How many languages do we speak?

[Provost Harrison]

Me? Implying something? Nooooooooo

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Me? Implying something? Nooooooooo

[Provost Harrison]

Well at least we can laugh about it now. All happy Euros together

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Well at least we can laugh about it now. All happy Euros together

did i mention that that irish girl was awufully cute?

[Wernazuma III]

German: my native language
English: Pretty good AFAIK
Spanish: Bastante bien si no estoy equivocado.
Italian: Non so molto ma basta per communicarmi.
French: 6 ans dans l'école mais toujours très pauvre...
Nahuatl: Ahmo nicmati huel auh nicacicamati oc achi momoztlae.

[ranskaldan]

oh yes... paiktis, i've got a question to ask you.

is there still a popular "Megali Idea" in Greece? As in, do many people think that Greece should include Constantinople, Smyrna, Cyprus, and all that? If yes, how popular is it?

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by ranskaldan
oh yes... paiktis, i've got a question to ask you.

is there still a popular "Megali Idea" in Greece? As in, do many people think that Greece should include Constantinople, Smyrna, Cyprus, and all that? If yes, how popular is it?

I refrain from answering that question because I have returned home a little bit drunk.

I'll answer it though when I'm sober

[ranskaldan]

take your time.
we don't want you saying anything you'd regret.

[Bereta_Eder]

rolf in vino veritas so i'll answer now just let me get an ashtray

[Bereta_Eder]

drunken post

well Greece is wealthy compared to all of its neighboors

that's because

a) it has smart people
b) it has good friends including the US and Europe

a wealrthy country has little to do with megali idea


we live good so why compromise it?


however Turkey is really provockative. She wants to redrwan the Aegean borders.

That obviously is a source of tension.

with tension comes nationalism against turkey

with nationalism comes megali idea (after all it's its child)

so there are two schools of thought in Greece


1) support the european course of Turkey
2) Turkey will never be law abiding and willing to be peaceful hence a military confrontation is the only way to deal with it.


which school takes the front sit it depends on many factors.


still in everyday life, noone cares about turks.

if the conversation gets to them though, yeah you can hear some things about kicking their butts if they keep harassing.

all in all the megali idea is a thing of the past though

as long as turkey doesn;t make it a thing of the present....

[ranskaldan]

mmmm ok

what exactly are the demands of Turkey, other than Northern Cyprus?

[Bereta_Eder]

half the Aegean.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Everything is OK until Turkey goes back to its roots like Iran . That would be tough.

[ranskaldan]

mmm ok

http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/maps/aegeanmdv1997

is the turkish claim that light green broken line?

[Bereta_Eder]

Turkey has beenoffered time and time again to go to the Hague international tribunal if she has a problem with forntiers as they are now.


she keeps refusing


turkey's goal is to intimidate Greece into succumbing.

Greece role is to keick Turkey in the ass time and time again


international law clearly justifies Greece. What does Turkey want?

Better stay faithful to international law or she will be crying over Constantinople


genocide of greeks., kurds and armenians do I need to say more?


if turkey was a democracy we couyld have a good neighboorhood.

bur since it is a military regime there will be tensions