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Possible redrawing of European map

Strathcarlie
10-09-2006, 12:49
According to a study by the Radboud University in Nijmegen, 23% of the respondents (738 in total) favours secession of the City of Nijmegen from Gelderland province to the bordering region of Nordrhein-Westfalen, as long as they can stay somewhat autonomous (decriminalized weed, gay marriage, bilingualism) within the Bundesland.

If however, prime minister Balkenende stays on for a next term, 41% of respondents choose to secede to Germany. In the unlikely event that the highly popular 2nd on the list for the Conservative party, Rita Verdonk, would become prime minister, a slim majority (371 respondents, or 50.3%) would choose secession over dealing with it.

Nijmegen is the ninth largest city in the Netherlands, with a population of around 160,000.
Pepe Dominguez
10-09-2006, 12:54
Well, it's about damn time, if you ask me. *Nod*
Jello Biafra
10-09-2006, 12:55
That's awesome. Would they be required to secede to another country, or could they form their own if they so desired to?
Myrmidonisia
10-09-2006, 12:58
North Fulton County wants to be a separate county in North Georgia. This would hark back to the days before Milton County was assimilated into the present day Fulton.

Sandy Springs became an incorporated city, ending it's ties to Atlanta.

And that's the news from Lake Wobegon.
HC Eredivisie
10-09-2006, 13:09
O God no, not Nijmegen... actually, it probably woudn't be visible on a map anyway.

Maybe all of the Netherlands can join Germany?:p
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 13:13
Well, they can leave the Netherlands, but it won't be easy to join Germany.
The relevant part in the German constitution that allowed other countries or parts of other countries to join the Bundesrepublik was discontinued on demand of the former allied forces of WW II the moment Eastern Germany joined Western Germany.
Hispanionla
10-09-2006, 13:14
does it really matter anyway? the EU is on its way to becoming one big country, I don't see why it matters that ap few countries absorb each other.

On the other hand, I think it would be pretty bad sport of them.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 13:16
Also, I think a simple majority of votes should not be enough for a step as drastic as his. I think it should at least require a 2/3 majority, if not unanimousity.
Strathcarlie
10-09-2006, 13:22
I don't see it happening either, since it would still need a semi-fascist politician to become prime minister, and even then, it's still a very, very slim margin, well within the margin of error (which is probably around 10% by tests like these) It does, however show a change in attitude; like 10 years ago, if you would've mentioned 30-35% of the population of a major city in holland wishing to secede to Germany, people probably would've thought you're nuts.
Tactical Grace
10-09-2006, 13:26
Also, I think a simple majority of votes should not be enough for a step as drastic as his. I think it should at least require a 2/3 majority, if not unanimousity.
Probably more than just a simple majority, but not unanimousity, because that's communism. :p
Swilatia
10-09-2006, 13:50
does it really matter anyway? the EU is on its way to becoming one big country, I don't see why it matters that ap few countries absorb each other.

On the other hand, I think it would be pretty bad sport of them.

no, it is not on its way to becoming 1 country, as right now it is a total mess.
The Vuhifellian States
10-09-2006, 13:53
Link?
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:06
Meh, don't know how it will end, as Germany assimilating territories will make some other nations pretty nervous I think.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:10
Probably more than just a simple majority, but not unanimousity, because that's communism. :p

It's also impossible; one pig-headed guy could veto the entire city's decision.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:11
Meh, don't know how it will end, as Germany assimilating territories will make some other nations pretty nervous I think.

Hey, they wanted Germany to.
Call to power
10-09-2006, 15:12
I don't see a problem with it myself
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:14
I see one problem with it; odds are, the people aren't even German, they just want to join Germany to avoid being ruled by certain politicians. It's like an entire city of refugees. That not cool.
Ashmoria
10-09-2006, 15:15
Also, I think a simple majority of votes should not be enough for a step as drastic as his. I think it should at least require a 2/3 majority, if not unanimousity.

not that i understood anything about the OP but ive always been of the opinion that any change like that should require 2 sucessive "yes" votes of at least a 60% majority.

anything can get passed if you are sneaky enough or if the public is diverted to another issue and neglects to vote. ONE "yes" vote can get through with a low voter turnout and make a change that the majority really doesnt support. if you require 2, the first one puts everyone on notice that its quite possible to have this change happen and if they care, they better get out and vote on it in the second one.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:16
I don't see a problem with it myself

