Re: It Begins ... Free Speech Becoming a Crime in the EU
Originally Posted by
OldGreyFox
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It's only the bureaucracy of the EU we are leaving Solasch, not our friends in Europe.....Where we hope to still be a part...
When a friend prepares to do something foolish, you try to persuade him with all your might. If he doesn't want to listen you can either turn your back and end the friendship. Or you can be there when or in case your friend needs you. In that light you should see the statements of people like verhofstadt and timmermans.
The same goes for me. I respect your democratic choice to leave, but will not stop calling it for what I think it is. Not to denounce you, but in the hope to prepare you for what is coming. The more since I see the UK was, and is, not preparing enough.
And when the times come where the effects of brexit become obvious, I will remind you of the cause, not to gloat, but to point the direction where the solution lies.
In the netherlands, when they agree to disagree, they say: "even goeie vrienden", meaning it doesn't influence our friendship. So in that spirit, even goeie vrienden.