tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4980739773310361171..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Must See: Neanderthal European Union AdRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48069949083552388292012-03-08T12:12:33.840-05:002012-03-08T12:12:33.840-05:00I think people are misunderstanding this commercia...I think people are misunderstanding this commercial. Where do you guys see here any message that foreign trade is bad?<br /><br />My takeaway: the EU states will happily and successfully integrate any and all foreigners, even if they might be a little scary looking. Come one, come all to our wonderful melting pot! We welcome all comers, diversity is strength!<br /><br />But let's make a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6106546342828494292012-03-08T10:10:51.115-05:002012-03-08T10:10:51.115-05:00What an asinine commercial. I've got to say, e...What an asinine commercial. I've got to say, even though the message is horrible, aesthetically, it did look cool. I wonder how much money did it take to put that together?<br /><br />By watching that, you'd almost think the EU was at war with the world.<br /><br />Funny thing about that is the look and feel of the piece as well as the costuming of the EU woman is copied from the US film Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20956187256205470282012-03-07T21:25:13.911-05:002012-03-07T21:25:13.911-05:00Wow. Talk about a "tin ear" on the part...Wow. Talk about a "tin ear" on the part of the EU. Remarkable that a bunch that fall all over themselves to be politically correct produce something like that.davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31290123004985618232012-03-07T19:09:45.896-05:002012-03-07T19:09:45.896-05:00Unfortunately, the combined populations of China a...Unfortunately, the combined populations of China and India and the low European birth rate makes this moot. Btw, aren't most Europeans of Asian or Mongol descent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29065245171050584172012-03-07T18:20:01.585-05:002012-03-07T18:20:01.585-05:00Yes, this does betray a worldview that is common a...Yes, this does betray a worldview that is common all around (i.e. that "we" are "competing" with China/Asia/somewhere else).<br /><br />There are two ironies here. The first is that in the socialist EU "we are all Europeans" and life can only improve if we co-operate as Europeans (code for submit to the EU). Clearly there is no advantage to co-operating with anyone Pete Moorenoreply@blogger.com