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Not to mention that vikings while settling also made the captured women their honoured wifes - how often did that happen when a brit made landfall in zululand, india etc 
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With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Come to think about it a bit - didn't the vikings more or less conquer and rule a 1/4 of the then known world
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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That's fine. We'll just call it "Freedom Pie".
Is this a species or geography based objection?East European cheese or Ukrainian flourComment
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This reminds me how the French insisted Champagne only came from the Champagne region of France instead of the common English usage meaning any fizzy wine as had been the standard practice for over 400 years. Now we have a half dozen different stupid names for the same fizzy wine depending on where it is from and the result just confuses costumers. Then again that is the intention of these protectionist measures.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Seems it's just about adding a silly label, not limiting the name "pizza" or somesuch? Doesn't sound that outrageous to me, given that we see products full of labels saying that they're the coolest and whatnot everywhere.BlahComment
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It's entirely geographical because the purpose of this legislation is to force people to buy stuff from Italy instead of identical products from other places. In short, it is nothing but rank protectionism.Originally posted by Ecofarm View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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It's like Coke inventing coke but only trademarking the name 500 years laterIndifference is BlissComment
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Exactly. Any modern company could not trademark a name 500 years after it had gone mainstream; example calling a photocopy a "xerox" or calling a ball point pen a "barrio" but **** bag Europeans want to pretend like the last 500 years hasn't happened or that the names they now wish to trademark haven't entered common usage. It's all lies and protectionism just like how "Feta cheese" can only come from Greece even though makers in North American have been making and marketing it for over 400 years, or that Parmigiana Cheese can only come from the Parma Valley in Northern Italy even though Canadian and American producers have been making parmigiana cheese since before there was an Italian state. Now we have the nonsensical claim that "pizza" can only be made in Naples using ingredients from Naples.
These are lies European politicians tell to cover up their gross protectionism. There is no other reason for such protectionism and deceptionism.Last edited by Dinner; February 5, 2010, 16:37.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Explain the protectionism angle to me. Are foreign competitors cutting into Naples pizza joints overseas sales? I don't get it."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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Did they name Naples the dirtiest crime-ridden ****hole in the EU also?I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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Of course, there is no such thing as protectionism in the USA.
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Wonder how many actually calling photocopying "xeroxing" - guess this is an american thing. Anyway, the comparison is silly - xerox isn't a mark that defines special qualities at photocopying while champagne is specific for that area in france. Just because the method is the same, it doesn't mean that the product is the same.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Anyone?Originally posted by Wezil View Post
From the article it would appear the Italians will be the worst hit by this:
The Italian farmers' association says that half of Italy's 25,000 pizzerias currently use the wrong ingredients, such as East European cheese or Ukrainian flour.
Where is the protectionism?"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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Well, I guess that Air Italia looks forward to make deliveries of real italian pizzas worldwideWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Not "pizza", but "pizza napoletana".One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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