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[Zarn]

Wait, what?????????

Let's see (18th Century)
Protestant:
England: Civil rights, republic, capitalism, freedom of religion
Netherlands: Ditto
Germany: Monarchies, but decentralized
Sweden: Republic (during the Enlightenment)


Catholic:
France: Protestantism was illegal, decadent nobles wasted the country's money until poor starved and revolted
Spain: Still an Absolutist monarchy w/ and Inquisition!
Italy: Ditto


Protestant states are far more likely to be republics than Catholic ones!

Look at Europe.

France is now a republic. Italy, Ireland, Poland, Portugal are what exactly? Austria and Hungary? Look at Latin America. Are they all monarchies? The Philippines?

England was not a republic, even then.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Yes well France became a republic because it gave up Catholicism. Same with the others.

 

[Zarn]

Yes well France became a republic because it gave up Catholicism. Same with the others.

Most people are still Catholic. Have you seen Latin America and the Philippines?

I'm Catholic, and I hate even the remote possibility of monarchy.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

I'm Protestant and yet you accused me of being a monarchist! Neither faith is open to monarchism. It's just a perversion. Compramise? My fellow smoothie (see Poll to end all polls) ?

 

[jeps]

Most people are still Catholic. Have you seen Latin America and the Philippines?

I'm Catholic, and I hate even the remote possibility of monarchy.

most american PROTESTANTS hate the same possibility.

also, if you would like a nice correlation, i am jewish and on MY money, I HAVE A QUEEN.

 

[warpus]

"Eastern Europe is an offensive term."

Man, the things you learn . . .

Call somebody from Texas (who clearly isn't an immigrant) Mexican, and you'll get it.

Of course, I don't want to bring this stupid conversation up, but it is a bit annoying to be called something you're not.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

most american PROTESTANTS hate the same possibility.

also, if you would like a nice correlation, i am jewish and on MY money, I HAVE A QUEEN.

I have a Queen, too. They wrote Bohemian Rhapsody (or rather Freddie Mercury did and Queen performed it )

 

[Zarn]

I'm not saying it is strict. There are a few Constitutional monarchies out there for Protestants, but I'm sure there is at least one Protestant Republic in Europe. Also, like you know, Spain is still a monarchy. There is still a pattern, though.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

But Jesus didn't say "I like monarchies " That goes for BOTH of us. Please drop it in the spirit of brotherhood. I'm sorry about my post claiming Catholicism and monarchy are linked, as well.

 

[Zarn]

But Jesus didn't say "I like monarchies " That goes for BOTH of us. Please drop it in the spirit of brotherhood. I'm sorry about my post claiming Catholicism and monarchy are linked, as well.

I never said it was a hard and fast rule.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Yeah....but.....blehhh!!! Just make more maps!!!!

 

[a_propagandist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe

Take your pick, all you East/Central arguers.

 

[Ansar]

Green - European Union
Red - United Eastern Europe
Yellow borders - high-tech borders with patrols, machine guns, etc (no escape)
Pink - Nuclear testing facility (inhabitants are subjected to radiation)
Blue dot inside Pink - heaviest area of testing
Light blue - associated member of the EU

And some notes:
Spain and Portugal united.
Republic of Macedonia took Greek Macedonia.
Turkey took a bit of northern Greece too.
Cyprus belongs to Turkey now (the Turkish Republic of Cyprus beat the Greek side)
Eastern Europe denotes that it includes Czech Republic and Poland.

 

[warpus]

 

[Gecko1]

Greater Germany... nah, how about dead Germany?

 

[warpus]

poland gets berlin? what the hell would we rename it to? szwabia?

 

[Kraznaya]

Green - European Union
Red - United Eastern Europe
Yellow borders - high-tech borders with patrols, machine guns, etc (no escape)
Pink - Nuclear testing facility (inhabitants are subjected to radiation)
Blue dot inside Pink - heaviest area of testing
Light blue - associated member of the EU

And some notes:
Spain and Portugal united.
Republic of Macedonia took Greek Macedonia.
Turkey took a bit of northern Greece too.
Cyprus belongs to Turkey now (the Turkish Republic of Cyprus beat the Greek side)
Eastern Europe denotes that it includes Czech Republic and Poland.

I endorse this idea

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

We bombed Hainan Island? And Khartoum, too? Man, where have I been!

 

[gegabitelord]

No Yankees allowed, Southerners welcome.

 

[Steph]

latvia, lithuania, estonia- although they like to pretend theyre a nordic country these days, belarus, russia, moldova, ukraine possibly romania and bulgaria

Well, as I said before, I don't really consider Russia to be European...
So it's the Poles call...
They can be European, and grouped with France, Britain,, Germany, etc. and they are in the Eastern part of this group (with Latvia, lithuaniam Estonia, countries that don't seem that underdevelopped compare to Poland, so I don't see the problem being with them).
Or they can prefer Russia to be count with them in Europe, and then I could understand they want to be separeted from them.
But if count Russia int, then it unbalances the European country distribution.
Because of the shear siwe of Russia, you get very few eastern Europeans countries... A lot less than central / western
If you exclude Russia, then you have a more balanced repartition.