Who can understand such a rule?” Berlin insists the tax should be applied on a European-level, meaning there will be plenty to talk about when Chancellor Angela Merkel meets President Sarkozy on Monday. “And when you make a financial transaction, you don’t pay tax. “When you buy an apartment in any country in the world you pay a tax, when you go to the supermarket to buy food, you pay a tax,” he told reporters on Friday.
By contrast, President Nicolas Sarkozy wants France to introduce it unilaterally without waiting for fellow member states to get on board. Britain fears an EU-wide levy would cost jobs and damage the City of London, a global financial hub where much of the tax would be raised. “The idea of a new European tax, when you are not going to have that tax put in place in other places, I don’t think is sensible and so I will block it,” he said. UK Prime Minister David Cameron says such a levy, if only applied in Europe and not in the rest of the world, would be deeply damaging. This time it is the prospect of a European-wide financial transaction tax that has got London threatening its veto. Hopefully you'll be glad you did.UK’s Cameron vows to block EU-wide financial taxīritain is once again on a collision course with its EU partners France and Germany. If you've never seen South Park, don't listen to the hype. But the rest of us will still be here to enjoy it, hopefully exchanging righteous indignation for a few laughs and maybe a thought or two about the world we live in. And beside them will be the offended parent brigade who still haven't learned that not all cartoons are for children. No doubt South Park will continue to be derided by those who think the most important social problem today is swearing, yet have probably never sat down to watch an episode. I've watched since the beginning, but they're making an effort not to let South Park go stale.
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But creators Stone and Parker 'retool' the show periodically with new characters, and try to keep up with current events, and I enjoyed the latest series (8th) for these very reasons. Like any long-running show, some episodes are better than others, not all have something to say, and not all are funny.
Other characters on the show usually represent majority/opposing views as the plot requires. That and to provide a lot of the show's humour. Sometimes I think he's there to remind us not to take anyone like him seriously. And of course there's Eric Cartman, the ignorant foul-mouthed selfish redneck, and funny as hell. It has the essential message of 'believe what you like, but leave me alone'. Is the show anti-religious? No, but fundamentalists like to think it is. Stan represents the liberal viewpoint, as does his friend Kyle, who as a practising Jew, allows opportunity for religious comment. The main characters are four children who are basically mouthpieces for their creator's opinions, expressing views that would sound arrogant coming from adults. The episodes tackle a wide range of issues, from 9/11 to violence on television to celebrity obsession to religion, through the use of comedy, which is usually the best way to handle such matters. Nope, this isn't a show for those who don't appreciate irony. The simplicity of the animation, for example, has been criticised by people who miss the point that it's deliberately meant to be simple, in the face of those high-budget major studio cartoons that are more concerned with using cgi and selling toys than having anything to say. South Park is an intelligent, humorous and thought-provoking show that is often ignored or decried by people who judge it only by the very things it deliberately throws in their face, such as profanity, simple animation, and graphic violence, because the creators know that people like this are easily offended by these things, and will always miss the point.
Both cartoons and sci-fi have long been the only place where thought-provoking social commentary can take place, unmolested by censorship, and both are all too frequently dismissed because of their least important characteristics.
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