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Sept 19, 2009 18:28:34 GMT -5
Post by Ganbare! on Sept 19, 2009 18:28:34 GMT -5
^This is sad and funny all rolled up into one! And I don't live in a rural area.
You're kind of big on fallacious statements without any argumentation, but whatever your prejudice, this is going off topic..
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EuropEA
Sept 19, 2009 18:52:33 GMT -5
Post by milkman's baby on Sept 19, 2009 18:52:33 GMT -5
Your location reads "Paris is burning" which I took as some kind of sarcasm, so I had no idea where you really live. And so far, you're the only one in this thread who hasn't really been talking about Europe. So blow the snot out of votre nez and tell us something about Europe. You listen to Yelle? Do you like Nutella?
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EuropEA
Sept 19, 2009 19:11:51 GMT -5
Post by Ganbare! on Sept 19, 2009 19:11:51 GMT -5
I changed it 2 days ago but thanks for noticing. I've been hitting the dancefloor at the 'Techno Parade' with friends and visited private art collections at the Pompidou Centre, all this for free.
Anyone have been following the EU Milk crisis? The EU is regularly under heavy fire but their achievements receive so little coverage. Access to culture has never been less elitist thanks to government subsidizing.
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EuropEA
Sept 19, 2009 23:29:32 GMT -5
Post by palaver on Sept 19, 2009 23:29:32 GMT -5
Back in good shape, I see. Just don't get into any personal arguments with the women here. Stick with me, and I should keep you out of trouble. Actually post-WWI Turkey was founded through a war for independence with Turkish nationalists led by Mustafa Ataturk who revolted against the imposed Treaty of Sevres after WWI and won decisively against the occupation of U.K., Greece, France, Italy and Armenia in Anatolia. The Allies--or British, French, and Italians--would've never signed the Treaty of Lausanne, which established the Republic of Turkey, if the U.S. had not interceded. The British had the Sultan locked up in his palace. He was ready sign and rubber stamp whatever document the Allies were ready to present. It was the U.S. that first recognized Mustafa Ataturk and his rebels as the legitimate representatives of the Ottomans--and not the Sultan the British had under house arrest. It was an honorable thing for the U.S. to do at that time. Eisenhower did the same with Egypt during the Suez Crisis, threatening a (financial) attack on the British currency market if they did not withdraw from Egypt. U.S. intentions were well and good until we started running out of oil. Otherwise, the European powers would've put down the Turks like they did every other Arab revolt in the region. Notice: Despite how much the citizens of Turkey and Egypt hate the U.S.--more so than the citizens of Iran--those two countries are still considered/reported to be close allies of the U.S. regardless of public opinion. Among their ruling elites, the bonds of history hold more sway than the recent crimes and transgressions of a nation disparate for Mid-East oil.
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Sept 20, 2009 5:11:04 GMT -5
Post by Subuatai on Sept 20, 2009 5:11:04 GMT -5
@palaver Ah, thanks for clarifying EDIT: Actually I just had to clarify this with some historians and actually what you said is rather untrue. Here's the sources/info: USA wasn't one of the sides in the treatment. They only sent their diplomatic observer(Charles Sherrill) to watch the political process. www.hri.org/docs/lausanne/ (Full text of Lausanne) The Lausanne Treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 by the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania, and the "Serbo-Croat-Slovene" State on one part and Turkey on the other. wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Treaty_of_LausanneThe US was among the nations that recognised the Lausanne Treaty the last, which was in 1926 or so. The French and British openly admitted defeat against the forces of Ankara and they had to sign it. Actually the French had withdrawn from the war quite earlier. milkman's babyHeh your friends are right, there is Neo-Nazism in Russia, but yes only they represent a minority ~ 0.01% of the population. Most Russians don't even encounter it and only heard about it. The media also seems to hide the fact that white-Russians are also at the recieving end of these attacks by other ethnics - especially the Chechens and even other white-Russians who despise Nazis. So I wouldn't worry too much about studying in Russia. If you do meet up with Neo-Nazis you must have very good(bad) luck because most can't even find em! But even though you'll probably be lucky enough to see only a beating - and not a beating of ethnics actually - but you'll see skinheads themselves getting their ass handed to them. Kinda like this heh: www.break.com/index/skinheads_vs_skaters.htmlI'm actually starting to see a trend with racists, even here most of the racists are the dole bluggers or those with a very low income. On a psychological perspective you are right that having a belief of superiority by racial birth helps them cope with their inferiority as individuals.
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