Thursday, March 08, 2012

Oh, those Europeans

Steven Hayward nails it, so I'll just quote him:
Today’s comedy segment comes courtesy of the madcaps at the European Union. Picking on the Europeans has become cliché, especially when they hand you such lame material, like the EU-produced video below that is supposed to convey . . . what, exactly?  Moviegoers may think it a slightly wacky homage to Tarantino’s Kill Bill, showing that Europeans are so much more civilized because they’d sit down and charm their opponents rather than slice them up.

But the real punch line is that the European Union has withdrawn the video because it is—wait for it—racist!  As Denis Boyles comments over on NRO’s Corner, “And for all we know, this isn’t a propaganda film so much as a security breach: It clearly reveals the E.U.’s defense strategy, which is based on stern disapproval.”
So let me get this straight....the EU, which is having problems with its current fringe members, makes a video about how we get better when we get bigger.  And we can all come together by just....well, whatever.

But the use of "non-European" characters is now "racist".  How fitting for the drones in Brussels.

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