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05 Apr 07
05 Apr 07
Speaking of genocide, the Turks are not amused by the French making denial of the Armenian genocide a crime and so have broken off talks on a pipeline to provide natural gas to Europe.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/05/business/pipe.php
The motivation? Because there are many Armenians living in France who are tired of the Holocaust getting all the air time.
Is this an ill-advised French attempt to gag free speech which pointlessly jeopardizes European energy resources? Or is it a brave and selfless action on the part of the French nation?
05 Apr 07
Originally posted by spruce112358Deny one holocaust, deny them all.
Is this an ill-advised French attempt to gag free speech which pointlessly jeopardizes European energy resources? Or is it a brave and selfless action on the part of the French nation?
To me, it's a case of reminding the Turks of what they need to do if they want to enter the EU. Which is a lot more than they're doing right now.
European energy resources are unlikely to be jeopardised...especially France's...France runs on nuclear power. (Perhaps the nuclear lobby had a hand in the wording of the press release).
05 Apr 07
Originally posted by Bosse de NageThat's a good point. I think France is about 50% nuke and rising. Be a bitch what they want to do with the nuke waste though. Maybe they will ship it to Turkey.
Deny one holocaust, deny them all.
To me, it's a case of reminding the Turks of what they need to do if they want to enter the EU. Which is a lot more than they're doing right now.
European energy resources are unlikely to be jeopardised...especially France's...France runs on nuclear power. (Perhaps the nuclear lobby had a hand in the wording of the press release).
05 Apr 07
Originally posted by Bosse de NageSo France is sending a message, eh? "Shape up, you bums! Start admitting you were a bunch of murderous thugs. And by the way, you can keep your smelly ol' gaz."
Deny one holocaust, deny them all.
To me, it's a case of reminding the Turks of what they need to do if they want to enter the EU. Which is a lot more than they're doing right now.
European energy resources are unlikely to be jeopardised...especially France's...France runs on nuclear power. (Perhaps the nuclear lobby had a hand in the wording of the press release).
("...keen importer of luminous green..." You come up with some really good ones, you know?)
05 Apr 07
Originally posted by spruce112358France has that train thingy so they don't need Turkish gas.
Speaking of genocide, the Turks are not amused by the French making denial of the Armenian genocide a crime and so have broken off talks on a pipeline to provide natural gas to Europe.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/05/business/pipe.php
The motivation? Because there are many Armenians living in France who are tired of the Holocaust getting al ...[text shortened]... uropean energy resources? Or is it a brave and selfless action on the part of the French nation?