Phew and there was me worrying we'd decended into broad slander;/
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So free movement of people from poor/religious Poland to rich/secular France say. Not only can France not stop them coming but they have free rights to work and vote.
When we see this reciprocated between USA/Canada/Mexico you might have a leg to stand on.
Hmm I don't think you read my reply carefully as they was no 'bashing' of the US contained, rather a dismissal of the parents use of 'racist' moniker for all Europeans.
Actually I mean both. Europe is not a single entity and this assumption that the policies of some (generally quoting German policy) is somehow representative of other or the majority of counties is not helpful or correct.
The majority of Immigrants within European counties are from other European countries or certain associated areas. As of right and law they can vote in elections.
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Well of course having a criminal record doesn't per see disqualify you from the commons or Lords.
There is no way to remove a peerage save by Act of Parliament.[There was a proposal to expel those sentenced for a set period or greater from the lords but that has been abandoned for the moment.] This is too great a hurdle for practical use.
By contrast, knighthoods can be revoked by the Sovereign and have been on many occasions.
If what you say was true then we are in danger of running foreign policy accoring to the fluffy animal theory; namely that the only animals whose treatement we care about are soft and cudly and look cute.
Do we really want to abandon huge swathes of the globe simply because we know nothing about them. Shouldn't the most fundermental demonstration of our humanity be to try to create basic human rights in the most far flung corners of the world
Kosovo is part of Serbia, both were part of Yugoslavia (along with Bosnia Croatia etc). Yet the west was perfectly happily to intervene then. There was no UN resolution for Kosovo, making it just as legally flawed (if you presume that Iraq was illegal)
The UN charter protects the right to self-determination.Kosovo has as much or as little right to protection as Chechnya. Only the western response has been different.
I think this is self delusion. Ever since Bush took over its been one issue after another./. has been full enough of diatribes about the the US position on the environment, global trade & the international court.[& I'm not saying some of the point may not be valid]
Where were the street protests when Russia went into chechnya. Funny that people only develop a consience when its America. Otherwise they stay silent while far greater crimes are committed.
Sadly if they French and Russian governments had had their oil concessions protected (as they asked) then we would have had our UN resolution and I'm confident that some of the people who object so vocally would be saying the reverse. Hipocracy is alive and well.
Its naive to believe that anti-Americanism is not rife in some governments. The 'foreign policy' aspects of the new constitution are little more then the continuation of France's longstanding ambition to create a rival block to oppose America
Actually polls in the UK (at the time of the decision to go to war) showed the country pretty split with perhaps marginally more in favour than against.
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A simpler statement might be that a good majority of the EU population are anti-American irrespective of what they do. The objection to the war in Iraq was because it was America not because it was Iraq.
Its notable that with atrocities across the globe, where 10's of thousands have died barely registered on the global radar.
Err we are talking about the same UK!
Its been hard if not impossible to find a single poll that shows the UK population anything but deeply suspitious of the EU and many openly hostile. Closer intergration has been driven at a governmental level never a popular level.
"while foreign companies (using American ingenuity) may become their new employers."
Frankly I wonder how us Non-Americans ever invented the wheel. It seems Tocqueville believes ingenuity is only created by Americans and stolen by the rest of the world!
Not quite so:
Most people tend to forget that the state/federal levels of government are seperate and that aquittal at state level does not prevent the same charge [where 'equal' charges exist] being taken up at the federal level. Serving military personell can fall into this more easily than most....
In may respects this is a very logical step for the beeb. It has always had restrictions on its activities (to 'prevent' it competing with commercial broadcasters) The internet is one of the few mediums that it can really expand unhindered. Perhaps it returns it back most closely to its original core function - as a 'free to access' world wide broadcaster. Then it was long wave radio - now the internet..
Slashdot Mirror
SCO or Microsoft is one thing but /.ing hot goth chick sites..man thats just low.
Hell freezing over?
Will the movie characters strafe jumping away from the monsters?
heh, then again just go to the nearest McDonalds or Buger King - they are usually stacked full of Americans.