Yeah but Poland, Russia, France, Czech Republic, and a few others all will, since they sit on land that also was once legitemate German territory that was annexed after defeat in war. So to see Germany reclaim even an inch of land or such will cause some nervousness as to what future German intentions might be or if they will eventually make claims, and all kinds of paranoid thinking.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:17
Yeah but Poland, Russia, France, Czech Republic, and a few others all will, since they sit on land that also was once legitemate German territory that was annexed after defeat in war. So to see Germany reclaim even an inch of land or such will cause some nervousness as to what future German intentions might be or if they will eventually make claims, and all kinds of paranoid thinking.

Good, they should be paranoid. One day, we'll take back all of that land. Plus interest.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:18
I see one problem with it; odds are, the people aren't even German, they just want to join Germany to avoid being ruled by certain politicians. It's like an entire city of refugees. That not cool.

Lol, usually non-german peole tried their hardest not to become under German rule, what is the world coming to....
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:19
Good, they should be paranoid. One day, we'll take back all of that land. Plus interest.

Well since 1/3 of Polands territory was part of Germany, isn't it a bit overharsh taking interest on top? Meh, your heartless :P
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:20
Yeah but Poland, Russia, France, Czech Republic, and a few others all will, since they sit on land that also was once legitemate German territory that was annexed after defeat in war. So to see Germany reclaim even an inch of land or such will cause some nervousness as to what future German intentions might be or if they will eventually make claims, and all kinds of paranoid thinking.

That's why the German Grundgesetzt was changed in 1990 so it no longer allows for the joining of other countries or parts of other countries....
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:21
Well since 1/3 of Polands territory was part of Germany, isn't it a bit overharsh taking interest on top? Meh, your heartless :P

No. If they want to get their land back from Ukraine and Russia, they can go ahead and try. Not our problem.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:22
That's why the German Grundgesetzt was changed in 1990 so it no longer allows for the joining of other countries or parts of other countries....

Well fuck them. It's Germany's constitution, not France's or Russia's or the US's.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:24
That's why the German Grundgesetzt was changed in 1990 so it no longer allows for the joining of other countries or parts of other countries....He's right though. The Poles are going to go apeshit if this happens.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:24
That's why the German Grundgesetzt was changed in 1990 so it no longer allows for the joining of other countries or parts of other countries....

You know how often the German constitution was changed in the last century in Germany? 3 times I believe,..... and amendmants can always be changed back (although with the innefficieny of the Bundestag and Bundesrat it is highly questionable if it done within a decade of debating). All that does is make it considerably harder.
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:24
No. If they want to get their land back from Ukraine and Russia, they can go ahead and try. Not our problem.

Ugh, who the hell would WANT land from The Ukraine or Russia....have you ever BEEN to The Ukraine or Russia?:D
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:26
You know how often the German constitution was changed in the last century in Germany? 3 times I believe,..... and amendmants can always be changed back (although with the innefficieny of the Bundestag and Bundesrat it is highly questionable if it done within a decade of debating). All that does is make it considerably harder.

Economically and politically speaking, I think we should first concern ourselves with the last mouthful we took when we re-annexed Eastern Germany...
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:26
He's right though. The Poles are going to go apeshit if this happens.

We should set up video cameras in Poland, let Germany annex a few countries, JUST to see Polands reaction.

After watching those cameras, I think I would die a happy man.:D
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:28
He's right though. The Poles are going to go apeshit if this happens.

The Poles can do a certain oral action with something in the lower regions of my body.
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:28
Economically and politically speaking, I think we should first concern ourselves with the last mouthful we took when we re-annexed Eastern Germany...

I agree with that. Eastern Germany still isnt half of what West Germany is....and its taken alot out of West Germany to bring it up to their standards.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:29
Economically and politically speaking, I think we should first concern ourselves with the last mouthful we took when we re-annexed Eastern Germany...

The Netherlands is in a considerably better economic state than the DDR was. And besides, it's one capitalist city, not an entire communist country.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:30
Ugh, who the hell would WANT land from The Ukraine or Russia....have you ever BEEN to The Ukraine or Russia?:D

They'd want L'viv back.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:31
Economically and politically speaking, I think we should first concern ourselves with the last mouthful we took when we re-annexed Eastern Germany...

