tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post7059061386631365127..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: They've already started!WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-52085845660229206982011-04-12T10:08:54.263-07:002011-04-12T10:08:54.263-07:00W42 AgreedW42 AgreedWitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-55864534372485709082011-04-12T08:13:23.036-07:002011-04-12T08:13:23.036-07:00I want my own culture and NO political interferenc...I want my own culture and NO political interference!<br /><br />I think we are disagreeing over interpretation WfW. Of course I want my own culture, and as you realise I want out from the political situation.<br />Just that many of the ordinary people in Europe want exactly those same things. Not a shared culture but countries where each is able to freely enjoy their own (or indeed one another's as a visitor).<br />I feel there are many potential allies among European people and we shouldn't write them off or label them with the political institution.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-40774672580739459222011-04-12T06:24:06.575-07:002011-04-12T06:24:06.575-07:00I want my own culture and NO political interferenc...<i> I want my own culture and NO political interference! </i><br /><br />Do you know how often I read those same words in German on Die Welt blogs ? You would be stunned to see how many people in Europe agree with this sentiment.<br /><br />Yet NO party has managed to establish itself at any Pan-EU level - even online - as a forum for this viewpoint to be expressed.<br /><br />It is frankly astounding considering how few Blogs there are in Germany compared to say Netherlands.<br /><br />http://de.vroniplag.wikia.com/wiki/VroniPlag_Wiki<br /><br />See how this Blog is looking at plagiarism in politicians' PhD theses and has now alighted upon Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Vice President of the EU Parliament.<br /><br />It gets better and betterTomTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-29572847234896838402011-04-12T00:45:58.384-07:002011-04-12T00:45:58.384-07:00WfW. I agree with you. The ideal situation would b...WfW. I agree with you. The ideal situation would be a Europe with each country as a separate entity once again.<br /><br />After that, there is nothing stopping any of them striking up all sorts of deals with each other if that's what their people want.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-30646704298052458562011-04-11T13:09:59.459-07:002011-04-11T13:09:59.459-07:00Sue: Refer email.
W42: Sorry but disagree - I do ...Sue: Refer email.<br /><br />W42: Sorry but disagree - I do NOT wish to be one people. I don't mind mixing socially but at the end of the day I am not French, German, Italian etc etc.<br /><br />I want my own culture and NO political interference!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-53161070144625660552011-04-11T13:06:46.304-07:002011-04-11T13:06:46.304-07:00To some extent I am quite happy to be 'one peo...To some extent I am quite happy to be 'one people'. Most of the Europeans, western Europe anyhow, I have met have similar underlying values, needs and ideals to me and I value the opportunity to mix with and get to know them.<br />The problem is the EU bureaucratic structure with its undemocratic authoritarian control trying to make us all subserviant and the same. <br />That's the bit we don't want, and indeed neither do most of the other Europeans I have met!<br />Perhaps we need to be careful to differentiate between the people and the politics.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-38921747491989906112011-04-11T12:45:22.123-07:002011-04-11T12:45:22.123-07:00I'm laughing hard. Do RSS feeds on your browse...I'm laughing hard. Do RSS feeds on your browser.... you'll be surprised what pops up!<br /><br />I found that page when looking for something to do with the EU refusing to celebrate 60 years of peace and prosperity on a feed from the EU!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.com