# Today's News from Europe **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 11, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970 "2005-07-11T12:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/21 "2005-07-11T21:52:30Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Now wait a minute. You talk about blowing up the Greenpeace boat as if it was a bad thing… I don’t often agree with **Maud’Dib** , but this time he’s got a point. Remember, much like fish, Hippies don’t feel pain like humans do. However, they do make a whole lot more noise when you stick a fishhook in their lip, so don’t try this at home after ten. Your neighbors are trying to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/22 "2005-07-11T22:07:32Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Bobbies certainly trumps the Marshal Plan and Sauk Vaccine. You got me there 😃 Bobbies are English policemen and if you want to keep your vaccine, the UK can keep Penicillin 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/23 "2005-07-12T02:42:21Z")
(We are being much too nice to each other for the Pit. I would hate for the thread to be closed for a courtesy violation.) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/24 "2005-07-12T05:45:30Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Now wait a minute. You talk about blowing up the Greenpeace boat as if it was a bad thing… Fernando Pereira, the Dutch photographer who was killed as a result of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, probably thought it was a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/25 "2005-07-12T06:23:43Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Fernando Pereira, the Dutch photographer who was killed as a result of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, probably thought it was a bad thing. But his eerily-similar sounding _Portuguese_ colleague, Fernando Pereira, probably didn’t mind so much. I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/26 "2005-07-12T06:30:41Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > But his eerily-similar sounding _Portuguese_ colleague, Fernando Pereira, probably didn’t mind so much. I guess. The Greenpeace Australia site says that he was [Dutch, though originally from Portugal.](http://www.greenpeace.org.au/rainbow_warrior/bombing_of_1985/death_of_crew_member.html) ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/27 "2005-07-12T07:02:35Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Fernando Pereira, the Dutch photographer who was killed as a result of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, probably thought it was a bad thing. Yes… But was he a hippie? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/28 "2005-07-12T07:34:28Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Sure, but offhand I don’t see a lot of Europeans (leaders or otherwise) going around telling the rest of the world how their way is superior to all others and circumventing nations and international organizations that don’t agree with them. You don’t? Really? It’s an almost daily occurance to hear other countries say how wrong the U.S. is on a slew of policies and actions. How is that not a way of saying they have the better policy ideas? Circumventing nations? You do realize the Security Council is pretty powerful in global policy? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/29 "2005-07-12T07:44:43Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > How come we never hear about the arseholes that live in Australia, Asia or Greenland. Yeah, Greenland, I’m talkin’ about you! You can’t be the only country that doesn’t have any arseholes! And just to give everyone a head’s up: Lichtenstein. I’m tellin’ ya. Those Lichtensteinians have been plotting for _years_! When’s the last time you’ve heard news from Lichtenstein? That’s right. You haven’t. They’re laying low and building for world domination. I’ve been warning of this for years, but everyone just keeps ignoring the battle cry. Fine. Keep your fancy-schmancy tinfoil hats. Us rational people can see the truth. See, the fact that little Lichty never makes international headlines is the repressive regime in place! The puppet government installed by our future alien overlords have complete thought control over the populace. There is no straying from the ultimate goal of domination. Fear them, folks. Fear them. Your future depends on these words! Lichtenstein. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/30 "2005-07-12T07:58:46Z")
Googlenewsfight! Greenland: 783 results, top headline involves a polar bear hunt Leichtenstein: 237, top story - Liverpool’s pre-season friendly They’ve got their cover in place, alright… ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/31 "2005-07-12T08:23:50Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Googlenewsfight! This adds nothing, but…\* I can just see Cartman screaming this to start a competition between Jimmy and Timmy to see which can find the most support groups for the ailments they suffer. \*South Park reference for those not in the know. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/32 "2005-07-12T11:02:12Z")
Let’s not forget the Belgians. They are just a hot bed of revolt waiting to happen. With their waffle makers and bikes. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/33 "2005-07-12T11:35:46Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Now wait a minute. You talk about blowing up the Greenpeace boat as if it was a bad thing… So if you are part of a group that plans and executes a bombing killing a non combatant in another nation in order to achieve a political goal, you are a…? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/34 "2005-07-12T11:37:17Z")
> [@Dublin11](#): > > Golly. Five whole things are happening on the entire continent of Europe. > FIVE?!?!?! > > All hail the Arab News, it’s obviously a fantastically in-depth newspaper. Bringing you all the important stories from all round the world. > Keep reading it. It might stop you posting shite on here. Too bad I don’t know your location so I can’t lampoon the foreign news coverage of your poorer quality papers. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/35 "2005-07-12T11:43:24Z")
Duffer, I see your Lichtenstein, and I raise you Rhode Island. Is there anything else there except Quahog and toll roads? I have my doubts as to it’s actual existence. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/36 "2005-07-12T11:44:24Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > So if you are part of a group that plans and executes a bombing killing a non combatant in another nation in order to achieve a political goal, you are a…? …the former French President [François Mittérand](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10335095) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/37 "2005-07-12T11:47:40Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I’m tellin’ ya. Those Lichtensteinians have been plotting for _years_! And the Leichtensteiners too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/38 "2005-07-12T11:55:28Z")
Leichtensteiners don’t they do that pop-art with a comic book theme? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/39 "2005-07-12T12:32:21Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > So if you are part of a group that plans and executes a bombing killing a non combatant in another nation in order to achieve a political goal, you are a…? … [CIA Agent Luis Posada Carriles](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4535661.stm)? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970/40 "2005-07-12T12:41:41Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > That’s because Bushie ain’t seeing boobies on TV. Ashcroft was covering them up. 🙂 Is this Italian thing for real? Explosives in a can of tomato paste? Explosives without an igniter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-news-from-europe/311970.md?page=3)