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American? CD? Darn yankees!

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Does it bother you how USA-centric this site is?
As a Brit, I feel under-represented :P

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– MyPic beevbo(277) Vote Up Vote Down
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I live in Canada, so I'm use to everything being US-centered.

Posted 80 days ago
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– MyPic Tamisan(422) Vote Up Vote Down
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If you feel there needs to be more discussion about British or European or any other non-American subjects, then either start your own debate or invite more non-Americans to participate.

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Posted 80 days ago | Tagged As: Get real
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– MyPic joecavalry(1493) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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Another up vote for coming up with a practical solution. I like you problem solving attitude. It pleases the engineer in me. Hey, here are a few pictures and a video of something I've engineered for the backyard. You may like it.

http://users.adelphia.net/~joe_cavalry/

http://www.dailymotion.com/joe_cavalry/ video/x5ndi_swing-of-death_family

Posted 79 days ago
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It doesn't bother me at all that CD is so US centric, and its not because I am an American. It's because it's only US centric because the vast majority of the users seem to be American. If a debate was started to discuss UK politics, or Canadian politics or what have you I wouldn't mind a bit. But I'd also wouldn't be able to comment on it because I don't politics terribly closely in other countries. So all you non-Americans if you don't want CD to be so US centric, you need spread the word outside of the US and start more debates.

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic paulwalker71(7) Vote Up Vote Down
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Not really

I'm from England and I haven't especially noticed the debate being American-centric - at least no more so than most social-type sites around the web.

Posted 80 days ago
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– MyPic OTdarters(32) Vote Up Vote Down
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Users can create their own topics for debate, so there is no reason to complain about the lack of foreign issues being discussed. The debates that exist are merely a cross section of the population of this site. It happens to be mostly Americans, so the topic of the debates reflects that.

Posted 76 days ago
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– MyPic ThePyg(343) Vote Up Vote Down
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nope, the internet is a free market. if you have a problem with what individuals are doing, you do something different.

it's not like you're gonna get banned.

Posted 74 days ago
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I'm not an American but there's little I don't 'get' excepting this offshore oil drilling ban debate. What's that about?

Posted 80 days ago
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For about 15 years now there has been bipartisan consensus (at the federal level) that there will be no offshore drilling for oil. That changed this week when McCain & Bush announced that they now support lifting this so-called ban. This issue has traditionally been a 3rd rail in US politics because nobody wants an oil spill on a public beach.

Posted 80 days ago
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– MyPic geoff(642) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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Obviously this will change. It's going to get to the point when people pray for an oil spill on the beach!

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic cms07(46) Vote Up Vote Down
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Nope. I'm as american as apple pie.

Posted 79 days ago | Tagged As: Get real
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– MyPic Bradf0rd(649) Vote Up Vote Down
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I'm American, but I would love to see debates on foreign affairs or more importantly, nation neutral affairs.

Posted 80 days ago
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– MyPic Nikobelia(139) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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Hm. I think you're right, we need to start more international debates. I shall try :)

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic Nikobelia(139) Vote Up Vote Down
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While it doesn't actually, actively bother me, there is a certain assumption by many users on this site that all the people reading their debates are au fait with American current affairs and are, in fact, American.

And I'm not, I'm British! How would you like it if I asked for your views on the Henley by-election? The Tory candidate is obese and creepy; quick, vote Lib Dem!

Aw well. Possibly the Canadians, Brits, Australians and all other forms of foreigners should just start obscure debates about what's going on in the world outside America and Iraq.

Posted 80 days ago
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I wouldn't mind it at all if you asked be about British politics, but I wouldn't have an opinion. Nor is anyone forcing others to have an opinion on American politics.

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic borme(502) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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I think it's because the majority of the folks on CD are from the US, so the topics naturally gravitate towards US centric ideas. We'd love more international users, and I'd love to debate the merits of Manchester United vs. Liverpool, or if Chavs are giving the UK a bad name, or any other international topic that you can think of (BTW, I hope you get your postal vote in for that by-election ;)).

The fact is, since everyone drives the content here it really depends on what everyone is interested in. The more arguments a debate gets once it's created, the more likely it is to get to the front page where it will get even more eyeballs. If you have some friends in the UK that you think would be interested in the site, by all means please invite them so we can get more diverse points of view!

Posted 80 days ago
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– MyPic joecavalry(1493) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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Yes, you guys should start debates about what's going on in the world outside America and Iraq. Then maybe we'll learn something. Teach us. Well, I don't speak for the rest of the people here but I'm willing to learn.

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic xaeon(422) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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Totally agreed. I started a debate on Ireland rejecting the EU treaty (what I consider a very very big deal) and it basically flopped. The old stereotype that Americans don't know anything about any other part of the world is, in my opinion, kind-of justified (obviously that's a wide sweeping stereotypical statement, but I believe in the most part it is true).

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic geoff(642) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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Or perhaps Americans just don't care about Ireland.

Posted 79 days ago
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– MyPic Bradf0rd(649) Favored Vote Up Vote Down
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I think I have an ignorant explanation (nb4 joecavalry arrives) for why we don't see more debates that don't have to do with America...

Americans are democratic... we love debate.

The rest of the world is not really democratic. If they speak out they will be punished for doing so... but they try, so good job.

Posted 80 days ago
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