Thread: Seriousness US/Europe Cultural Divide -- Musings
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Old 04-20-2009, 03:38 AM   #396
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson View Post
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What is the point of talking if, even after 440 posts, "Europe" is still being described as a monolithic, communist/totalitarian-leaning, constitution-less place, populated by people willing to give up all of their rights at the drop of a hat to whichever populist dictator comes along next; nor do or did they even care to have these fundamental, unalienable rights to begin with?
Sure, Europe "has its own problems", but talking about Europe like Fox News would, talking about how the fact that the continent has seen continuous occupation for a while now "proves" that we're "at bedrock" still a bunch of absolutists that would despair as soon as the government didn't do something for us is beyond inane.
*lol* Exaggeration hopefully furthers the understanding - it does feel like this sometimes

BTW, isn't it only UK that does not have a formal constitution?
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