Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We Americans see a number of countries in Europe using the same currency called the Euro, same laws, and we see courts with jurisdiction between countries. It very much looks as if Europe is some kind of Orwellian melting pot losing its individual identities. Americans are not breed to be so docile as to easily give over its internal affairs to an entity called the World Court as Europeans have urged us to do. Sam wasn't so far off the mark when he called Europe Europe. If you need to know what makes up Europe, just think who is it that will accept Euro bills. Allan On Tuesday, August 6, 2002, at 04:48 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > What is "Europe"? Do you mean Switzerland, or Denmark, or Greece? > Because > there are huge differences--Europe consists of different countries, FYI, > with vastly different cultures and vastly different probabilities of > having > your pocket picked. Hell, people even speak different languages here, > imagine that! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html