As has already been mentioned, the governments supported the US in direct opposition to the majority opinion of the people in their respective countries. The UK never saw demonstrations so big as the first one in London against the war.
I'm Irish, and almost everybody here was against it, so much that the Government explicitly stated it DID NOT ACTIVELY support the war (though it did passively). It simply stated that it allowed US planes to us Irish airspace. When pushed the Taoiseach (prime-minister) denied being a part of any coalition.
Also, before people start coming down on the EU for never being unified, bear in mind that every single country in the EU has to agree on a foreign policy before it can be implemented. This requires a series of painful compromises which whittle down foreign policy to next to nothing. That's why the EU is working on a constitution electing presidents and foreign ministers.
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Here's a three step plan to help you become a guru. First, go to the mountian and climb it.
Done that, got up as high as 14,000ft
Simply climbing it will help, but from the view on the mountian will make you wise.
Unless, of course, you climb into the middle of a cloud, in which case the view on the mountain will most likely make you vow never again. But of course, you always come back stirred on by the one day you didn't walk into a cloud.
Second, spend time on the mountian.
I've slept in the open air at 10,000ft. I'd recommend it to anyone. Though mostly what you learn is that mountains are really, really hard. And bumpy.
Third, master the mountian.
People who think they can master a mountain tend to have very diminished life spans. Though if you're ever in Ireland I can take you ten ways up Carrauntuohill.
Incidentally, I never, ever, asked for a GUI installer. I said it would be nice, and should be in 4.0 (to keep up with the times basically) but you should never ditch the text install. My point was that the text install should try to be clever, it should come up with good defaults and hide away the mechanics of how it works, while making them available via "Advanced" buttons and the like. Frankly now that I've got a framebuffer, jed and links, I'm really beginning to spend some quality time at the console:-)
With regard to bias, I was referring to the positive bias that tends to shade reviews. However you are right, I did spend most of the review bitching, the point of the whole thing was to draw attention to things I felt could be drastically improved with a little work. I'd really love to see Debian go into double figure market share.
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As has already been mentioned, the governments supported the US in direct opposition to the majority opinion of the people in their respective countries. The UK never saw demonstrations so big as the first one in London against the war.
I'm Irish, and almost everybody here was against it, so much that the Government explicitly stated it DID NOT ACTIVELY support the war (though it did passively). It simply stated that it allowed US planes to us Irish airspace. When pushed the Taoiseach (prime-minister) denied being a part of any coalition.
Also, before people start coming down on the EU for never being unified, bear in mind that every single country in the EU has to agree on a foreign policy before it can be implemented. This requires a series of painful compromises which whittle down foreign policy to next to nothing. That's why the EU is working on a constitution electing presidents and foreign ministers.
I'm the guy who wrote the article, just wanted to reply
Done that, got up as high as 14,000ft
Unless, of course, you climb into the middle of a cloud, in which case the view on the mountain will most likely make you vow never again. But of course, you always come back stirred on by the one day you didn't walk into a cloud.
I've slept in the open air at 10,000ft. I'd recommend it to anyone. Though mostly what you learn is that mountains are really, really hard. And bumpy.
People who think they can master a mountain tend to have very diminished life spans. Though if you're ever in Ireland I can take you ten ways up Carrauntuohill.
Incidentally, I never, ever, asked for a GUI installer. I said it would be nice, and should be in 4.0 (to keep up with the times basically) but you should never ditch the text install. My point was that the text install should try to be clever, it should come up with good defaults and hide away the mechanics of how it works, while making them available via "Advanced" buttons and the like. Frankly now that I've got a framebuffer, jed and links, I'm really beginning to spend some quality time at the console :-)
With regard to bias, I was referring to the positive bias that tends to shade reviews. However you are right, I did spend most of the review bitching, the point of the whole thing was to draw attention to things I felt could be drastically improved with a little work. I'd really love to see Debian go into double figure market share.