Free trade, and how it is understood by Anglo-Saxons

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
They weren't Alexander's peers. Darius and other leaders of foreign states were...

They were his contemporaries, though.

[Drake Tungsten]

I clearly stated that he was enlightened compared to his "peers".

[DAVOUT]

Open Skies

EU warns the US

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b6641850-33e8-11dc-9887-0000779fd2ac.html

[_BuRjaCi_]

When you Anglo-Saxon bash, do not forget many of them still practice the death penalty and do not use the universally acknowledge metric system (I mean why don’t you use square meters and metric tones instead of football fields and 747's ? )

I really like the way America allows me to feel civilized in comparison to the “barbarians” without being racist.

[RGBVideo]

Originally posted by _BuRjaCi_
I really like the way America allows me to feel civilized in comparison to the “barbarians” without being racist.

If by this you mean that the European intelligentsia has been involved in an entirely unthoughtful and unproductive racist circlejerk (read: racially motivated hatred which seeks peer approval only from other self-proclaimed "intellectuals") against "the anglo-saxon" USA for over two decades now (ever since Reagan became the President, 1981) and thus racism against an imagined prototype of an American has become such a commonplace in Europe that it is in our current society viewed as an accepted habit (indeed, no poster in this thread except for you even recognised the blatant race-baiting of the original post here), you're correct.

Criticizing United States is easy because the US is an enlightened nation which tolerates criticizism. It is quite humorous to observe that the more old Europe criticizes America, the more it falls behind it. It seems that the primitive enmity towards US is an indication of an increasingly growing inferiority complex.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by VJ

If by this you mean that the European intelligentsia has been involved in an entirely unthoughtful and unproductive racist circlejerk (read: racially motivated hatred which seeks peer approval only from other self-proclaimed "intellectuals") against "the anglo-saxon" USA for over two decades now (ever since Reagan became the President, 1981) and thus racism against an imagined prototype of an American has become such a commonplace in Europe that it is in our current society viewed as an accepted habit (indeed, no poster in this thread except for you even recognised the blatant race-baiting of the original post here), you're correct.

Criticizing United States is easy because the US is an enlightened nation which tolerates criticizism. It is quite humorous to observe that the more old Europe criticizes America, the more it falls behind it. It seems that the primitive enmity towards US is an indication of an increasingly growing inferiority complex.

I must confess that I had not yet realized that a criticism of the free trade ideology, as understood and applied by Anglo-Saxons, could be seen as a racist attitude. If I follow on the caricature style, this results in a complete refusal to admit criticism on any subject. This is a well knowned practice, named demonization, which consist in attacking the man when you are unable to face the critic.

[RGBVideo]

I must confess that I had not yet realized that a criticism of the free trade ideology, as understood and applied by Anglo-Saxons

I don't know -- how is it understood by "the anglo-saxons"? How is abortion understood by "the latinos"? How is warfare understood by "the negroes"? I thought the time of rambling about how different ethnic groups are bad or evil because "they" understand something in some way or because "they" are behind something which one disagrees with was over. Also see this.

[Colon™]

Originally posted by VJ How is warfare understood by "the negroes"?

You missed that thread with all the pictures of African militias' gunmanship?

[RGBVideo]

Nah, I think I've seen it. If you're talking about the pictures taken of gang warfare in Monrovia, that is.

[Patroklos]

You missed that thread with all the pictures of African militias' gunmanship?

That should have been permatopped.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by VJ

I don't know -- how is it understood by "the anglo-saxons"?

Just look at the Open Skies treaty, and you will know.

[RGBVideo]

Originally posted by DAVOUT

I don't know -- how is it understood by "the anglo-saxons"?

Just look at the Open Skies treaty, and you will know.

Yeah, and just look at the pictures of stupid monkeys jumping up and down and incorrectly shooting at each other and themselves in the thread about gang warfare in Monrovia, and you will know how the negroes understand warfare.

See? If this thread would be about any other ethnic group imaginable, we would all either be disgusted of it or just laugh at it for it's stupidity and racism. But because the university-based intelligentsia in European Union has transformed pointless and aimless knee-jerk anti-Americanism into permitted racism against "the anglo-saxons", some of us Europeans are seriously debating about this. It's time to get rid of this stupid double-standard

Spoiler:

In case you didn't realize, the first paragraph is sarcasm

[DAVOUT]

I am prepared to translate "Anglo-Saxons"into "UK+US".
Is it enough to clear me from the crime of racism?
If not, what do you suggest if I want to express my opinion on commercial treaties negociated by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America without incurring a dishonoring accusation of racism?

[RGBVideo]

Originally posted by DAVOUT
I am prepared to translate "Anglo-Saxons"into "UK+US".

Don't know if it frees you from the crime of racism tho, I believe you have also noticed that in Europe these days "racism" can mean anything and everything. I just got angry because I noticed race-based discrimination in the thread, which fits the original definition, and there was not a hint of self-criticism in all of the replies attacking "anglo-saxons".

Using phrases like "anglo-saxons" isn't really root of the problem, it's a symptom. The problem is the non-productive inferiority complex towards US and the endless self-congrulative criticism of it that naturally follows.

I hope you didn't turn angry, my original reply in this thread was more directed at Burjaci than you, you know... I hope it provocates him to think of something new.

[DAVOUT]

Anglo-Saxons are a civ, not a race. We, Europeans, are another civ, competing bloodily together and with the Rosbifs (not racist insult, friendly nickname for British ) for centuries, and now still competing but peacefully. This peacefull competition requires communication, discussions, and understanding in order to reach, from time to time, agreements. This is achieved by millions of people all the time, and it only demands freedom of speech, of analysis, and of criticism.
I feel perfectly free to criticise the US and the UK when I desagree; of course I say nothing when I agree, which is often. And one of my reasons for beeing so interested, critical and friendly with the Anglo-Saxons is because they are so numerous liking the "old Europe", expression pejorative only to the old Rumsfeld.