Subject: Re: eupen and malmedy<br/>
Date: Feb 24, 2005 @ 16:30<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1333694278">well you know it is widespread if not general opinion everywhere <br/>
to not think much of foreign elements<br/>
<br/>
call it racism or barbarophobia or merely ethnocentrism or just <br/>
local cohesiveness or whatever<br/>
but clearly all our countries are riddled with it<br/>
<br/>
& that is why i think our everyones land <br/>
in being an affirmation of all elements everywhere<br/>
even those who dont have a country or even a body yet<br/>
is the next small step for the human race<br/>
<br/>
but yikes thats human racism <br/>
hahaha<br/>
or lets just call it<br/>
racism with a human face<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, jesniel@i... wrote:<br/>
&gt; The winners of WW1 wanted to make DE weak so they would <br/>
not make war again.<br/>
&gt; Taking land from DE was also a way to punnish DE for the war.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; In the case of DE-DK the peace conference thought DK was <br/>
too modest. DK<br/>
&gt; was just being realistic, not wanting foreign elements inside <br/>
her borders.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I have a BE friend who does not think much of the Germans in <br/>
Eupen - but<br/>
&gt; I am not sure if he represents the general BE opinion.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Jesper<br/>
&gt; &gt;-- Original Message --<br/>
&gt; &gt;To: &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;From: &quot;Bill Burke&quot; &lt;billb@l...&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:53:51 -0000<br/>
&gt; &gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] eupen and malmedy<br/>
&gt; &gt;Reply-To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; These two areas with Moresnet were transfered to Belguim in <br/>
1920 . Why<br/>
&gt; was  Eupen, a largely German speaking area transferred <br/>
across?  The<br/>
&gt; TREATY OF VERSAILLES  encouraged people to choose  the <br/>
country to which<br/>
&gt; they wished to be attached eg Nor<br/>
&gt; &gt;hern Schleswig went to Denmark,<br/>
&gt; Southern Schleswig stayed in Germany. Can anyone answer <br/>
this . </span></blockquote></div>