Without a doubt. I find it highly unrealistic that Germany would ever make claims, simply as you said because of the attitude "wtf man, when we gave the land to you it was fine and pristine to live in, you can keep it now we don't want it back, *mumble* *grumble*" , economically it would be pretty dumb, or kick out all the foreign inhabitants and send all of Germanies "arbeitslosen" there as farmers (I would love to see the world reaction to that, better then all tv combined probably) that could work but is very morally questionable.
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:31
They'd want L'viv back.

And the Germans want Danzig back, but we cant always get what we want, can we?
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:33
And the Germans want Danzig back, but we cant always get what we want, can we?

We do???

I don't.... last time I looked, there was no general demand for getting it back in Germany :confused:
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:35
We do???

I don't.... last time I looked, there was no general demand for getting it back in Germany :confused:

Yes there is there is a whole political lobby of the children of refugees of the former eastern territories, but most other Germans (except ultra-nationalist ones) don't really give a fig.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:35
We do???

I don't.... last time I looked, there was no general demand for getting it back in Germany :confused:

Yes, we do. You just don't know it yet.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:38
We should set up video cameras in Poland, let Germany annex a few countries, JUST to see Polands reaction.

After watching those cameras, I think I would die a happy man.:DYeah, go on, joke about it. You don't have to finish your Bachelor degree within a hundred kilometers of the Polish border... :D
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:39
Yeah, go on, joke about it. You don't have to finish your Bachelor degree within a hundred kilometers of the Polish border... :D

... So you're an ex-commie, ehh? :p
Strathcarlie
10-09-2006, 15:40
Without a doubt. I find it highly unrealistic that Germany would ever make claims, simply as you said because of the attitude "wtf man, when we gave the land to you it was fine and pristine to live in, you can keep it now we don't want it back, *mumble* *grumble*" , economically it would be pretty dumb, or kick out all the foreign inhabitants and send all of Germanies "arbeitslosen" there as farmers (I would love to see the world reaction to that, better then all tv combined probably) that could work but is very morally questionable.

The area is a city with a population of 160,000 and no more than 80 square kms of land. City center is 7 km from the German border, and etnically the city is about 1/5th German. Economically it does better than neighboring Kreis Kleve, and historically it was one of the most important cities of the Northern Holy Roman Empire, during the days of Barbarossa. Since the Maastricht treaty it has become a hub city for the "Niederrhein" region.
The population of Nijmegen is fiercely left-wing (comparable to Freiburg), unlike the rest of the Netherlands which has made a sharp turn to the right in recent years. In recent years it has happened more than once that city gov't was on a colission course with the national gov't. All together, it doesn't surprise me, although i didn't expect such numbers.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:40
Yes there is there is a whole political lobby of the children of refugees of the former eastern territories, but most other Germans (except ultra-nationalist ones) don't really give a fig.

Yep, I remember them. The Vertriebenenverbaende in Germany count around 250 000 members right now, not a large lobby by any standards...
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:40
Yeah, go on, joke about it. You don't have to finish your Bachelor degree within a hundred kilometers of the Polish border... :D

Well it will be the former Polish border after the Germans send their even today far superior army in :P
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:42
The Poles can do a certain oral action with something in the lower regions of my body.You're a shining beacon of maturity and reason... :rolleyes:
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:42
Well it will be the former Polish border after the Germans send their even today far superior army in :P

Yes, the crowning moment of my leadership will come when my legionnaires storm into Poland and replace the Polish border flags with German ones.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:43
Yep, I remember them. The Vertriebenenverbaende in Germany count around 250 000 members right now, not a large lobby by any standards...

Yes and I read in the Spiegel they are a very odd lobby, they are actually growing with every passing year, since the children and grandchildren of the original refugess often join, inflating the number. Normally one would think that as more of the original refugees die of age they would shrink, oddly enough not. Also they seem to have gotten quite a few,.... Americans to join in the last years of all things. No idea how they are related but apparently some Americans of German ancestry really care about a part of Poland lost more then 50 years ago.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:44
The population of Nijmegen is fiercely left-wing (comparable to Freiburg)

Freiburg is LEFT-WING!? Aww great, I'm fucked. I was going to begin my revolution there.

Well, back to the drawing board.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:45
You're a shining beacon of maturity and reason... :rolleyes:

I have no respect for thieves.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:45
No idea how they are related but apparently some Americans of German ancestry really care about a part of Poland lost more then 50 years ago.

