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  • happy birthday, Belgium

    On 4 october 1830, now exactly 175 years ago, Belgium declared it's independence from Holland and became a separate state.

    Here's to 175 more years of conflict and compromises.


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    veni vidi PWNED!

  • #2
    Balkanize Belgium already

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    • #3
      Kim Clijsters

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      • #4
        Stella Artois

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        • #5
          Jan van Eyck

          Herge

          Georges Simenon

          James Ensor

          Magritte

          Verhaeren

          Master of Flemalle

          Rubens

          Jacques Brel

          Paul Delvaux


          Reasons to be Belgian.


          Along with waterzooi and moules and frites.
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          Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.

          ...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915

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          • #6
            The republic of Flanders.
            Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
            Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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            • #7
              vive la belgique libre
              CSPA

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              • #8
                Whose is the painting, Molly?

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                • #9
                  Deary me Netherlands, why did you let that happen
                  Speaking of Erith:

                  "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Cort Haus
                    Whose is the painting, Molly?

                    Paul Delvaux- I'd have posted one of his more recognisable 't1tties oot for the lads' paintings, but this apparently is a family site where the vision of naked female flesh causes small children to spontaneously combust, or join the Weather Underground....

                    More from Delvaux, just one of Belgium's many fine
                    artists, here:

                    Paul Delvaux [Belgian Surrealist Painter, 1897-1994] Guide to pictures of works by Paul Delvaux in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.



                    The Viaduct:
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                    Last edited by molly bloom; October 4, 2005, 06:43.
                    Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.

                    ...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915

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                    • #11
                      Those two you posted have the feel of an adventure game. I like railway art, there's something magic about trains. Something scary too, in a Belgian context. Images of the 268th Lancashire Pals on their way to be slaughtered at Passchendale.

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                      • #12
                        Belgium should be partitioned between the Dutch and the French.
                        Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                        • #13
                          Vive la Belgique libre!
                          "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
                          "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
                          "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Oerdin
                            Belgium should be partitioned between the Dutch and the French.
                            The dutch are welcome to join Flanders.
                            Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                            Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                            • #15
                              Free Belgium!

                              Free Kurdistan!

                              Free Macedonia!

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