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frazzled

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11. Why does there need to be just one?

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 01:11 PM

Mar 2014

On this night of the Oscars, I often ask myself what it means to be "best." And there is no such thing, objectively. Same for ice skaters or pianists or whatever.

Whenever someone asks me what my "favorite" this or that is (color, movie, food, book etc.) I am flummoxed. I have never confined myself to a "best" anything: there are lots of things I like, and it varies depending on the context, mood, viewpoint, etc.

I think we should do away with superlatives. So I have no single country to which I feel friendliest. It might be different for different things: in politics, in food, in art, in music, in sports, in trade.

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As an American, what country do you feel friendliest towards? [View all] quinnox Mar 2014 OP

UK and then Canada and Mexico. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #1

Iceland. woo me with science Mar 2014 #2

You beat me to it! Zorra Mar 2014 #7

Spot on libodem Mar 2014 #14

LGBT rights in Iceland Zorra Mar 2014 #16

Wow sistah libodem Mar 2014 #24

You are absolutely right Aerows Mar 2014 #43

Florida Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #3

Now cut that out pscot Mar 2014 #5

Bad Boom Sound! NuclearDem Mar 2014 #10

Israel. n/t Keefer Mar 2014 #4

I loved Japan when I was there for a year. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #6

Iceland L0oniX Mar 2014 #8

Britain...with a shout-out to Uruguay! Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #9

Why does there need to be just one? frazzled Mar 2014 #11

My thoughts pipi_k Mar 2014 #23

UK, Canada, Germany Adrahil Mar 2014 #12

The United States. nt rrneck Mar 2014 #13

This cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #52

Great Britain, 2nd Bermuda. nt Waiting For Everyman Mar 2014 #15

Japan DJ13 Mar 2014 #17

Puerto Rico LittleBlue Mar 2014 #18

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick Fumesucker Mar 2014 #19

LOL MMcGuire Mar 2014 #20

Norway. Scuba Mar 2014 #21

Dare I ask why? KitSileya Mar 2014 #41

Norway is progressive Aerows Mar 2014 #44

Norwegians are a breed apart, that's for sure. KitSileya Mar 2014 #45

It sounds as though Aerows Mar 2014 #48

Progressive attitudes, beautiful settings, great people... Scuba Mar 2014 #46

I know how this will sound REP Mar 2014 #22

I have always liked Seattle. zappaman Mar 2014 #25

Other: Spain. Chan790 Mar 2014 #26

Uz-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan nt rdharma Mar 2014 #27

The USA. Iggo Mar 2014 #28

Scotland House of Roberts Mar 2014 #29

Great Britain KansDem Mar 2014 #30

Canada, as they are the nearest to Maine, and we have family there. GreenPartyVoter Mar 2014 #31

The Netherlands MrScorpio Mar 2014 #32

Canada minus Alberta. woofless Mar 2014 #33

I live and have lived very close to the Canadian border for decades cali Mar 2014 #34

Japan otohara Mar 2014 #35

Canada, then the UK, and Australia n/t Rhythm Mar 2014 #36

I'm sorry, I haven't got a nationalist bone in my body. hunter Mar 2014 #37

You think all countries are the same? nt Logical Mar 2014 #55

No. Ursula K. Le Guin. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas hunter Mar 2014 #59

America Jr. fujiyama Mar 2014 #38

all of them listed and then many more. Sunlei Mar 2014 #39

California. Throd Mar 2014 #40

I'm partial to Brazil myself. BainsBane Mar 2014 #42

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #47

I'm liking the German transformation to a renewable economy... Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #49

I can't choose between Canada & Great Britain. I like both. pacalo Mar 2014 #50

Stankonia. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2014 #51

Nice post Big Boi Renew Deal Mar 2014 #53

Mexico??? Why? nt Logical Mar 2014 #54

Why, you got something against Mexico? quinnox Mar 2014 #60

Extremely corrupt government! nt Logical Mar 2014 #61

Great Britain, because they gave us the Beatles. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2014 #56

The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark defacto7 Mar 2014 #57

Canada. RC Mar 2014 #58

JAPAN yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #62

Zhipangu Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #64

Canada really? MFM008 Mar 2014 #63