Replace America with Australia and welcome to my world.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:46
Yes, the crowning moment of my leadership will come when my legionnaires storm into Poland and replace the Polish border flags with German ones.

I actually wonder what the world would think of that? As I know it France is too huddly cuddly with Germany to really do much more then say one or two words for the benefit of the overall public. Germany is Israel's second biggest economic trading partner and supplier in military arms, so they will probably not care much either. Only maybe Russia? And the US is pretty much a thing of the moment, depends who is in power, what the feeling in the country is etc..

Also would the EU sanction the 3rd most powerful economy in the world and its own most powerful economy thereby castrating itself?
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:47
Yes and I read in the Spiegel they are a very odd lobby, they are actually growing with every passing year, since the children and grandchildren of the original refugess often join, inflating the number. Normally one would think that as more of the original refugees die of age they would shrink, oddly enough not. Also they seem to have gotten quite a few,.... Americans to join in the last years of all things. No idea how they are related but apparently some Americans of German ancestry really care about a part of Poland lost more then 50 years ago.By pure coincidence, I actually have a legit case to be allowed to join, but I'm not, since they're a bunch of fucking idiots that are stuck in their victim role.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:48
I actually wonder what the world would think of that? As I know it France is too huddly cuddly with Germany to really do much more then say one or two words for the benefit of the overall public. Germany is Israel's second biggest economic trading partner and supplier in military arms, so they will probably not care much either. Only maybe Russia? And the US is pretty much a thing of the moment, depends who is in power, what the feeling in the country is etc..

Also would the EU sanction the 3rd most powerful economy in the world and its own most powerful economy thereby castrating itself?

Might just be WWII all over again, except this time, if we begin with Poland, we'll be able to retake much of the stolen territory without any huge response from the rest of the world.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:48
Replace America with Australia and welcome to my world.

Ooooooooh, let me guess.... Kievan-Prussia has a new puppet?
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:48
I have no respect for thieves.
I have even less respect for non-German "Revanchisten" than for-

KP, this is you again, isn't it?
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:48
By pure coincidence, I actually have a legit case to be allowed to join, but I'm not, since they're a bunch of fucking idiots that are stuck in their victim role.

And... how are they not victims?
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:49
Might just be WWII all over again, except this time, if we begin with Poland, we'll be able to retake much of the stolen territory without any huge response from the rest of the world.

Who's "we"?
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:49
By pure coincidence, I actually have a legit case to be allowed to join, but I'm not, since they're a bunch of fucking idiots that are stuck in their victim role.

Meh, I live with the attitude live and let live. I wouldn't join them anytime soon as I see their goal having a very slim chance of success and I am not all caught up about it either. But then again I wouldn't call people who got kicked out of their home and want to go back fucking idiots either.
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:49
We do???

I don't.... last time I looked, there was no general demand for getting it back in Germany :confused:
Well, I was just kidding, but apparently, yes...some of you do, look below.
Yes, we do. You just don't know it yet.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:49
I have even less respect for non-German "Revanchisten" than for-

KP, this is you again, isn't it?

The world your looking for is "revanchism."
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:49
And... how are they not victims?

How are they victims? Hardly any first-generation Vertriebene are still alive, and they have been compensated.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:50
Who's "we"?

It will be we.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:50
Well, I was just kidding, but apparently, yes...some of you do, look below.

That guy is Australian, though. Not German. :D
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:50
Who's "we"?

Apparently those people who will follow his lead and annex what he deems part of his Großdeutschland,......
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:50
And... how are they not victims?Well, apart from the fact that a big majority of the Volksdeutsche sided with the Nazis and weren't too friendly to the local populations, most of them are dead by now.
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:51
Yeah, go on, joke about it. You don't have to finish your Bachelor degree within a hundred kilometers of the Polish border... :D

Haha, well, atleast you'd never complain about lack of entertainment. :D
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:51
It will be we.

Doesn't answer the question... who's "we"?
Dorstfeld
10-09-2006, 15:51
I've always known that overconsumption of Heineken and Jenever is a dangerous thing, especially in combination with weed.

Now that's precisely what some Dutchies come up with when had a few "kopstoten" too much, with the odd joint in between.

