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Originally posted by gladtobehere
Did you know that the European Union just awarded itself the Nobel Peace prize? Surprised? Youre not the only one:
Originally posted by yorkshirelad
The prize was awarded due to Europe having had no wars within its borders in over 70 years this is a direct consequence of the nations (regularily at war for several hundred years ) having to cooperate through the EU.
It has nothing to do with economics or consequences of massive tax evasion by the greeks (the germans might not be saints on this topic as the EMF would now concede but the greeks forget to inform non greeks that clamping down on tax evasion would have mitigated a vast amount of their financial problems)
The sanctions (irrespective of the reasons why or if you agree with them or not) are part of the economic sanctions against Iran by depriving them of several TV channels to affect Iranian business. Unfortunately due to the way satellites work (DUH!) you cannot selectively switch off which area receives which channels. Its all or nothing. As such the switch off has nothing to do with depriving non iranians of Iranian TV ie your bleat about freedom of speech. It's an unfortunate consequence of the technology being used.
Originally posted by iRoyalty
Originally posted by yorkshirelad
Ok, but it's not to say EU countries haven't gone to war elsewhere? America hasn't had a civil war for well over 100 years but they definitely shoudn't get a peace prize!