The "Euro Crisis" - Both more and less than meets the eye | 86 comments (86 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The "Euro Crisis" (none / 1)

for all the venom unleashed in the present crisis, there is some way to go yet before Europeans start shooting at each other.

A clear benefit of the EU is that at this point, Europeans barely have anything to shoot each other with.

If you ignore banks, that is.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Nov 17th, 2010 at 08:09:57 PM EST

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ThatBritGuy:

If you ignore banks, that is.

Was that banks or blanks?

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by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Wed Nov 17th, 2010 at 08:57:52 PM EST
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I dearly hope it was suposed to be 'banks' nt (none / 1)

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Thu Nov 18th, 2010 at 02:43:05 PM EST
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Re: The "Euro Crisis" (none / 0)

I would guess the EU has more soldiers/capita then the US had in say 1855. Fortunately we have a demographic profile with much lower percentage of young men.

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by A swedish kind of death on Thu Nov 18th, 2010 at 04:23:09 PM EST
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The "Euro Crisis" - Both more and less than meets the eye | 86 comments (86 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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