From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Sat 03 Apr 2004 - 20:05:40 GMT
Derek,
Interesting topic, but for being an European citizin not that
surprising though ! Moreover, I see more patterns than you
did describe.
Turkey for example, does give more points to Belgium than
it does to Germany, where I do believe live the most Turks
outside their own country. And vice versa that is not the
case, Germany doesn 't usally award Turkey with many
points...is there a racistic pattern visible...!?
Spain and Italy give eachother points, Spain and Portugal
do the same, but not the Netherlands and Belgium, not even
Belgium and Luxemburg, although royal related....
Do France and England give eachother points !?
Remerber their historic conflicts...
And although most immigrants in Belgium are from Italian
origin we never received many points from that direction, either.
And that the current queen is of Italy doesn 't help us much
further either...
And in the glance of the currents affairs here in my country,
the Dutroux- proces, Belgium won once the contest, Sandra
Kim, at the time she was 14 or 15, a little kid, striking isn 't it !?
And all the others rewarded us........
And, Belgium, being one of the first countries at the bias of
the European Economic Community didn 't help us...where
is our reward for letting other governments become ritcher...!?
Musn 't we not be rewarded for being the place where all the
great battles of the Great Wars are fought; being the place
where all the unnecessary deaths are lying peacefully and
cared for...!?
Luxembourg won it three times, I think..each time with a
singer of another native ground,( Vicky Leandros was from
Greece, Marie something was from France, the other was
also from France I think), Switserland became second,
with the Canadian singer, Céline Dion...Jhonny Logan won it
twice as a singer, once as the author of the winning song...
Which country rewarded what in that case...!? The Dubliners
were happy that Ireland lost the contest in the year that
followed, to expensive...
France became second with a female singer from one of
its colonies, black and beautiful, but she didn 't win...why
should that be !?
Does give Belgium more points to Spain being the country
where most of my countrymen spent their holiday...I doubt
it, and for what reason should we, or vice versa did Spain
ever give us points for spending all those Euro's in its bars !?
There is indeed more than meets the eye, but I shouldn 't
take the reasons for granted....its a show and a scam,
nothing more...
Regards,
Kenneth
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