Comments on: Belgium: Ignoring reality since 1830

By: webroalty

webroalty — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:02:16 +0000

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By: bathmateus

bathmateus — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:34:31 +0000

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By: bathmateus

bathmateus — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:34:31 +0000

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By: mathewi

mathewi — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:42:04 +0000

Thanks, Jeffrey. I was trying to make light of the headline with my
compliments to Belgium for its waffles etc. It was meant to be
humorous, although that attempt appears to have failed :-)

In any case, I feel compelled to point out that I am not American but
Canadian -- and therefore am quite used to people ignoring and/or
misrepresenting my country in various ways (igloos, Mounties, etc.).
Thanks for the comment.

By: jeffreyb

jeffreyb — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:30:11 +0000

If I understand your post correctly, you are implying that the inane actions of a single company in French speaking Belgium marks the entire country as ignoring reality and possibly being a bit stupid? Is that not rather naive?

Agreed, Copiepresse, is acting in a difficult to understand way. One suspects this is the result of a non-savvy senior manager who is out of touch with the on-line world. But this is one medium sized company!

And no one would deny that Belgium has problems by the sackful: a language divide that splits a country, that is smaller than most US states, into two highly antagonistic sides; a wonky tax system; and a bureaucracy that has borrowed far too much nonsense from the French.

But, the Belgians did not judge all Americans by Enron or Worldcom. And they are trying desperately hard not to judge you and your fellow Americans by your president.

By way of apology for slandering Belgium, I might normally insist you buy me a beer and beg forgiveness. But face it, your American beer simply doesn't compare to the hundreds of yummy varieties here!