Electoral Reform

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I'm more scared of the general anti-EU and anti-Islam attitude that seems to be en vogue around Europe these days.

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Tarabulus

I wonder as well. From what I hear, France might be on the verge of some level of mass internal rioting and civil war, but you'd never know it reading the news. Well, at least the US news.

Anti-Islam; I can understand the thought process. You have masses of adherents to a religion living amongst you where hardly none of their leadership will openly condemn the subjugation of women, or the beheading of unarmed so-called enemies in the name of God. You have a religion whose extremists believe in the establishment of world dominion, and the subjugation (Dhimmi) or elimination of all non-Muslims. If you have Islamic neighbors, how would you tell the difference between the ones that are peaceful, or the ones that will strap explosives to themselves or their children and send them into a crowded market?

Anti-EU; I guess, being a patriot, I would loathe to give up our national currency, identity, and sovereignty to a group of people that made decisions collectively against my interests. Each of the European countries have a distinct culture, so a union does not come so easily in one generation (The US's did not either). The original United States was created as a bulwark against the larger scarier European Powers that would have sought to divide and reconquer an disunited North America. Frankly, as an American, I liked the distinctive differences between the various nations of Europe, and I think it is a shame that they would blend away over time.