-ive ≠ -ed

If Americans were more adept at that language which they want to incorrectly attribute as being "the official language" of the United States, there wou'd be a lot less miscommunication on and off line.

In dating: Attractive does not equal Attracted. I can notice that someone/something is attractive without being attractive to them/it. Secretariat, Iman, and fritillaria meleagris are all living things I have been easily able to point to and call attractive, but never once have actually felt "attracted to" any of them. Further, people can actually be attracted to individuals that they might not actually consider attractive looking.

In social discourse: Offensive does not equal Offended. I can notice that something/someone says is offensive without actually feeling personally offended. Further, it is a common "subtle" slight on facebook to tell someone you are "sorry to have offended them" when they have not stated that they are offended. It implies you think they took offense in error and are being "over-sensitive"/
It is a backhanded response.

So please, if English is your native language, or if you consider yourself "highly fluent" in it, learn these things. It is not hard, and to refuse to do so shows willful ignorance.

When violences is so inherent in our society that it becomes a thing of cutesy slogans.

I am not a very religious person, but I was raised Christian and I have read the bible mostly straight through. And this pisses me off:
From a wheel cover on a jeep, "God will Judge Our Enemies.
We will arrange the meeting."

Now, some people might find this "funny" or a proud slogan. If you really think about it, what all this says, it is so much of what is wrong with the Christian right in the U.S.
You see, it assumes that their enemies are going against god, possibly just for being their enemies. It assumes that they know for a fact that they are on the right side of god and their enemies are not.
"We will arrange the meeting" is a cute euphemism for murdering your enemies. So this statement completely ignores the fact that from one of the earliest stories in Genesis, god has been telling us not to kill or murder, and that he does actually punish people for that. So the assumption that the speaker of this statement will not be judged for killing his enemies is very much against everything it says in the bible. And while it starts out saying "God will judge" it is in fact, a ridiculously judgemental statement, by making assumption that his enemies will be judged and found in the wrong, as evidenced by the fact that the speaker seems to be under the assumption that they are within their rights to kill their enemies. So, punishment before judgemental is their S.O.P.? I have yet to see that in the bible.
I am so tired of these hyper-masculine, violent, and hateful statements like this being considered acceptable in our culture.

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The mouse sighed sweetly as he looked at the sky. Ah well, the rain is gone, so much for that. He knew that it was not enough rain for the seeds to germinate and start growing. The other mice did not care and would probably eat the seeds. But this mouse always saved some to grow more for the weeks ahead. Some of the plants were nice to nibble on while growing, and soon, they would bud and then grow fruit and seeds. If only he could convince the other mice to listen, there would be plenty of food for all, if they just held back now.
He closed his umbrella and hoped for more rain.