The Last Conformist
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I just happened to look at a PCGamer DVD, and noticed it said "Made in the EU". I don't think I've seen that origin marking ever before. Is it new, or am I just unobservant?
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SonicX
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The A 380 also has that label, just look at the bottom of the machine next to the expiry date.
Winner
Diverse in Unity
Made in EU logo was proposed some time ago. I didn't notice it has passed.
Hotpoint
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stormbind said:That logo bothers me. How can I support the UK, but not the EU, when 'made in UK' has been replaced with 'made in EU'
Well you could learn to accept that to really support the UK you should support the EU
If the long story of our island, and continuity of our institutions is to end, may it be with the same courage and defiance Britons have shown through generations past.Hotpoint said:Well you could learn to accept that to really support the UK you should support the EU
Mathilda
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I think you've just been unobservant. Doesn't seem like a new thing to me, though couldn't point to when I've first seen it.The Last Conformist said:
Hotpoint
Rome Treaty Legions
stormbind said:
If the long story of our island is to continue as more than a mere footnote in history it will be within the EU. I believe that Britain still has a postive role to play in determining the future but alone we just don't have the resources to guide history any longer. Better to pool sovereignty with equals than abandon it completely swamped by anothers interests as a lapdog of a disproportionately greater power.
Churchill himself suggested a Franco-British Union in 1940 when the two found themselves facing the might of Nazi Germany realising that it was better to give up some independence than all of it.
Some may find comfort in the notion that we could be Athens to America's Rome... personally I'd rather be Rome again myself
oagersnap
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Hotpoint said:Some may find comfort in the notion that we could be Athens to America's Rome... personally I'd rather be Rome again myself
But remember that Rome doesn't exist anymore.
Hotpoint
Rome Treaty Legions
oagersnap said:But remember that Rome doesn't exist anymore.
No power remains dominant forever... they did have a good run though
SonicX
Emperor
Oh, I must really get up to date.oagersnap said:But remember that Rome doesn't exist anymore.
Damn terrorists
You sound corrupted by the false promise of power, and willing to exchange the freedom of higher law that has made our nation great, for some pompous self-righteous effort to count among the next Caesar's foolish soldiers.Hotpoint said:If the long story of our island is to continue as more than a mere footnote in history it will be within the EU. I believe that Britain still has a postive role to play in determining the future but alone we just don't have the resources to guide history any longer. Better to pool sovereignty with equals than abandon it completely swamped by anothers interests as a lapdog of a disproportionately greater power.
Churchill himself suggested a Franco-British Union in 1940 when the two found themselves facing the might of Nazi Germany realising that it was better to give up some independence than all of it.
Some may find comfort in the notion that we could be Athens to America's Rome... personally I'd rather be Rome again myself
I say you are deluded in believing that the disproportionately greater influence of Germany has any desire to benevolently support your private fantasy.
I never saw a single "made in the EU". If it is the new way I must say it sucks. When I buy olive oil I want to know if it's made in Portugal or Italy. When I buy some tools I want to know if they were made in Germany or Spain. And so on.
Marla_Singer
United in diversity
I agree with this. I've already seen that several times before. Actually it's written on most cigarette packs.Mathilda said:
Don't worry, it's still written "made in Germany" on BMW's...Luiz said:
I don't know how works the legislation on that kind of things. Maybe it depends according to the product... or maybe companies are free to decide whether they put the country name or the EU. But anyway, everything produced in Europe isn't labelled as "EU". And that's even more true when it comes to olive oil or food in general.
Actually, it's often written both... something like "made in Belgium (EU)".
Marla_Singer
United in diversity
How would it be the end of anything ? British people would still remain,. Things are only continuing, nothing is ending.stormbind said:
Anyway Hotpoint explained it better than me.
SonicX
Emperor
We make stuff ?Marla_Singer said:
Anyway, I recall labeling something as "from the EU" and others a "from this or that country" has to do with the kind of product. To protect the national market, region-specific goods will stay labelled as "made in country X" such as there are wine, olive oil, fruits and vegetables, machinery, spices, ...
More general goods which are basically the same all over the continent such as cigarettes, soda pops and so on are labelled "made in the EU" because there is no regional distinction between the products.
Hotpoint
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stormbind said:
On the contrary without the power to defend our freedom it will crumble since alone we simply do not have the resources required to maintain those liberties against the will of other nations. I'm not being corrupted or pompous I'm being realistic, although I may veil my beliefs behind a tongue-in-cheek vision of a mighty European Empire and Pax Europae the fact is that small nations get stepped on and you're better off being the one that does the stepping.
stormbind said:
Given that the population of Germany is going to fall whilst that of the UK is expected to keep rising until at least 2040 any concern over the long-term domination of the Deutsche over ourselves is somewhat paranoid. If they don't sort out their economy and start breeding at a decent rate again soon we'll be dominating them.
In any case as regards Germany we'll be needing those Panzer Crews for when we march the Imperial Eagles into the Middle-East in about twenty years or so
Marla_Singer
United in diversity
This is true. I remember I've read a study saying that French population should take over the German one at the horizon 2050. They were saying that then the French population is expected to reach 75 million people. And actually, there are more little French babies birthing every year than little German babies.Hotpoint said:
Actually I consider this as more worrying than everything, and this from an absolutely selfish point of view. Indeed, I wonder how we can sustain our consumption if we are less and less to purchase stuff. That means economical crisis... and that means I would be poorer. So it's clear countries such as Germany, Spain or Italy should really think strongly about solving their issue (and it wouldn't do harm to anyone if European countries having less problems in that field would still have more babies than currently).
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