Phew and there was me worrying we'd decended into broad slander ;/
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So free movement of people from poor/religious Poland to rich/secular France say. Not only can France not stop them coming but they have free rights to work and vote.
When we see this reciprocated between USA/Canada/Mexico you might have a leg to stand on.
Hmm I don't think you read my reply carefully as they was no 'bashing' of the US contained, rather a dismissal of the parents use of 'racist' moniker for all Europeans.
Actually I mean both. Europe is not a single entity and this assumption that the policies of some (generally quoting German policy) is somehow representative of other or the majority of counties is not helpful or correct. The majority of Immigrants within European counties are from other European countries or certain associated areas. As of right and law they can vote in elections.
:) Well of course having a criminal record doesn't per see disqualify you from the commons or Lords. There is no way to remove a peerage save by Act of Parliament.[There was a proposal to expel those sentenced for a set period or greater from the lords but that has been abandoned for the moment.] This is too great a hurdle for practical use. By contrast, knighthoods can be revoked by the Sovereign and have been on many occasions.
You are forgetting representative peers of the realm. No member of the House of Lords can vote.
Odd how many of those European countries accept more immigrants per head than the US with all those 'racist' attitudes...
"and its cost per employee is about $300K" Well at least we now know they have bought all MS software licenses on a per user basis!
Ctrl+E is between Ctrl +W/R which close/reload the page. Apparently too many accidents made this change desirable.
All Child pron discussions merit a visit to http://www.thinkofthechildren.co.uk
If what you say was true then we are in danger of running foreign policy accoring to the fluffy animal theory; namely that the only animals whose treatement we care about are soft and cudly and look cute. Do we really want to abandon huge swathes of the globe simply because we know nothing about them. Shouldn't the most fundermental demonstration of our humanity be to try to create basic human rights in the most far flung corners of the world
Kosovo is part of Serbia, both were part of Yugoslavia (along with Bosnia Croatia etc). Yet the west was perfectly happily to intervene then. There was no UN resolution for Kosovo, making it just as legally flawed (if you presume that Iraq was illegal)
The UN charter protects the right to self-determination.Kosovo has as much or as little right to protection as Chechnya. Only the western response has been different.
I think this is self delusion. Ever since Bush took over its been one issue after another. /. has been full enough of diatribes about the the US position on the environment, global trade & the international court.[& I'm not saying some of the point may not be valid]
Where were the street protests when Russia went into chechnya. Funny that people only develop a consience when its America. Otherwise they stay silent while far greater crimes are committed.
Sadly if they French and Russian governments had had their oil concessions protected (as they asked) then we would have had our UN resolution and I'm confident that some of the people who object so vocally would be saying the reverse. Hipocracy is alive and well.
Its naive to believe that anti-Americanism is not rife in some governments. The 'foreign policy' aspects of the new constitution are little more then the continuation of France's longstanding ambition to create a rival block to oppose America
Actually polls in the UK (at the time of the decision to go to war) showed the country pretty split with perhaps marginally more in favour than against. > A simpler statement might be that a good majority of the EU population are anti-American irrespective of what they do. The objection to the war in Iraq was because it was America not because it was Iraq. Its notable that with atrocities across the globe, where 10's of thousands have died barely registered on the global radar.
Err we are talking about the same UK! Its been hard if not impossible to find a single poll that shows the UK population anything but deeply suspitious of the EU and many openly hostile. Closer intergration has been driven at a governmental level never a popular level.
"while foreign companies (using American ingenuity) may become their new employers." Frankly I wonder how us Non-Americans ever invented the wheel. It seems Tocqueville believes ingenuity is only created by Americans and stolen by the rest of the world!
Not quite so: Most people tend to forget that the state/federal levels of government are seperate and that aquittal at state level does not prevent the same charge [where 'equal' charges exist] being taken up at the federal level. Serving military personell can fall into this more easily than most....
In may respects this is a very logical step for the beeb. It has always had restrictions on its activities (to 'prevent' it competing with commercial broadcasters) The internet is one of the few mediums that it can really expand unhindered. Perhaps it returns it back most closely to its original core function - as a 'free to access' world wide broadcaster. Then it was long wave radio - now the internet..