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Belgium gives in.
In a nod to common sense the government of Belgium has announced that they will amend the much talked about & abused law which allows Belgian courts to bring to trail anyone from anywhere in the world. For the past 10 years the law has been in effect and a great many frivolous law suites have been filed including ones which alleged that both President Bush & Prime Minister Blair were guilty of war crimes.
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I´m not quite happy, but given the potential for abuse I think they did the right thing.Blah -
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Belgium ought not have given in. Infact, they should have deployed two carrier battle groups off the eastern seaboard just to prove that you don't mess with them."Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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These Belgiummers must be Belgiumming Belgiummed up. This Belgiumming law is the only Belgiumming thing they had going for them.
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Apart from their beer.
"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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I think the law itself is bullocks, but I don't like Belgium has given in to the USA.
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That law always reminded me of the old Monty Python one-liner on how to balance the budget in the UK:
"I think we should tax all foreigners living abroad."Comment
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What BeBro said.Originally posted by BeBro
I´m not quite happy, but given the potential for abuse I think they did the right thing."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
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If the law was bollocks, why does it matter why they changed it?Originally posted by Maniac
I think the law itself is bullocks, but I don't like Belgium has given in to the USA.
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Belgium did NOT amend the law because of American pressure.
At least, that is what our politicians say.
Anyway, removing NATO headquarters from Brussels would cost an estimate 3000 jobs.
Removing American traffic from the port of Antwerp a great deal more.veni vidi PWNED!Comment
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Congratulations! You win the award for the Most Gratuitous Use of the Word "Belgium" in a Serious Apolyton OT Thread.Originally posted by St Leo
These Belgiummers must be Belgiumming Belgiummed up. This Belgiumming law is the only Belgiumming thing they had going for them.
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Are you American, Lorizael? I am pretty sure that the Belgium tirade only appears in the American edition of the third book. I, personally, have the British edition which lacks it.
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This law was wack, but no more wack then Helms-Burton.
OK OK, it was a little more wack.
Maybe the Beligian courts/parliament can just hold special sessions to list 'people abroad we don't like'.
The North Koreans do it."Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
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If the law was bollocks, why does it matter why they changed it?I don't like Belgium has given in to the USA.Comment
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