From: Hatunen on 15 Aug 2006 11:43 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:34:13 +0200, Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >On 14 Aug 2006 18:09:13 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>No. Just pointing out the fact that the reason so many Euros have >>passports is due to hatred and bigotry, not some cultural superiority >>as has been implied. > >Very bizzare response. Not as bizarre as it looks at first glance. Passports are a result of World War One. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: barney2 on 15 Aug 2006 11:44 In article <afo3e29s9vatkuqdhim2bns62ael8sct2v(a)4ax.com>, hatunen(a)cox.net (Hatunen) wrote: > Well, duh. That's hardly a good comparison. The EU doesn't really > have a particularly democratic form of government, so why bother? > > These cultural comparisons between the USA and Europe are silly, > but if you're going to do it perhaps they might be more fairly > made between Europe and Canada/USA/Mexico, but even within the > USA there is a great deal of diversity I think the key is to restrict ourselves to comparisons between groups of comparable size: can we find two groups each comprising 5% of the population of the U.S. (or North America) as different from each other as two groups each comprising 5% of the population of Europe? What if we raise it to 10%? 20%? Or, on the other hand, we could recognise that most attempts at discussing it are perceived (even if not intended) as oneupmanship, and abandon the project entirely...
From: The Reid on 15 Aug 2006 12:00 Following up to Hatunen >The naarby Pascua Yaqui are quite >different, from Kansans, and from Navajos and Mexicans, and from >their neighbs, the Tohono O'odham. > >Yes I think we can claim quite a few different and distinct >cultures. We even have Basques in some areas. We probably have some Basques here, I doubt that much like visiting the Basque country any more than going to parts of Birmingham are like going to Pakistan! -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: The Reid on 15 Aug 2006 12:00 Following up to Dave Frightens Me >>> Contrast this with Athens and Berlin. A tiny minority of the people have >>> shared fluency in any language. >> >>Almost all speak English. > >*chuckle* > >You would be one of those ignorant yanks if you believe this! that's a classic, "everybody in Europe speaks English". Is the man trolling? -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: Dave Frightens Me on 15 Aug 2006 13:00
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:43:22 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:34:13 +0200, Dave Frightens Me ><deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: > >>On 14 Aug 2006 18:09:13 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>No. Just pointing out the fact that the reason so many Euros have >>>passports is due to hatred and bigotry, not some cultural superiority >>>as has been implied. >> >>Very bizzare response. > >Not as bizarre as it looks at first glance. Passports are a >result of World War One. His inclusion of the phrase "so many" suggests that's not what he meant. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |