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  1. Originally posted by yuri31:[..]

    I think of them as merely Albanians and therefore don't approve of Kosovo. Albanians already have a country of their own, so if the people of Kosovo want to live in a country that belongs to their nationality, they should move to Albania. A huge number of people who study in the Czech Republic are Slovaks, and lots of them will stay there permanently. Now, with a huge Slovak population in the Cezch Republic, should those people call for a new country? No. There are so many national minorities in the world that if each of them wanted to gain independence, there'd be thousands of countries.


    Your logic is not fool proof. There have been 'albanians' in albania and kosovo for centuries. The whole problem there is that borders have been drawn in the past that did not 'fit' the population. That is why there is tension.

    But the problem you sketch is correct. I dont see the need for every population needing a separate country. Especially since we are now all united in the same union
  2. Originally posted by Risto:[..]

    Your logic is not fool proof. There have been 'albanians' in albania and kosovo for centuries. The whole problem there is that borders have been drawn in the past that did not 'fit' the population. That is why there is tension.


    I know that borders have been drawn that way. We have a 'problem' like this here, too. Slovakia used to be a part of the Austria-Hungary monarchy and ever since Czechoslovakia declared independence in 1918, there has been a huge Hungarian minority in the south of the country. There's this silly movement which intends to declare autonomy. I see no reason why they should be given it.

    Dealing with minorities is one of the greatest weaknesses of the European Union.
  3. Its all politics. Shrink countries, unite them, break them apart again, etc.



  4. They just can't bleed all the nations into one. The whole thing is bound to collapse.


  5. We can only hope its not in our life time


  6. I'm afraid it is

    Seeing the way things are heading in my country and the idleness of my generation, I sometimes get this silly thought that I'm one of those who'll have to take things in their own hands.
  7. Maybe u2start should start collecting money for our own u2 island

    Only fights there'll be are about the setlists

    We could defend it by playing Stuck loud on the beach


  9. That is correct. The European Union is weak when it comes to that. Divide and conquer, that's what everybody wants. As long as problems are pointed inwards, countries can't be a problem for other surrouding countries. So that's wahy they leave it just the way it is.
    Until now, the European Union never really made a fist when it was needed.

  10. And finally our cabinet has fallen...after 16 (!) hours of talking they decided that they could not go on. Goodbye to one of our worst cabinets ever!

  11. And still NATO wants holland to stay
  12. Originally posted by MirrorballBoy:And finally our cabinet has fallen...after 16 (!) hours of talking they decided that they could not go on. Goodbye to one of our worst cabinets ever!




    Good riddens indeed.....
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