"The EU issue, as far as I am concerned, will result in war similiar to the Yugoslav conflict because as we become further embroiled in their machinations, the other member states, especially those like the twat stinking fucking frogs, will grow more and more dependant on our membership, and therefore will never allow us to go even if it means war." - Shotgun, October 2006
"European history is littered with countless instances of previous political and monetary integrations and unions that have created a lasting legacy of resentment and antagonism between the either the former sovereign constituents of these super-states or a number of religious or ethical minorities that have been neglected, abused, persecuted and outnumbered in their traditional homelands by settlers. These previous super-states were born out of war and conflict and have all produced political extremists and agitators who have enjoyed political power of some degree. These episodes have occurred with varying degrees of severity in Ireland, Italy in the late 19th Century, the Balkans and Germany. The only existing 'European' super-state that was born of the need for peaceful co-existence that has not produced an effective mainstream political extremist leader has been Great Britain. Yet even the British union has had a very turbulent history with most of the Irish provinces securing Dominion status after an armed campaign, the Troubles in the remaining province of Ulster, Scottish rebellions and the simmering resentment that still exists today among both the Scottish and Welsh for English dominion over them. Although a potential European super-state would be born of similar favourable conditions as the United Kingdom was, a Federal Europe will not stop the emergence of newer regional militants such as the IRA or ETA or the same simmering resentment the Europeans would have of each other. It would not therefore take much to cause another Yugoslavian-type civil war within Europe, only on a much bigger scale with more militant factions plus greater socio-political uncertainty and variables to consider."
"While a European super-state may initially succeed in suppressing traditional nation identities through the creeping influence of political correctness and a fig leaf of libertarian-democracy, ultimately these national identities will reassert themselves with a vengeance under the patronage of political extremists that will tear apart Europe and lead to bitterly contested civil wars akin to those that occurred in the former Yugoslavia. While these possible civil wars may not result in similar religious conflicts or genocides as what happened in the Balkans during the 1990s, nationalist xenophobia will still be a major driving force behind these conflicts and will in a cruel and bitter twist of irony cause what the founding fathers of the European Union were so desperate to prevent reoccurring when they began the initial European project." - C4, January 2006
"While a European super-state may initially succeed in suppressing traditional nation identities through the creeping influence of political correctness and a fig leaf of libertarian-democracy, ultimately these national identities will reassert themselves with a vengeance under the patronage of political extremists that will tear apart Europe and lead to bitterly contested civil wars akin to those that occurred in the former Yugoslavia. While these possible civil wars may not result in similar religious conflicts or genocides as what happened in the Balkans during the 1990s, nationalist xenophobia will still be a major driving force behind these conflicts and will in a cruel and bitter twist of irony cause what the founding fathers of the European Union were so desperate to prevent reoccurring when they began the initial European project." - C4, January 2006
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