tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post116884515164709483..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: When blogs speak European and an interview with Claudio MagrisDi Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1168875465187147252007-01-15T16:37:00.000+01:002007-01-15T16:37:00.000+01:00I'm not sure what Claudio Magris is talking about ...I'm not sure what Claudio Magris is talking about when he states: <BR/>--<BR/>"Europe, unlike Oriental or American culture, maintains a ‘peculiar relationship with the individual and the whole. It’s a society in which the emphasis has always been placed on the individual, but not in an anarchic way.’ <BR/>--<BR/><BR/>All I can currently witness is the neverending inclusion into the EU of countries that are desperately poor and who couldn't care less about "European identity".<BR/><BR/>The profoundly impoverished people of Romania (the latest to join the EU) don't care about 'European values' - they only care about the EU cash.<BR/><BR/>A sad fact, but probably a realistic translation of (quote):<BR/>--<BR/>'which brings the individual to a ‘progressive self-interest in which the ‘I’ also encompasses the community.’<BR/>--Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1168858621735113912007-01-15T11:57:00.000+01:002007-01-15T11:57:00.000+01:00Europe is less a country than a continent. It is f...Europe is less a country than a continent. It is filled with people who all think differently but yet they all have DNA, brains -or so I hope, but sometimes doubt with some-, organs, etc. -not going to describe the whole human body, just follow some biology if you want to know more. However great this small continent is, unifying people is very hard, certainly when there are euros to be made and be lost. But we'll see where this small little EU project will go. .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1168858436621247222007-01-15T11:53:00.000+01:002007-01-15T11:53:00.000+01:00Thanks chiefbiscuit ... I have stopped with the fl...Thanks chiefbiscuit ... I have stopped with the flu whining. <BR/><BR/>Mark suggested I blog about my actual life but I think everyone's had enough of the whining by now :)Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1168852949601288562007-01-15T10:22:00.000+01:002007-01-15T10:22:00.000+01:00Have enjoyed my flying visit! :) You sound busy .....Have enjoyed my flying visit! :) You sound busy ... and glad you're feeling better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com