Geachte burgers van Nijmegen, te veel der ere, maar U moet helaas Nederlanders blijven. Een bezettingstijd was genoeg.

Op altijd goede nabuurschap,

Uw moffen van over de grens. :D
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:51
How are they victims? Hardly any first-generation Vertriebene are still alive, and they have been compensated.

Monetary compesation does not make up for the seizure of land and human suffering.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:52
Apparently those people who will follow his lead and annex what he deems part of his Großdeutschland,......

Oh, ok. Not a great many people, then. :D
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:52
Meh, I live with the attitude live and let live. I wouldn't join them anytime soon as I see their goal having a very slim chance of success and I am not all caught up about it either. But then again I wouldn't call people who got kicked out of their home and want to go back fucking idiots either.That's probably because you're grandfather isn't one of those that is happily settled by now ;)
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:52
Doesn't answer the question... who's "we"?

Greater Germany.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:53
Monetary compesation does not make up for the seizure of land and human suffering.

The moment they took the compensation, they lost claim to anything else. Simple as that. That's how compensation works.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:53
Apparently those people who will follow his lead and annex what he deems part of his Großdeutschland,......

Grossdeutschland is just the beginning. It will become the capital Hexter in my great European Hextorial empire!
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:53
How are they victims? Hardly any first-generation Vertriebene are still alive, and they have been compensated.

Well the main problem is even many of the "Volkvertriebene" will compromise being allowed to return and live under the control of another country. But simply Poland doesn't allow them to buy land and return to live there, not wishing a largescale emigration that could shift some demographics. It is a bit of a right of return question if I understood it right. Money compensation isn't the equivalent to returning to the place where your ancestors lived for centuries.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:54
Greater Germany.

Oh, cute. Dream on, honey.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:54
Grossdeutschland is just the beginning. It will become the capital Hexter in my great European Hextorial empire!The irony is, we already have a country with the name "Hexagon" in Europe.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:54
The moment they took the compensation, they lost claim to anything else. Simple as that. That's how compensation works.


But not all took compensation I believe or did they. Anyone have an accurate model of which percentage of the Volksvertriebene took compensation and which didn't? It interests me.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:55
Haha, well, atleast you'd never complain about lack of entertainment. :DYeah, I'd be too busy dodging rocks, bullets, and artillery shells. :p
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:55
The irony is, we already have a country with the name "Hexagon" in Europe.

Hexter =/= Hexagon
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 15:55
That guy is Australian, though. Not German. :D

How do you know? It doesnt say his locationg...and he hasnt claimed to be KP....
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:55
Well the main problem is even many of the "Volkvertriebene" will compromise being allowed to return and live under the control of another country. But simply Poland doesn't allow them to buy land and return to live there, not wishing a largescale emigration that could shift some demographics. It is a bit of a right of return question if I understood it right. Money compensation isn't the equivalent to returning to the place where your ancestors lived for centuries.

With Poland now having joined the EU, I don't see any basis for that legislation any more, considering that EU law allow every memeber to live, work and buy land in any of the member states... how will they keep that restrictive legislation up?
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:57
Monetary compesation does not make up for the seizure of land and human suffering.By that logic, Germany out to be the political slave of Israel.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 15:58
How do you know? It doesnt say his locationg...and he hasnt claimed to be KP....KP is online, I know that much.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 15:59
How do you know? It doesnt say his locationg...and he hasnt claimed to be KP....

But he states he's Australian :

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11663753&postcount=50
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 15:59
By that logic, Germany out to be the political slave of Israel.

What, they're not already?
Dorstfeld
10-09-2006, 15:59
Greater Germany.

Geh wieder zu deinen Kartoffeln.

(Get back to your spuds.)
Cybach
10-09-2006, 15:59
With Poland now having joined the EU, I don't see any basis for that legislation any more, considering that EU law allow every memeber to live, work and buy land in any of the member states... how will they keep that restrictive legislation up?

It is still under heavy debate because as it now stands it is extremely difficult as a german to buy any land because of many laws, which Poland did not give an exclusive answer yet if it wanted to change them. Was in the Spiegel on a part of Poland joining the EU. But yes I hope that now it will be overturned by the EU law, but there will still probably be wide discrimination, etc..
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:00
KP is online, I know that much.

I am?

...

He is?
Strathcarlie
10-09-2006, 16:01
By that logic, Germany out to be the political slave of Israel.

