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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 06:58 PM Original message |
Flemish Separatists Win in Belgium |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who wants to separate from who ?? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch speaking portion) wants to separate from Wallonia...... |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thank you |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Stupid sexy Flanders |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. lol |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Nothing at all! Nothing at all! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm on the side of whichever one is making the chocolate. n/t |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Leonidas chocolates......Yummy |
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Dirigo (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It Is A Crime To Separate The Creme From The Flem |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm confused... |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The Flemish are the oppressed. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. but the article says |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. but if I understand correctly |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. They do now and the tables have completely turned since WWII. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. can you tell me |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. In that case... |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. don't forget the beer. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Does that mean you can't get a Flemish Sour at the same place you could get a Poorter? |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is a big deal, especially with the EU presidency coming. |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. I have some friends here from Belgium, they |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Belgium is already small. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Headed toward a Europe of the Regions |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I think nationalism will still prevail in those countries. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Back to the a modern Holy Roman Empire... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. True, but Belgium is doing it more quickly than the EU is prepared to have it. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. shrug -- i'm a big believer in the right of self determination. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Many Europeans are very provincial... |
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Cartoonist (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Nationalism isn't dead anywhere |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Trust me, we learned this VERY quickly firsthand with our European exchange students. |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. welcome news .nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Would you mind explaining your answer? |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. the Walloons are oppressed ,nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Your answer is quite incomplete... |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. the north pays more than its share of tax, because it is richer |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. there's a long history behind the current situation |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Very confusing..... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. PHLEGMS VOTE FOR EXPECTORATION! |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. Tribalism is primative with all of its trappings and little to offer the common good. |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. see this link, for an example |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
38. hmm, will seperation from each other be as dramatic |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
41. They're both screwed |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Thats interesting |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I've been sowing the seeds of this for some time |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. And I voted for them. They are NOT separatists and we do NOT hate the walloons |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. Stupid Flanders |
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