Europe takes aim at U.S. space monopoly

[red_jon]

Pekka - it would help if your country wasn't fictional.

[Pekka]

red_jon, good point..

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Japher


What is Europe going to use accurate GPS data for? It's not like the need to launch a missle up some bastards ass now, is it?


Well, at least not France

Well, you never know if there isn´t some day a Bastard you want to launch a Missile at.
And if you want to it is useful to have the ability to have your Missile really hit the target


Maybe for example Europe declares their war against Spam Mailers.
It wouldn´t be nice, if they hit any house of an innocent person in the Neighbourhood instead of the home of one these foul criminal, because they lack GPS Data

[Pekka]

Besides, true Euros fight each other with every little thing there is 'no we want that department of EU' 'no we want it!' 'your food sucks' 'no pizzas rule you ignorant stupid mongoloid!'. That is true Europe. Nothing ever gets done. And we feel that we're the best people in the world and other people are stupid, fat or lazy, or all of the above. That's Europe for you guys. Refusing to speak english, refusing to help others, that's Europe.
Being dependant from everyone else in this world, yet think we are elite of all, that's Europe.

[lightblue]

Originally posted by Pekka
lightblue, yes.. but you are British.

Nope

Dutch national, did most of my schooling in Luxembourg, lived the last 7 in the UK.

So I do know what the little countries think

[Japher]

Well, you never know if there isn´t some day a Bastard you want to launch a Missile at.

They can always call up the US. Heck, we are always in the mood to launch missles...

[Pekka]

Well then you're a true Euro, living in so many countries.
Also you must look at the map and see where we are. When people are travelling Europe, they never come here. We are so far north and lots of sea in the middle to from central Europe (except if you go through east) that no one ever bothers. That's ok, it's not really worth it either, but that separates us from 'the TRUE' Europe too.

We are just a funny little place in north, maybe one of the borders who cares. So, no I do not feel very Euro.
We speak your language, yet you don't speak ours. We visit you, yet you don't visit us. So it's a bit tough to feel European, when everyone else don't think you really are. Get my point?

But I'm not saying 'DAMN YOU!'.. it's ok... but I just don't feel Euro that's it. Besides, if there was some championship games or olympics, I don't go 'well at least the winner was from Europe'.. or I don't shout 'EUROPE! EUROPE!'. Man, I rather chant U S A! U S A! That even sounds better.

And you know what else is different with Euros and lets say Americans? When I talk to Americans, they make a good conversation usually and ask about things and learn. They have 0 knowledge before it, but they want to be nice and learn something, because that is a sign of respect. I like it a lot. I know who JFK is, but does the guy know who Mikko Töppönen was? No, but he asks about it, because that's a nice thing to ask.
And no, most Europeans DON'T do that. And that's why they never learn anything about others. They don't care for the least bit. And that keeps them ignorant and stupid. Besides, Americans don't have much reasons to know us, but Euros should know us pretty good. You know, we are here and all that...

[Pekka]

lightblue, and you have lived in small countries, so you know that people from little countries 'that are insignificant' are very proud people. They're proud of who they are and what they are. When someone doesn't give a crap about it, then how is the person to be expected to respect that person? I don't have to walk in there beating my chest 'I AM FINNISH! KNEEL BEFORE ME! READ AND LEARN!'.

But if you never took the time to learn anything about us, that shows you don't care about us at all. Who can you care if you don't know us?

It's like people here are giving hard time to Albert Speer all the time 'well why don't you go outside Philly and get to know places and stuff' as it is a bad thing. Well you don't know us either, we're in Europe, and yet you claim to be European. And we're not another city next to Philadelphia, we are a country damn it.

[Sandman]

How much do you know about Galacia, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Brittany or Wales, Pekka?

[Japher]

Galacia, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Brittany or Wales, Pakka

Aren't those the moons of Neptune?

Except for Wales, Pekka... I think that one hovers around Uranus

Yeah, stupid joke...

Edit: Pekka Pakka , sounds like a bad Greek rip off of a Jack-in-the-Box sandwich

[Drake Tungsten]

I just go with a Welsh flag, because Wales is good.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by BeBro
Then you guys have nothing to worry about

I'm just curious why you have to use the same frequency we do for our system.

[Victor Galis]

If it makes you feel any better, I have been to Finland before.

[Pekka]

I have been in Malta, so I know quite a bunch about it. Nice place, very small though. Nice castles, and those knights were brave.. first border fighters for Europe!
Beautiful women, too much tourists... Very interesting history, and there are great museums that display weaponry and gear what knights had and all that. Is in Mediterranian and capital is Valetta, Valette or something like that. I could try to really think about everything I know about it, and what I saw, but I think I made my point in the case of Malta already.

Galacia.. isn't that in Spain? I don't know very much about this one. But I know it's in Spain or next to it. I think I can point it on the map too.

Macedonia. Is located in the eastern Europe, and little to the south. Close to Greece. I can point it on the map. I'm not sure of their population, but I know for a fact that it is smaller than ours (we are appx 5 million). Famous folks, like Alexander the Great was there. They had conflict with Greeks about who it belongs to. There was some kind of genocide of Macedonians at one point, not sure when it was but it was a long time ago. Balkans is a heated place!

Moldova. Former USSR, so in Eastern Europe. I can point it on the map, close to Black Sea. Lots of fighting and invading there happened long time ago (Turks, Russians). That's pretty much about it though.

Brittany? Hm.. and old French place? It's next to France, or in France. They're little Islands too. I don't know very much about Brittany. I think I can point them on map.

Wales, easy one. The names of some places in there are very long written and they look funny to me, foreigner.
Listen everybody knows Wales ok.

What's the point Sandman?

[red_jon]

Wales is appalling. I should know.