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2003-08-05 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-05 11:24:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Total non-evenement : in the last two decades, "bad years" had about 500-600 explosions PER YEAR (that five to six hundred, yes!), while quiet years are about half that. I think the lowest were the two last year, before the "truce" was declared broken by the nationalists, with 100-150 booms. I can't confirm the numbers, but I kid you note about the scale of the phenomenon! Note that many of theses are criminals and/or about individual grudges. That's a real tradition. I think there are slightly over 250 000 corsicans on the islands. Calculate the ratio.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-5 1:10:01 PM|| 2003-8-5 1:10:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 When your country's flag has a Muslim's head on it, you've got to figure that violence goes with the territor.

Posted by Christopher Johnson 2003-8-5 5:06:16 PM|| [http://mcj.bloghorn.com/] 2003-8-5 5:06:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 France should just let 'em go. Let 'em find out just how expensive independence is. In a way it is a little bit of poetic justice. Seeing as how it was the French that fanned the flames of independence in Quebec

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-8-5 5:58:26 PM|| 2003-8-5 5:58:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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