Comments on: Two Reasons Europe is Superior to the U.S.

By: Lazaro Joganic

Lazaro Joganic — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:29:11 +0000

I really not agree in your opinions, as I think it’s more like total opposite. However, in a democratic world should be room for thoughts from both sides.

By: CountBl00d

CountBl00d — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:53:07 +0000

lol its jagged

By: Kerri

Kerri — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:25:36 +0000

Ew.

By: kilian

kilian — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:52:40 +0000

well, i’d say that is an argument for their money being better…

By: Kerri

Kerri — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:41:19 +0000

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By: Kerri

Kerri — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:40:13 +0000

I like to think we balance out. But something to note. Our money is better. Hence:

By: kilian

kilian — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:14:49 +0000

That’s what I’m sayin…about the star wars. Let’s just say that in Europe there is soccer and then…everything else. That’s not a euphemism either. Consider, for instance, Glasgow. The Scottish Premier League has been won by one of two teams each year since 1986; either Celtic or Rangers. Each team plays in Glasgow, Celtic is a Catholic side, Rangers are a Protestant side. You can imagine, there is quite a bit of…emotion that runs up when the two teams play. So much so, in fact, that supporters from Rangers have been known to sing a song with a line “up to our knees in fenian blood” during matches.

I could go on…like how some Italian clubs have supporter groups that are, essentially, neo-nazi/fascist gangs. How, in the past, some english club supporters have rioted and killed dozens (even hundreds) of opposing supporters. How Real Madrid (possibly the most historically successful soccer club on the planet) was, for a long time, part of Franco’s propaganda machine in fascist Spain, and how Barcelona (and it’s basque supporters) were, in a lot of serious way, repressed and abused.

Really, the last, say 150 years of European history can be traced/linked to soccer in a very real and interesting (at least to me) way.

By: c

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:25:19 +0000

30 and no star wars!!! that just plain sucks. soccer is serious there eh?

By: kilian

kilian — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:38:11 +0000

Well, you do have to cut Eastern Europe a bit of slack. Here’s a true story. In 2004, when I was still living in San Francisco, the goalie on one of my soccer team’s was Czech. He was 30 and had never seen Star Wars. When he told me that, I nearly popped an eyeball out of my head until he explained that, hey, until 1989, his country was still under communist rule and there was a lot of western european/US pop-culture that he (and, I’m guessing most eastern europeans of a certain age range) had missed out on.

And, Western Europe has it’s issues. Try watching a soccer match from Denmark or Sweden (hell, any of the scandanavian countries) with a team that fields an african player. I can just about guarantee that you’ll hear a sizable portion of the crowd making monkey sounds, and odds are good you’ll see at least a few bananas thrown onto the pitch.

There’s f’ed up shit everywhere…I just think there’s less of it on the other side of the Atlantic.

And, no I’m not european. Born and raised in Southern California…of course, had I the means, I’d pack the wife and kid and move to london in a heartbeat.

By: c

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:50:42 +0000

i think to say europe as a whole is superior to the states may be a bit far of a reach. there are some great countries there that have much to offer(norway comes to mind quickly) but there are some shit hole places that make me wonder just how far that continent has come in the past fifty years(eastern portion mostly). i must say i love the concept they have of working to live, not living to work, i guess i am back and forth when it comes to europe. france is f’ing dirty though, im not bagging on the people but the country itself could use crates full of those sanitary wipes that you get at gas stations and what not. sanitation my friends, sanitation.

By: CountBl00d

CountBl00d — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:11:59 +0000

Kilian are you European !?

By: Spookymuffin

Spookymuffin — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:57:59 +0000

Oh Europe, how superior you are.

By: kilian

kilian — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:35:20 +0000

Well, the French did have tanks, but they topped out at around 10 mph, whereas the smaller, lighter German variety topped out around 40 mph, meaning that the Germans were much more able to maneuver fight their battle. And, you know, the Germans employed horses as well, but usually as part of supply movement.

By: exsulis

exsulis — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:31:58 +0000

Don’t forget that those pretty women don’t shave under their arms / Demographically the US has the same number of “pretty” women.

Count the very reason you need to visit is to met, greet, and have dinner with some random folks to disprove that notion.

By: CountBl00d

CountBl00d — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:28:31 +0000

the reason i don’t like france… they have pretty women… Of course i wouldn’t go there because they seem to think Americans are violent… of course i can always support that theory if they want me too

ALSO i think if they had star wars or Lord of the rings in sermons i would be more confused then a fish in a airplane…xD