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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
It's not about the words. He was using a metaphor, not claiming equivalence.
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Well why are we worried about Ukraine? The EU has stopped all wars in Europe since 1945 or was that a lie like the EU Army? Maybe they should paint it on a Catalan riot shield?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
It's not about the words. He was using a metaphor, not claiming equivalence."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
THe EU wasn't around in the 40s so I doubt they made this claim. I forget the dates from GCSE History - we had to learn the dates the EEC, EC and EU were formed, who the members were, yada yada. Did it have an even earlier iteration? Come on Gibbon, you can post something useful and relevant for once...
It's the EU that claimed they had stopped all European war since 1945, as part of their rationale for us staying in their club. This was mainly from Germany, Italy and France - hilarious since two were protagonists, and the other a silent non-participant (bar some brave Free French of course). Doubly hilarious since they missed out the Balkan war, which was fairly significant...
As for Boris's comment, I really can't be bothered to argue. It's nothing to do with love (or anything else) for Boris though.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
THe EU wasn't around in the 40s so I doubt they made this claim. I forget the dates from GCSE History - we had to learn the dates the EEC, EC and EU were formed, who the members were, yada yada. Did it have an even earlier iteration? Come on Gibbon, you can post something useful and relevant for once...
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2...d-peace-europe
A few years ago, the EU was awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The Scottish Herald described the award as ‘crass’, one which would inflame ‘tensions when many of the EU’s 500 million citizens have been thrown into penury by the worst recession since the 1930s.’ I remember some thought it was a joke. Lord Lamont was quoted saying the decision was ‘preposterous and absurd.’
But the Nobel committee was serious. It applauded the EU for its contribution over six decades to ‘the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe’ and being instrumental in ‘transforming most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace.’
Now, the Remain campaign point to the attainment of peace in Europe as one if its highest ranking achievements. Whatever else it may have or have not done, the Union has helped avoid war between the current members of the EU since 1945. David Cameron makes that very point today, reminding us that countries previously at ‘each others’ throats’ now lived and worked together for peace. Even Boris Johnson in the Leave camp has been reluctant to contradict the assertion. He says the EU was ‘born of the highest motives – to keep the peace in Europe.’Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
In the era of sound bite media it is about the words.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
By "Sound bite" you mean something simplistically content free but melodious sounding that stops the need for rational thought?Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
By "Sound bite" you mean something simplistically content free but melodious sounding that stops the need for rational thought?
Thank a certain Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair for this."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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