Originally Posted by Azhar

I'm not sure if I should speak about Syria or Lebanon since I feel like both countries are home to me so I guess I'll just talk about both.
I love the culture and history of both countries and I love the people. I also really love Lebanese food and Arabic music in general. The underground music scene in Lebanon is great and I'm grateful to have had the chance to see so many great musicians in concert over the past few years.

Now on to what I dislike. First and foremost, I hate all the conflict and the wars. I hate how people have to lose their lives over politics. I hate the dictators and the people who are so greedy and hungry for power that they are willing to let their people starve and die. I also really hate how people see this **** on the news and assume all Arabs are barbaric and bloodthirsty savages. Basically, I just want all the fighting to stop and I want to be able to make it out of university alive and get a job and a house and live in peace and then die of old age or a stroke or whatever and I wish to be buried in Aleppo, my hometown but it's under ISIS control right now so who knows. Hopefully they'll get the **** out soon.

Originally Posted by Isbjørn

Norway, pros:
Decent economy
Simple electoral process
Well-functioning democracy
Rich cultural heritage
Welfare state

Cons:
Everything is goddamned expensive, man
Our right-leaning government is the bluest we've had since WWII
Our NATO membership makes us America's bitch
When it's not raining, it's snowing
We're **** at respecting the environment, even though we're considered "good" for being a first-world country

Originally Posted by Black Francis

Puerto Rico

Pros:

Great weather
Friendly people
Curvy women
Patriotic citizens
Rich Culture

Cons:

Reggeaton
Opportunistic & Lazy
Crooked leaders
Bad economy
High crime rate

I luv my country, but we basically live by sucking America's tits.
We don't really feel an attachment to other hispanic cultures except for spaniards and africans cause those are the core ethnicities of our melting pot but in modern times we've tried to model ourselves in America's example.

Originally Posted by Ninetales

theres just no cons of Canada sorry everyone

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I can see Franco applying for a visa now...

Originally Posted by Trollheart

If you have time, I'd love to get your insights on the Metal scene in Syria, as it's one of the four countries I'm looking at for "The International Language of Metal" in Metal Month III in October...