majority of people here are American, and most of the threads I’ve seen are America-centric. If you don’t like it, too fucking bad. I never refused to talk about any other place, I usually don’t because I know far less about general policy and the social climate in the rest of the world than the people who live in the country in question. You can talk about whatever you want, just don’t try to tell me what to do. On a related note, please go outside and get some fresh air. I roll my eyes every time one of you pussies really let’s something said on the internet affect them to the point they feel they need to make a pit thread about it. GET OVER IT! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-only-want-to-talk-about-america-fuck-off-elsewhere-brickbacon/301130.md?page=2)