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2010-06-12 Europe

Belgians vote on future, united country in doubt

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Posted by ed 2010-06-12 11:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 This is also being closely watched by Catalonia and the Basque region in Spain, and northern Italy, all of which would be happy to leave their current nations.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-12 11:29|| 2010-06-12 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 And here in too 'Moose. We is all ways ready to kick deh traces.

Send money yankee scum or face our wrath.

Posted by Shipman 2010-06-12 15:36|| 2010-06-12 15:36|| Front Page Top

#3 As long as they don't divorce before we stop there in August, they can do as they please. But they've been talking this way as long as I can remember -- the Flemish peasantry deeply resent having to support the French aristocracy.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-06-12 18:25|| 2010-06-12 18:25|| Front Page Top

#4 If they do get divorced, who gets the waffle iron?

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-12 20:22|| 2010-06-12 20:22|| Front Page Top

#5 The waffle iron? That one's easy: the Walloons see themselves as management, as all aristos are, however charming and hardworking. So the Flems would take it without Walloon demur, while the Germans over in their corner of the country cry out to anyone to take them in lieu of being given back to Germany.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-06-12 21:04|| 2010-06-12 21:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Belgium is a manufactured country anyway. They would be better off in the long run for the French speaking portion to join France and the Dutch/Flemish speaking region to join The Netherlands.

Group them according to their current cultural reality and not some arbitrary political line.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-06-12 23:41|| 2010-06-12 23:41|| Front Page Top

#7 "and northern Italy"

The Italian Tyrol was stolen from Austria in a political flim-flam anyway. It really belongs to Austria and the people there identify with Austria. Hold an election and let the people decide.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-06-12 23:43|| 2010-06-12 23:43|| Front Page Top

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