Which country has the most interesting history? US or UK?

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

I am from Canada not America. America may have been built on ideas from Europe but America is a great country and has a great history, you can't forget all the great things that were invented in America and how many great people ran that country.

joshrocks2245

They did invent a lot of stuff though. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in America. The wright brothers from America invented the plane, if we didn't have planes it would be a lot harder to get around. America may not have been around for as long as UK but theres still amazing history. America also invented the internet, and America is the reason why we are so advanced in technology.

Who invented the US? =/

Britain ruled the world.MediumBread

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

USA. I don't really know of much UK history and USA history is a lot more interesting.

Ninja-Hippo

I do know of some UK history but you can't say America hasn't had interesting history :| I learnt all about American history in high school and it was some of the most interesting stuff I've learnt.

Canada, America. Same difference.Deihjan

[QUOTE="MediumBread"]Britain ruled the world.Deihjan

and America is the reason why we are so advanced in technology.

joshrocks2245

[QUOTE="MediumBread"]Britain ruled the world.Deihjan

They also discovered North America. However the UK ruled more.

The North America thing was a joke btw.

[QUOTE="MediumBread"]Britain ruled the world.Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

I am from Canada not America. America may have been built on ideas from Europe but America is a great country and has a great history, you can't forget all the great things that were invented in America and how many great people ran that country.

joshrocks2245

They did invent a lot of stuff though. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in America. The wright brothers from America invented the plane, if we didn't have planes it would be a lot harder to get around. America may not have been around for as long as UK but theres still amazing history. America also invented the internet, and America is the reason why we are so advanced in technology.

Here's a few problems:

1) American history sure is interesting. It's awesome, in fact. But the issue is that you declared the history of the USA to be 'more interesting' than that of the UK, but then said you don't know anything about british history. That's kinda silly. You cannot declare one thing to be superior to another while conceding that you are ignorant of what that other thing consists of.

2) History and its relative significance is not a mere competition of 'who invented what', but just for arguments sake, it was actually CERN which invented the internet.

[QUOTE="CannedWorms"]

Based on what? And that is quite subjective anyway, I was talking more about the "way more freedoms" part. Are you serious about that?

p2250

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="MediumBread"]Britain ruled the world.xaos

He speaks the truth. :lol:

[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"][QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

USA. I don't really know of much UK history and USA history is a lot more interesting.

joshrocks2245

I do know of some UK history but you can't say America hasn't had interesting history :| I learnt all about American history in high school and it was some of the most interesting stuff I've learnt.

[QUOTE="p2250"][QUOTE="CannedWorms"]

Based on what? And that is quite subjective anyway, I was talking more about the "way more freedoms" part. Are you serious about that?

CannedWorms

[QUOTE="p2250"]

[QUOTE="CannedWorms"]

Based on what? And that is quite subjective anyway, I was talking more about the "way more freedoms" part. Are you serious about that?

CannedWorms

America is known as the land of the free, and is the leader of the free world. The UK really doesn't believe in freedom as strong as America does. They are certainly not willing to make sacrifices for it. I'm pretty sure that why America was founded in the first place.

You're not answering me question:|. Where are "the way more freedoms" the US has? We have 3 main parties, US has two. You can get jailed for insulting the President. Go freedom:roll:.

You can only get jailed for a death threat.

[QUOTE="Deihjan"]Canada, America. Same difference.Jandurin

They also discovered North America. However the UK ruled more.

MediumBread

So basically you guys have a thing for ice?:oLJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

[QUOTE="Deihjan"] Canada, America. Same difference. And America didn't invent the auto mobile. America didn't invent half of the revolutionising items that we still depend on this day. Americans didn't invent democracy or politics.Ninja-Hippo

They did invent a lot of stuff though. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in America. The wright brothers from America invented the plane, if we didn't have planes it would be a lot harder to get around. America may not have been around for as long as UK but theres still amazing history. America also invented the internet, and America is the reason why we are so advanced in technology.

Here's a few problems:

1) American history sure is interesting. It's awesome, in fact. But the issue is that you declared the history of the USA to be 'more interesting' than that of the UK, but then said you don't know anything about british history. That's kinda silly. You cannot declare one thing to be superior to another while conceding that you are ignorant of what that other thing consists of.

2) History and its relative significance is not a mere competition of 'who invented what', but just for arguments sake, it was actually CERN which invented the internet.

I do know some of British history, I don't know all of it but I know a lot of it.

The internet was invented in America though and you can't have the internet without a computer. Look who invented the computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Presper_Eckert

[QUOTE="MediumBread"]

They also discovered North America. However the UK ruled more.

Deihjan

So basically you guys have a thing for ice?:oLJS9502_basic

The Vinland thing was a joke. I am aware they are the same thing.

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

and America is the reason why we are so advanced in technology.

Deihjan

You seriously think the plane is the problem?? You know that there were wars and people killing each other before planes right?? If those places weren't bombed by planes, if they weren't invented then they would have been attacked by something else like a ship.

It seems like you hate America or something :|

[QUOTE="MediumBread"]

They also discovered North America. However the UK ruled more.

Deihjan

So basically you guys have a thing for ice?:oLJS9502_basic

I do know some of British history, I don't know all of it but I know a lot of it.

