#2 In past I have noted that the European Parliament desperately wants to Americanize Europe. They are amazed at how homogeneous America is, not appreciating that our States have always been homogeneous; and that there are very good reasons Europe has a multitude of nations.
It is also pathetic that the reason they want homogeneity is because they equate it with peace. They think that different peoples, with different languages and cultures, will invariably and perpetually fight, so that by eliminating differences and replacing them with bland sameness, they will end their 1700 years of murdering each other. |