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    The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Article 45 of the Lisbon Treaty provides for the creation of an armaments industry to enable the EU to compete on the world stage in this area. On this basis one is ethically bound to vote NO.

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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    If you are an english nationalist, of course.
    Bazinga!

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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Quote Originally Posted by willanto
    Article 45 of the Lisbon Treaty provides for the creation of an armaments industry to enable the EU to compete on the world stage in this area. On this basis one is ethically bound to vote NO.
    And the EU competing on the world stage is a bad thing?
    You're saying we should let the Yanks continue with their madman ways?
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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Quote Originally Posted by willanto
    Article 45 of the Lisbon Treaty provides for the creation of an armaments industry to enable the EU to compete on the world stage in this area. On this basis one is ethically bound to vote NO.

    Buy stocks in Steyer, Heckler Kosch and Volkswagen then if it's a yes.
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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Money is short.

    Guns or hospitals?

    Which is it going to be?

    What is your choice?

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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Can't seem to find this in the Treaty, can you post the text?
    To live honestly, to hurt no one, to give every one his due.

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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Quote Originally Posted by brio910
    Money is short.

    Guns or hospitals?
    Which is it going to be?
    What is your choice?
    It's quite possible to have both.
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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Quote Originally Posted by willanto
    Article 45 of the Lisbon Treaty provides for the creation of an armaments industry to enable the EU to compete on the world stage in this area. On this basis one is ethically bound to vote NO.
    So you think that if the EDA doesn't supervise military research that there just won't be any military research?
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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Quote Originally Posted by CelticAtheist
    Quote Originally Posted by brio910
    Money is short.

    Guns or hospitals?
    Which is it going to be?
    What is your choice?
    It's quite possible to have both.
    You should email Harney so.

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    Re: The Ethical Necessity To Vote NO

    Quote Originally Posted by brio910
    Money is short.

    Guns or hospitals?

    Which is it going to be?

    What is your choice?
    The EU doesn't spend any of its budget on either guns or hospitals.
    A demagogue is someone who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

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