The internet was invented in America though and you can't have the internet without a computer. Look who invented the computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Presper_Eckert

joshrocks2245

But now you're completely contradicting yourself. First you said you don't know much of UK history, now you say you don't just know some but you know a LOT. Which is it?

Second, the computer was never 'invented'. Nobody one day said 'EUREKA!' and made a computer. The first *working* computer was actually made in Manchester, England, which is often credited as the city which invented the computer. Even that is inaccurate however, because computers is such an ambiguos term that some historians cite machines made as long ago as the 1600s as being 'computers'.

You wikipedia article relates to the modern day PC as we know it, which was put into proper production by IBM. That by no means = 'invention'.

Pointless debate is pointless however. Like i said, inventing stuff does not = great history.

You seriously think the plane is the problem?? You know that there were wars and people killing each other before planes right?? If those places weren't bombed by planes, if they weren't invented then they would have been attacked by something else like a ship.

It seems like you hate America or something :|

joshrocks2245

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

You seriously think the plane is the problem?? You know that there were wars and people killing each other before planes right?? If those places weren't bombed by planes, if they weren't invented then they would have been attacked by something else like a ship.

It seems like you hate America or something :|

Deihjan

obvious elitism that a stereotypical north american citizenDeihjan

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

I do know some of British history, I don't know all of it but I know a lot of it.

The internet was invented in America though and you can't have the internet without a computer. Look who invented the computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Presper_Eckert

Ninja-Hippo

But now you're completely contradicting yourself. First you said you don't know much of UK history, now you say you don't just know some but you know a LOT. Which is it?

Second, the computer was never 'invented'. Nobody one day said 'EUREKA!' and made a computer. The first *working* computer was actually made in Manchester, England, which is often credited as the city which invented the computer. Even that is inaccurate however, because computers is such an ambiguos term that some historians cite machines made as long ago as the 1600s as being 'computers'.

You wikipedia article relates to the modern day PC as we know it, which was put into proper production by IBM. That by no means = 'invention'.

Pointless debate is pointless however. Like i said, inventing stuff does not = great history.

Inventing stuff does = great history if it was great things that were invented that helped the world. I believe America has the better history, it's my opinion, you don't have to agree with it, it's my opinion and I'm not changing it.

[QUOTE="Deihjan"]obvious elitism that a stereotypical north american citizenSeraphimGoddess

Inventing stuff does = great history if it was great things that were invented that helped the world. I believe America has the better history, it's my opinion, you don't have to agree with it, it's my opinion and I'm not changing it.

joshrocks2245

EDIT: and if we do indeed follow the logic that 'inventing stuff = winner', then i feel obligated to bring to your attention:

1) The television.

2) The Radio

3) The postal system

4) Radar

5) Sonar

6) The steam locomotive

7) The electric motor

8 ) The X-Ray machine

9) The toilet

10) The refrigerator

11) Vacuum cleaner

12) Submarine

13) Penicillin

14) The periodic table

15) Steel

:)

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

You seriously think the plane is the problem?? You know that there were wars and people killing each other before planes right?? If those places weren't bombed by planes, if they weren't invented then they would have been attacked by something else like a ship.

It seems like you hate America or something :|

Deihjan

If you really think theres more deaths because of planes then I say if it wasn't America who invented the plane then someone else would have from a different country, it's just America invented it first.

I know the history Europe has and it's great history it's just I enjoy learning about the US history a little more. I even enjoy the US history more then my own countrys history :P So it's nothing against Europe.

The UK region's history goes back thousands of years, then again, so does America (Native Americans). So I would say they're equal.Stevo_the_gamer

Yeah hard to compare.. Especially when Europeans are apparently fascinated with Native Americans and the Wild West..

Especially when Europeans are apparently fascinated with Native Americans and the Wild West..

sSubZerOo

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]Especially when Europeans are apparently fascinated with Native Americans and the Wild West..

Stevo_the_gamer

See: spaghetti westerns.TELLMEYOURLIFE

omg i read books before i saw films >;

[QUOTE="MediumBread"]

[QUOTE="Deihjan"]The UK has a more intriguing history for my tastes. Civil war and slaughtering indians isn't my idea of fun.Deihjan

The UK had a civil war too.

There was one civil war 150 years ago, and that's it, your argument is invalid.

[QUOTE="CannedWorms"]

[QUOTE="p2250"] America is known as the land of the free, and is the leader of the free world. The UK really doesn't believe in freedom as strong as America does. They are certainly not willing to make sacrifices for it. I'm pretty sure that why America was founded in the first place.LJS9502_basic

Being your typical American, I am not much of a buff when it comes to UK history, but i assume that their history is much more interesting than that of the US, even if its only because UK's recorded history is longer.

UK, US is nothing but "So this businessman made this really amazing thing with the power of AMERICAN INGINUITY!".

You should change your title to "Which country has the more interesting history? US or UK?". You are implying that the US and UK are the 2 countries with the most interesting history and are battling for first spot.

UK.

[spoiler] Yes, I'm a nitpicker [/spoiler]

America ftw

The UK. Mainly because their medieval history trumps everything we have to offer.

And Robin Hood came out today. Woot.

And Robin Hood came out today.

airshocker