Time and Distance Overcome

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

The people you tried to ethnically cleanse.

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To avoid spilling precious anglosphere/protestant blood.

See, it all works out in the end and all our choices are predestined.

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Originally Posted by Sarmatian

To avoid spilling precious anglosphere/protestant blood.

See, it all works out in the end and all our choices are predestined.

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More like petty tribal squabbles. But hey, if you need to pass the buck, by all means do so

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

More like petty tribal squabbles. But hey, if you need to pass the buck, by all means do so

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Well, the Sioux were on the warpath... We had to defend the cattle.

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Originally Posted by Sarmatian

To avoid spilling precious anglosphere/protestant blood.

See, it all works out in the end and all our choices are predestined.

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If you had done the job properly, I could've been getting drunk in Rio next year. Now we're out, and I have to watch TV instead.

Shame on you.

“The people you tried to ethnically cleanse.” You should go back to your books. Serbia is actually the most multi-cultural country in the Balkan. If Serbia would have wish to ethnically clean its territory (as Croatia did), it could have done it. In Novi Sad, where Sarmatian lives, 15 official minorities...

By the way, the “Muslims” of Gorazde call themselves Bosniak.

I'm fully aware of what they call themselves and I'm fully aware living next to someone doesn't mean you won't kill them.

As evidenced every 20 years or so in the Balkans.

Having "official minorities" is typical European racism.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

Oh look, it's one of those colonials demanding attention again.

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Dammit, I hate when I find myself agreeing with you :P

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

I'm fully aware of what they call themselves and I'm fully aware living next to someone doesn't mean you won't kill them.

As evidenced every 20 years or so in the Balkans.

Having "official minorities" is typical European racism.

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Haven't you heard? Official minority is the new black.

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Originally Posted by Husar

That's why America is so backwards in many areas while Europeans keep reinventing themselves. Having constitutions that can actually be changed makes us more flexible. The only flexibility Americans know is adjusting in a way that gets them more money. ~;)

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Having constitutions that are flexible enough to accommodate various dictatorships over the years isn't exactly a great trait. Plus, there's a tendency for a lot less internal conflict when constitutional changes happen legally as opposed to the government being violently overthrown or subverted.

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Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

Yeah, European governments aren't exactly an example of stability. We get our deadlock because the Politicians are greedy, you guys get yours because you took checks and balances way too far. How often do European governments basically vote to dissolve themselves? All the freaking time. That would be unheard of here. Not saying one system is better than the other, but let's not pretend European democracy works any better than American democracy.

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You've got it the wrong way around... Checks and balances is something the US stayed true to, we have tended to overlook most of them. Separation of powers, for example, is basically non-existent in much of Europe. For example, our Storting(your congress) has absolute power over both the executive and the supreme court. It also consists of just one chamber, so no senate and house of representatives.

Dissolving parliament is a practice that differs from country to country. The reason for doing it also differs. Usually it's due to a vote of no confidence from the legislative on the executive.

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Originally Posted by Noncommunist

Having constitutions that are flexible enough to accommodate various dictatorships over the years isn't exactly a great trait. Plus, there's a tendency for a lot less internal conflict when constitutional changes happen legally as opposed to the government being violently overthrown or subverted.

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I can't think of a single constitution/system which doesn't include state of emergency powers a dictator can exploit.

And anyway, new constitutions are usually made whenever a dictatorship is formed or deposed.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

Oh look, it's one of those colonials demanding attention again.

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Aren't Norwegians just Swedish colonials...

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Originally Posted by Papewaio

Aren't Norwegians just Swedish colonials...

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Danish.

The historical relationship between Sweden and Norway much reminds me of the Pulp Fiction basement scene.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

Danish.

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So a pastry rather then a vegetable... ;)

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Originally Posted by Noncommunist

Having constitutions that are flexible enough to accommodate various dictatorships over the years isn't exactly a great trait. Plus, there's a tendency for a lot less internal conflict when constitutional changes happen legally as opposed to the government being violently overthrown or subverted.

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Some countries don't need any constitutional changes for their socialist traitor president to use executive orders to allow him to kill both random citizens of other sovereign nations and citizens of his own nation using drone strikes...
Another argument would be that not every nation has about 50% or so of the population believe that they need to hoarde guns to overthrow the president because it's so very, very, very likely he'll turn into a dictator.

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Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

Yeah, European governments aren't exactly an example of stability. We get our deadlock because the Politicians are greedy, you guys get yours because you took checks and balances way too far. How often do European governments basically vote to dissolve themselves? All the freaking time.

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Yeah, when governments dissolve themselves that's a clear sign of a dictatorial power grab by pretty much everyone in the government. :inquisitive:
I see Americans wish their congress would dissolve all the time but since it never does, they all hope it ends up in a deadlock so nothing can get done. And then they complain that the government gets nothing done and the promised change never happens. And now you tell me that our government flexibility is a bad thing. If we were talking about some internal American issue you'd be talking about how bad congress is instead.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

You've got it the wrong way around... Checks and balances is something the US stayed true to, we have tended to overlook most of them. Separation of powers, for example, is basically non-existent in much of Europe.

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Not here, but we had some American influence a while ago when we decided not to conquer all of Europe and renew our government instead. Thankfully we didn't go with the entire US system though. I heard Hungary recently changed a few things regarding the powers of the supreme court.

“I'm fully aware of what they call themselves and I'm fully aware living next to someone doesn't mean you won't kill them.” Unfortunately you are right. However, it didn’t happen in Serbia. Even The Hague International Tribunal, the Anti-Serbs Weapon, had to recognise it.

“Having "official minorities" is typical European racism.” Anglo-Saxon European Racism and it came from USA and Australia. The right of minorities should be recognised fully by the Human Right Declaration and shouldn’t need addendum.

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

I'm fully aware of what they call themselves and I'm fully aware living next to someone doesn't mean you won't kill them.

As evidenced every 20 years or so in the Balkans.

Having "official minorities" is typical European racism.

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Texan minority?

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Having "official minorities" is typical European racism.

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The US Census is a typical European institution, then?

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Originally Posted by Kralizec

The US Census is a typical European institution, then?

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Yes, the US Census was demanded by the EU in order to flood the western world with muslims and appoint the pope as supreme ruler of the earth.

Are you new here, or what?