Unfortunately, they pretty much are. I think there was some article in Der Spiegel about it; basically the Germans didn't want to send peacekeepers to Lebanon, because "It would be the worst imaginable nightmare if German soldiers would be forced to fight Israeli troops"
Cybach
10-09-2006, 16:01
Yeah, I'd be too busy dodging rocks, bullets, and artillery shells. :p

Then make a documentary with a camera, and sell it for loads of money to cnn or bbc, should pay off all your money debts. :p
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:02
What, they're not already?By pure coincidence, no, or else the NPD would have gotten banned when Sharon asked for it.
The Atlantian islands
10-09-2006, 16:03
Yeah, I'd be too busy dodging rocks, bullets, and artillery shells. :p

Hey, whoever said the University life was easy is a fool.:D
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:03
Unfortunately, they pretty much are. I think there was some article in Der Spiegel about it; basically the Germans didn't want to send peacekeepers to Lebanon, because "It would be the worst imaginable nightmare if German soldiers would be forced to fight Israeli troops"

Exactly. If, by some incredible circumstance, Israel was taking over the world, Germany wouldn't lift a finger to stop them.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 16:04
By pure coincidence, no, or else the NPD would have gotten banned when Sharon asked for it.

But they were almost banned. THe only thing which caused the case to be dropped was a break in the law on the prosecutors side which lead to the dismissal of the case I believe. Was a big rucus since most expected it to be banned if I remember right.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:06
Unfortunately, they pretty much are. I think there was some article in Der Spiegel about it; basically the Germans didn't want to send peacekeepers to Lebanon, because "It would be the worst imaginable nightmare if German soldiers would be forced to fight Israeli troops"That isn't really related to being a political slave of Israel. Stepping softly with the ancestors of those we persecuted is common decency and not slavery.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 16:06
Exactly. If, by some incredible circumstance, Israel was taking over the world, Germany wouldn't lift a finger to stop them.


You kidding. Israel would just tell Germany to sends its armies alongside it to help, and send military supplies......

Note, remember when Germany was going to ask for a permanent UN seat (I believe 6 exist right now with the veto power), the Israeli lobby actually tried to convince the US government to grant it but reject India's demand.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:07
You kidding. Israel would just tell Germany to sends its armies alongside it to help, and send military supplies......

Note, remember when Germany was going to ask for a permanent UN seat (I believe 6 exist right now with the veto power), the Israeli lobby actually tried to convince the US government to grant it but reject India's demand.

True.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:08
That isn't really related to being a political slave of Israel. Stepping softly with the ancestors of those we persecuted is common decency and not slavery.

Uhh, bullshit. If Israel is breaking the law, Germany is obliged as a member of the internation community to step in, as is everybody else.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:08
But they were almost banned. THe only thing which caused the case to be dropped was a break in the law on the prosecutors side which lead to the dismissal of the case I believe. Was a big rucus since most expected it to be banned if I remember right.But the incident of Sharon asking for it happened after that, and the Constitutional Court explicitely stated that the NPD wasn't unbannable, just that there were errors in bringing them to court and that those would need to be righted for the process to be done properly. It wasn't pursued by the authorities that were in charge afterwards, that's why they didn't get banned.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:10
You kidding. Israel would just tell Germany to sends its armies alongside it to help, and send military supplies......

Note, remember when Germany was going to ask for a permanent UN seat (I believe 6 exist right now with the veto power), the Israeli lobby actually tried to convince the US government to grant it but reject India's demand.
5 exist. 10 nonpermanent seats.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:10
Uhh, bullshit. If Israel is breaking the law, Germany is obliged as a member of the internation community to step in, as is everybody else.
Yup, only we need to step softer than others.
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:13
Yup, only we need to step softer than others.

Step softer nothing. The law steps softly for nobody. Well, very few. You'd better have a good reason.
Cybach
10-09-2006, 16:15
Also Germany last year had more Jews emigrating to it then Israel due to its very friendly , supportive laws to jewish emigrees. Mostly from former Soviet Union territories.
Cabra West
10-09-2006, 16:15
Step softer nothing. The law steps softly for nobody. Well, very few. You'd better have a good reason.

