Best place in Europe to argue?
Jan 5th, 2018, 01:37 PM
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France?
https://youtu.be/ffRqDOy2L1E
https://youtu.be/ffRqDOy2L1E
Jan 5th, 2018, 01:52 PM
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Forget Speakers Corner. It had a role 50 (no, 70) years ago: now it's a weird tourist curiosity where people from dodgy countries come to watch something touted as free speech. Some British (if you're lucky) nutters wittering eccentricities: more often (I think) seriously unpleasant people from countries where nationalism means killing The Other.
To hear decent arguments: Radio 4 6-9 am every morning.
To hear decent arguments: Radio 4 6-9 am every morning.
Jan 6th, 2018, 06:28 AM
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Having argued this out with myself I have decided to turn my own question around and ask what is the worst place in Europe to argue. For me that would be Germany as, after my limited german is exhausted, I can't tell if Germans are telling me to go &*%$ myself or that they are thrilled to see me.
You need to be able to read who you are arguing with and I can't read Germans.
You need to be able to read who you are arguing with and I can't read Germans.
Jan 12th, 2018, 06:34 PM
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Having argued this out with myself I have decided to turn my own question around and ask what is the worst place in Europe to argue. For me that would be Germany as, after my limited german is exhausted, I can't tell if Germans are telling me to go &*%$ myself or that they are thrilled to see me.
You need to be able to read who you are arguing with and I can't read Germans.
You need to be able to read who you are arguing with and I can't read Germans.
Jan 12th, 2018, 11:57 PM
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I could easily be mistaken, but I have the impression that the Valley of the Fallen still evokes quite a variety of opinions among people who are willing to express them – but I don’t know if people with different views actually exchange words (as required for debate or argument) or simply opine (loudly and with vehemence). If you mean debate (not necessarily argument), I heard some fascinating, and sometime heated, discussions about Turkish politics, and Greece’s approach to Turkey, while in Thessaloniki. (I can’t elaborate on their arguments, as my command of Greek was too limited.) Friends who have visited Lesbos in the past year or so spoke of the honest and painful discussions they overheard about how to deal with the then immigration crisis. And I trust you’re aware of otherchelebi’s observations of the “debates” and “arguments” in Istanbul.
Jan 13th, 2018, 04:51 PM
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Jan 13th, 2018, 10:05 PM
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If you were willing to pay for her tickets, my Mother-in-Law would meet you anyplace in Europe you would like, and that would automatically be the best place to argue. I am afraid you would be seriously mismatched, though.
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