Padraic, I sent to you an email, after deleting the NOSPAM, but it was
returned as undeliverable. What is your real email address?

Tony

"Jorg Lueke" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:31:48 -0400, Padraic Brown
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:48:28 +0300, "gogu"
wrote:

Sarkozy made his comments after French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre
Raffarin voiced misgivings on Thursday about Turkey joining the bloc,
asking if Europe really wanted "the river of Islam to enter the
riverbed of secularism."

Hah! France is practiacally a Muslim country, when compared to other
large EU countries! They ought to get along with Turkish membership
like a house afire!

Padraic.

I think it would be wonderful if Turkey were to eventually join. The EU
would certainly have a moderating influence on the more egregious Turkish
policies and help stabilize a secular Islamic state. Over time, perhaps,
we could even see a Mediterranean addendum to the EU with peaceful,
democratic, stable Islamic and Christian countries joined together.