Finish-The-Sentence Friday: July 4

 In the spirit of Independence Day, finish the following sentence: “The best/worst thing about the American lifestyle is….”

I’ll go first:

- The best thing about the American lifestyle is the general optimism that anything is possible with hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit.

- The worst thing about the American lifestyle is the general assumption that we are entitled to money and success.


Matt
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[A new reason to like Fridays]
Reply #1 on : Fri July 04, 2008, 08:43:15
-The best thing about the American lifestyle is the diversity of its people (culturally, ethnically, linguistically, religiously, politically, etc.).

-The worst thing about the American lifestyle is the tendency to believe we are the best and most deserving country in the world and thus turn a blind eye to the unjust ways in which our country dominates and manipulates many weaker nations of the world.
Chris
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Re: Finish-The-Sentence Friday: July 4
Reply #2 on : Fri July 04, 2008, 10:59:38
Best: Americanized ethnic foods. Especially mexican.

Worst: too much dairy in all our food! damn nasty cows.
Laurie
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Re: Finish-The-Sentence Friday: July 4
Reply #3 on : Fri July 04, 2008, 12:04:41
I hope it doesn't take too much away from the fun of the exercise to point out that there are LOTS of American lifestyles :).

The best part of American life? The richness, vitality, and diversity of the culture--the opportunities and many kinds of freedoms that we have.

The worst? That our lifestyle consumes resources disproportionately and at an unsustainable rate, with harmful effects on all of God's creation.
Micah
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Appropriate on the 4th
Reply #4 on : Sun July 06, 2008, 16:10:48
The best thing about America is my freedom.

The worst thing about America is other people's freedom.
kristen
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Re: Finish-The-Sentence Friday: July 4
Reply #5 on : Wed July 09, 2008, 23:23:19
the best things about the american lifestyle(s) is our freedom of choice (in any number of ways) and our freedom to explore thoughts/ideas, both in private and in public.

the worst thing about the american lifestyle is the sense of entitlement (to those options, specifically, but just entitlement generally)

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