ask yourself this simple question: how many Palestinian descendants carry Israeli passport? Are they persecuted? How many arab countries' citizens visit Israel every year? are they stopped and searched?
I don't think that's true, it's a very Anglo-centric view. Different peoples have very different tastes in music and the spread of the EU into Eastern Europe has made that more influential as Danidl has observed. Hungarian tastes for example are very different from ours, especially with what is regarded as popular music. Similar can be said about the other countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Clearly, you are in denial 'Woosh' and quite frankly, I think you should be ashamed of the comments you have made.
Well done oldtom, that gets the "Attilla the Hun" award for Diplomacy.
.. the Germans might disagree with names like. Beethoven, Hydn, that Wagner person on the team, the Italians might like to think Verdi had a little merit, the Austrians have suggested the Mozart bloke as being passable the Poles think that Chopin might do, Sibelius, cracked off a few tunes in Finland, and those Russians were not half bad , the Irish invented the Nocturne, and can you ever forgive Ravel and his french bolearo. ..
Nothing like a bit of Racism is there Tom? .. no surprise there.
why should I be ashamed of that comment?
Nice to see John Field get an oblique mention. He's sadly too neglected these days, though still revered in Russia.
Celine is actually Canadian... . Not my cup of tea but Andre Rieu from Holland has a global following. The major opera singers are global superstars . The blue tinted brigade have a lot more money than cash strapped youngsters,and the singers musicians catering to them make a pile!!!.
.. the interesting aside is that both Arabs and Ethnic Jews are both Semitic people's!!.
It seems wars of aggression are OK, so when we are the ones waging them?#
it's only a phase in human evolution where conflicts are still resolved by the use of force. If you take out organised religions, you'd stop half of the atrocities. Genocides are largely eliminated. Land disputes will take a little longer to resolve without wars.
There is one religion that will outlast all the others and that is the one our Foreign Policy is dictated by
Of course not, the Government will need Water Cannon in future.would you support more military spending on advanced fighter jets and nuclear submarines?
War deaths are now fewer than people drowning in the Med while trying to seek a better life.
Greed is usually a force for good.
At first it looks quite startling, but then you come across this
