American Way

[Proletariat]

Haven't you seen the t-shirts with Uncle Sam taking a bite out of the globe with the slogan, "Try and stop us!"?

Kinda self-explanatory.

[Ja'chyra]

You, my friend, are a glutton for punishment.

No, this is how the threads usually go: Someone has a topic he wants to talk about, Panzer makes a comment and the rest of the time the discussion is about Panzer's quote. That is annoying

[Franconicus]

Thanks for your posts, especially for the definition.
I still have no idea what it means in reality and why it is so important. But I understood that it is related to gays, even though I do not understand how.
Another question: Why does every threat start these antiamerican comments?

You, my friend, are a glutton for punishment.

What are you saying?

[Watchman]

Another question: Why does every threat start these antiamerican comments?

Well, duh. Because the "American Way" to do things, or at least the variation thereof we get to see, doesn't tend to draw unconditional applause. More like sarcastic remarks.

[Franconicus]

Well, duh. Because the "American Way" to do things, or at least the variation thereof we get to see, doesn't tend to draw unconditional applause. More like sarcastic remarks.

First of all: All I wanted was a description what it was, not good or bad.
The American way refers to an American nationalist ethos which purports to adhere to principles of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It has some connections to the concept of American exceptionalism.
If this is the definition (and I cannot see any other def. in this thread) you can be critical about a national ethos, but life, liberty and persuit of happiness seem to me not too bad at all. More like common values, not even very American.

[Watchman]

First of all: All I wanted was a description what it was, not good or bad.
The American way refers to an American nationalist ethos which purports to adhere to principles of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It has some connections to the concept of American exceptionalism.
If this is the definition (and I cannot see any other def. in this thread) you can be critical about a national ethos, but life, liberty and persuit of happiness seem to me not too bad at all. More like common values, not even very American.

*shrug* I wasn't really referring to the concept as explicitly discussed in this thread, but more as a vague undercurrent sort of concept. Although going by your definition, a major source of the acute lack of positive impression would be the distance between the purported ideal and how it is then carried out in practice - such as the record number of prison inmates per capita as found in the country...

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness I've nothing against; quite on the contrary, so far as I'm concerned they're something everyone in the world should have as equal as possible chance for.

[Redleg]

*shrug* I wasn't really referring to the concept as explicitly discussed in this thread, but more as a vague undercurrent sort of concept. Although going by your definition, a major source of the acute lack of positive impression would be the distance between the purported ideal and how it is then carried out in practice - such as the record number of prison inmates per capita as found in the country...

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness I've nothing against; quite on the contrary, so far as I'm concerned they're something everyone in the world should have as equal as possible chance for.

The question is relative and the answer in the defination is relative.

The problem you are facing Watchman is that you are trying to define a concept from an outside perpective based upon what your own internal baised views. The question was not about what the world should have - But what defines the American Way. That is a national ethos not an international one.

This definition while not complex does fit what most Americans feel is the American Way - The American way refers to an American nationalist ethos which purports to adhere to principles of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It has some connections to the concept of American exceptionalism. Does it mean that the United States as a nation is perfect? The definition does not even allude to such a philisophy - it is a general ethos statement that fits the concept as well as any other statement on the concept that I have seen.


Here is a website of the organization geared toward protecting the concept of the American Way.

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=163

[Fragony]

Awww you pricks. America has a healthy be all you can be attitude', and the funny thing is, it's true.

[English assassin]

I don't know, but the Roman Way was a pub in Kilburn, if that helps?

[Ser Clegane]

I'm surprised to see that there is even a short entry in wikipedia

The American way refers to an American nationalist ethos which purports to adhere to principles of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It has some connections to the concept of American exceptionalism.

The comic book superhero Superman fought for "truth, justice and the American way."

Seems to also explain Gawain's sig

[King of Atlantis]

I'm surprised to see that there is even a short entry in wikipedia

Well the american way is a pretty popular term here in america.

[lars573]

But they changed Superman's fight to truth justice and freedom for all.

[Ser Clegane]

But they changed Superman's fight to truth justice and freedom for all.

The signs of globalization

[King of Atlantis]

then that a definition of the american way

american way- freedom for all