Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
Why not have the capital of europe float across the skies as an armada of airships?
The stairs to the place would have to be driven manually beside it.
Why not have the capital of europe float across the skies as an armada of airships?
The stairs to the place would have to be driven manually beside it.
Stairs? We have the technology to be more sophisticated than that. We can use flycars, jetpacks and orca bombers.
It would still be a problem with cats. Now, they shouldn't only be afraid of cars.
"Watch it! The jetting man is coming! ARRRRRGH!"
Again, in both cases, the government did everything to destroy terrorists and save as much hostages as possible. It is not only a matter of humanity, but also their reputation. I'm talking about reputation only to proof they indeed have done their best.
I didn't get your sentence about passport, but doesn't matter.
I think so because I live in this country for almost 30 years, and sometimes talk with people. What do you want to convince me? That we don't have freedom? We have it. That human life have no cost for our rulers? I don't see such facts. You just repeat what you have read from articles, and didn't even mention real problems for which our government can be really criticized.
Not knowing the facts I cant confirom or deny this, but knowing how chaotic things can be in my country this probably has some grain. On the other hand, one thing I've always wondered about 9/11 is why they didn't organise large scale evacuations of people by helicopters?Out of a number of things done wrong, here is an example:
"Witnesses and journalists saw two T-72 tanks advance on the school that afternoon, at least one of which fired its main gun several times; the tank unit commander testified the tank fired "one blank shot and six antipersonnel-high explosive shells" on orders from the FSB.[38] The Russian government later defended the use of tanks and other heavy weaponry, arguing that it was used after surviving hostages escaped from the school. However, this contradicts the eyewitness accounts (including Associated Press reporters, photographers and videographers), as many hostages were seriously wounded and could not possibly escape by themselves, and others were kept by the militants as human shields, particularly in the area of the school cafeteria."
Knowing the size of that town, I am surprised there were as many ambulances as there were. From what I remember seeing in the news, there's been a lot, but probably still not enough. You would not expect to have 100's of ambulances in a town of 35,000? I am sure they were simply not avaliable and knowing logistical issues I am sure at least some were brought from nearby areas. I'm also glad EU has more ambulances per person, that roads are shorter and peoplea re generally better off than in Russia. If I were to use it as a metaphor, I could say that healing an arm wound using super-duper cream is not more honorable than healing the same arm (but not as well) using almost nothing. I'm glad someone has that cream, but lack of cream is not a crime.Here is an other gem:
"No fire-fighting equipment was in position and, despite the previous experiences of the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, there were few ambulances ready. There was not one sapper among the Russian special forces, despite the building being heavily mined."
Now that is what I call concerne for the hostages!
You can bet that that would have been provided in the EU.
Plenty of people care about Germany being too powerful within the EU. In fact, Germany gets more suspicion about that than either the UK or France do. Eastern Europe, in particular, still regards Germany with some degree of suspicion, so if you want them to effectively integrate into the EU you can't be seen to favour Germany to heavily.But Berlin is the perfect capital. It is placed the best place, is a modern city with modern architecture, extremely powerful economy... Who cares about 'Germany' being the most powerful nation in the EU, when in the future, the EU itself will be considered a nation? (Hopefully, that is)
Have you ever been to Bonn ?
The city is hardly worth to talk abut, it would not be much of Capital, it's not in the same league as Berlin or other European capitals.
And of course smaller EU states would be anxious about the Capital of the EU in one of the largest and most influencial states.
I think the problem lies in the fact that you do not have any other reality than your present one to compare to.
Even if there is a whole TV channel not controlled by the government, it is not enough to call it freedom. All media should be out of the governments imediate controle.
Maybe you should live abroad for a while to get some perspectives.
Not knowing the facts I cant confirom or deny this, but knowing how chaotic things can be in my country this probably has some grain. On the other hand, one thing I've always wondered about 9/11 is why they didn't organise large scale evacuations of people by helicopters?
Yes, I agree human life is a lot cheaper over there just like it is in Asia, Africa or Latin America. Glad someone has it better.
Knowing the size of that town, I am surprised there were as many ambulances as there were. From what I remember seeing in the news, there's been a lot, but probably still not enough. You would not expect to have 100's of ambulances in a town of 35,000? I am sure they were simply not avaliable and knowing logistical issues I am sure at least some were brought from nearby areas. I'm also glad EU has more ambulances per person, that roads are shorter and peoplea re generally better off than in Russia. If I were to use it as a metaphor, I could say that healing an arm wound using super-duper cream is not more honorable than healing the same arm (but not as well) using almost nothing. I'm glad someone has that cream, but lack of cream is not a crime.
Lastly, I simply cant see how you can fight with insurgents and have firefighters fight fire at the same time. Maybe it is possible in EU or in american heroic action movies, but I doubt it is possible IRL.
In general, yes, I realise there were lot of logostical problems, but having read accounts of some special forces officers on how they were gathered and what kind of resources they had I think they did okay. I am sure EU would have handeled in better, but until something similar happens in EU (and I pray that it won't) I will hold with my judgement.
Lastly, I see what problems you are referrig to and I must say I was wrong in my assumptions.
Plenty of people care about Germany being too powerful within the EU. In fact, Germany gets more suspicion about that than either the UK or France do. Eastern Europe, in particular, still regards Germany with some degree of suspicion, so if you want them to effectively integrate into the EU you can't be seen to favour Germany to heavily.
The fact is, you can't think of this as a traditional capital. You're not creating a seat of imperial power, you're establishing a place were the representatives of separate member states can meet for various purposes. You want to resist choosing a particular powerful or wealthy city and the centralisation that this would entail. For this, you're far better off with a smaller city in a small, neutral country. For preference, you'd have several such cities, dividing the major roles of government between separate locations, so as to further decrease the idea of one country wielding too much power within the EU and resisting the possibility of
And that is, in fact, what we have right now. Strasbourg's an exception, of course, so maybe we could do with shifting Europe's legislative capital elsewhere, plus there has been a tendency to centralise the system around Brussels, but shifting the capital to Berlin is certainly not a solution to either of those problems.
The capital must be in the middle of Europe..The middle of Europe is Germany..Germany's capital is Berlin..
To easy to explain my reason to choose Berlin.
So you counted Russia.the middle of Europe isnt Germany, its Latvia
So you counted Russia.
Why do you count Russia?
Does Russia see himself European or Does Europe see Russia a part of Europe in diplomatic ways?
the middle of Europe isnt Germany, its Latvia