It's called diplomcay. I know you're not overly familiar with the concept.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:15
Step softer nothing. The law steps softly for nobody. Well, very few. You'd better have a good reason.Such as being directly responsible for the attempted extinction of an entire ethnic group?
German Nightmare
10-09-2006, 16:16
Exactly. If, by some incredible circumstance, Israel was taking over the world, Germany wouldn't lift a finger to stop them.
Of course not. We'd be so preoccupied delivering weapons and boosting our economy, we wouldn't care :rolleyes:

This whole thread reminds me of that old joke of mine I like to throw into discussions whenever someone hints to changing Germany's borders nowadays...

"Wir schaffen so lange Lebensraum im Osten bis wir wieder in Frankreich sind!"

(We will be creating living space in the East until finally we are in France again)
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:18
Such as being directly responsible for the attempted extinction of an entire ethnic group?

No German in power today is responsible for that. And Germany is not the law, merely an enforcer of it.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:21
No German in power today is responsible for that. And Germany is not the law, merely an enforcer of it.You asked for a reason, and I gave it to you.
Laerod
10-09-2006, 16:22
Of course not. We'd be so preoccupied delivering weapons and boosting our economy, we wouldn't care :rolleyes:

This whole thread reminds me of that old joke of mine I like to throw into discussions whenever someone hints to changing Germany's borders nowadays...

"Wir schaffen so lange Lebensraum im Osten bis wir wieder in Frankreich sind!"

(We will be creating living space in the East until finally we are in France again)Moin moin, auch schon wach? :D
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:24
You asked for a reason, and I gave it to you.

It's not a very good one.

Here's a pointer: the British, along with other Europeans, have been blamed for the problems in Africa. But when the shit took a turn for the worse in Sierra Leone, who did they need to help them out? The UK!
The Potato Factory
10-09-2006, 16:25
I'm going to bed. This topic better be interesting tomorrow; it better be interesting hard.
German Nightmare
10-09-2006, 16:36
Moin moin, auch schon wach? :D
Moin! :D Aber was soll das denn heißen?!?

Not only am I awake since 11:30 but "already" posting on NS since noonish times... (Sendung mit der Maus fiel aus because of the Pope on all channels. Grrrrr!)

I have 7 threads opened and keep posting away. And I went to cast my vote earlier today, so all is good :p
The Potato Factory
11-09-2006, 07:29
Hey, I said this had better be interesting when I come back. One post?
Kyronea
11-09-2006, 07:51
North Fulton County wants to be a separate county in North Georgia. This would hark back to the days before Milton County was assimilated into the present day Fulton.

Sandy Springs became an incorporated city, ending it's ties to Atlanta.

And that's the news from Lake Wobegon.

Sandy Springs is incorporated? About time my place of birth became so...if it is true, of course.
Bratwurstburg
11-09-2006, 12:29
@Topic:

Don't you need to have a referendum or something like that, which takes place in the whole country, if you want your city to leave that country? Or are Dutch cities that autonomous that they can just join whomever they like?
Strathcarlie
11-09-2006, 12:39
I don't know. In this era of European integration, it wouldn't surprise me you can just hold another referendum about it, and possibly just redraw the border a few kms west. On the other hand, one of the reasons there is so much dissent is that the current government of the Netherlands is a conservative, rascist and nationalist gov't. They might not be amused.

Personally; i think the entire European map is due for some change. lets just get rid of all the nations, there is more federal legislation in the EU than there is in the US nowadays. Just start from scratch and build new autonomous regions. that can function as "states", with a weak central government in Brussels and no other national governments whatsoever.
Not bad
11-09-2006, 12:59
If between 23 and 41 percent of the city want to be German rather than Dutch they should get on their bicycles and move to Germany and leave the other 59 to 77 percent of the population and the Netherland's borders alone. Simple.
The Potato Factory
11-09-2006, 13:03
Personally; i think the entire European map is due for some change. lets just get rid of all the nations, there is more federal legislation in the EU than there is in the US nowadays. Just start from scratch and build new autonomous regions. that can function as "states", with a weak central government in Brussels and no other national governments whatsoever.

No. Federal government in Berlin or no deal.
Bratwurstburg
11-09-2006, 13:07
No. Federal government in Berlin or no deal.
Do you actually mean anything of what you are posting, or are you just kidding all the time?
The Potato Factory
11-09-2006, 13:10
Do you actually mean anything of what you are posting, or are you just kidding all the time?

A little bit from column A and a little bit from column C.