Terrorist attack in Paris, France

Originally Posted by Betonov

And then butchered, repackaged and sold...

Sounds very American to me...

[August]

Originally Posted by Betonov

And then butchered, repackaged and sold by Hollywood and you believed every word in every movie ever wrong about Europe.

Says the guy spouting racist garbage about Italians. That Hollywoods fault too?

Originally Posted by August

Says the guy spouting racist garbage about Italians. That Hollywoods fault too?

"Italian" is still not a race, August.

[August]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

"Italian" is still not a race, August.

Close enough for this discussion.

[Schroeder]

Oh come on guys, this isn't the right thread for all of this. Let's stay on topic please before the mods get the locks and yellow cards out.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Here's me thinking this thread was about a terrorist attack on Paris

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

The world war against little brown people doesn't always go according to plan... and at Paris the little brown people (post colonial middle east) struck back (whew back on thread)

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Oh come on guys, this isn't the right thread for all of this. Let's stay on topic please before the mods get the locks and yellow cards out.

INDEED after the friendliest of 'nudges' from the moderator; let's cease this Romin' around and just get back to being galling... north of the Alps!

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by August

Close enough for this discussion.

A lot of things are close enough for discussion for Americans. Like medieval times and 21st century Europe.


Back on topic:

This is bad for us

Several weapons used by militants during the Paris attacks were made in Serbia in the late 1980s, the head of a Serbian arms factory has said.

Milojko Brzakovic, director of the Zastava Arms factory, said they checked the serial numbers of around eight rifles received from police.
The M70 assault rifles were part of a batch sent to military depots in Slovenia, Bosnia and Macedonia, Mr Brzakovic told the Reuters news agency

"There's no doubt they were produced by us, we were the only producer then, and we have serial numbers of everything we ever produced, but in the 1990s anyone could get a hold of them in army depots," Mr Brzakovic told Reuters

The M70 rifle is a modified Yugoslav version of the Soviet AK47.

Zastava Arms, based in the town of Kragujevac and previously known as Zavodi Crvena Zastava, served as the only state arsenal for small arms for the now-defunct communist-era Yugoslav army and police.
After the Balkan wars of the 1990s, many military weapons stayed in the hands of citizens.
Many of these weapons have found their way to Western Europe by being smuggled in small quantities, says Nils Duquet of the Flemish Peace Institute

Source: BBC and slovene media

A lot of weapons that the Yugoslav army left behind in Slovenia was sold off by some political top dogs of the time, most notably mentioned is former PM Janez Janša
I hope he gets a guilt trip and hangs himself.

[August]

Originally Posted by Betonov

A lot of things are close enough for discussion for Americans. Like medieval times and 21st century Europe.

That's because Americans by and large really don't want to care about the Old Worlds self created ethnic problems and hatreds. Our European ancestors (those of us who have European ancestors) fled that continent to get away from all that. So maybe your ethnic hatreds are not racism per se but they are indeed close enough.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by August

That's because Americans by and large really don't want to care about the Old Worlds self created ethnic problems and hatreds. Our European ancestors (those of us who have European ancestors) fled that continent to get away from all that. So maybe your ethnic hatreds are not racism per se but they are indeed close enough.

Well there are still occasional signs: "IRISH need not Apply" in the good ol USA!

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by August

That's because Americans by and large really don't want to care about the Old Worlds self created ethnic problems and hatreds. Our European ancestors (those of us who have European ancestors) fled that continent to get away from all that. So maybe your ethnic hatreds are not racism per se but they are indeed close enough.

Well said.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by August

That's because Americans by and large really don't want to care about the Old Worlds self created ethnic problems and hatreds. Our European ancestors (those of us who have European ancestors) fled that continent to get away from all that. So maybe your ethnic hatreds are not racism per se but they are indeed close enough.

Shame your armies, arogant diplomacy and neo-colonial ambitions don't follow that doctrine.

And I'll remember this little comment of yours, for the next time you want to point out some (un)truths about us Euros.

And now, I shall end what I started, any further mention of my anti-US and anti-Italian stand on this thread I will ignore.

[August]

Originally Posted by Betonov

And I'll remember this little comment of yours, for the next time you want to point out some (un)truths about us Euros.

Fine by me. I'll remember your anti-Italian rants in case you got anything to say about it.

[Jimbuna]

Come on guys, you are both better than that.

Don't paint me into a corner....cool heads if you'd both be so kind.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Come on guys, you are both better than that.

Don't paint me into a corner....cool heads if you'd both be so kind.

Jim, I'd never resent a mod for doing his job.
I'm not the kind that can dish out but can't take the backlash.