08-02-2019, 00:08
(07-02-2019, 21:43)0762 Wrote: It is like "talking to a brick wall"! The man wants Brexit and will present any argument to back up his cause!! No recognition of lotsa good things relative to the EU, all conveniently "swept under the carpet" while he can list the orchestrated bad things that give him huge justification including this simplistic view of the back stop impasse where I think the strong views of the people of the Island of Ireland need to be respected and
acknowledged. All I've read from this serial offender is a theme of consistent rebuttal of certain insinuations re his inaccuracies on EU practices and with no substance to back it up other than an opposite insinuation/opinion!! To think that he professed about 10 threads back that he had "uttered his final comment" re the issue" and that was it - cannae even do that right!!. This man is "dangerous" with some of these inaccurate remarks and must be challenged vigorously as a matter of course!!
0762, there are many different views regarding the EU, aside from the Farage's of this world I think everyone agrees that the EU does have some very good points and has done many good things. But its never a one way street with bureaucracies like the EU, just like it isn't with any political party or government, there are plenty of things that the average citizen would view as being bad for them or their country or just plain stupid. Calling Matt "dangerous" just because his view of the EU is not as rosy as yours is disingenuous and not fair to a democratic society where different opinions exist and are allowed to be expressed.
Just like you I do not want the UK to leave the EU, I think it will in the short and maybe medium term be bad for the UK but I also think the UK would recover, I just don't think we need to pull out to achieve what we want. I also though do not want a United States of Europe to be formed, I want all the countries to keep their unique identities where possible. I don't like the unelected officials that the EU seems to specialize in either, that needs to change imo. On the whole I am for remain, but I can see some why some people are for Brexit, unfortunately we do not have a crystal ball to determine what will or won't happen, we just have opinions.