Europe, the not boring thread

[Speaker to Animals]

Multiculturalism is going to be great, guys.

[ssu]

Multiculturalism is going to be great, guys.

Hmm... well, you know that from experience, I guess.

[C-Mag]

Europe really is turning Medieval, now we just need some bubonic plague

A 63-year-old British hiker was attacked, torn apart and devoured by wolves while walking on a remote path in Greece, a coroner said Wednesday.

The remains of Celia Lois Hollingworth were discovered Saturday near the village of Petrota, 180 miles east of Thessaloniki.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/

[Penner]

WTF

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ ... ldren.html

First-cousin marriages, which are are legal in the UK, are practised within Britain’s Pakistani community, as well as among some Arab and African families. Medical data previously suggested that while British Pakistanis were responsible for 3 per cent of all births, they accounted for 30 per cent of British children born with a genetic illness.

What it's totally legal for first cousins to marry in the UK? WTF is wrong with them to allow that?

[Okeefenokee]

WTF

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ ... ldren.html

First-cousin marriages, which are are legal in the UK, are practised within Britain’s Pakistani community, as well as among some Arab and African families. Medical data previously suggested that while British Pakistanis were responsible for 3 per cent of all births, they accounted for 30 per cent of British children born with a genetic illness.

What it's totally legal for first cousins to marry in the UK? WTF is wrong with them to allow that?

Just don't let your tv license lapse.

[SuburbanFarmer]

WTF

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ ... ldren.html

First-cousin marriages, which are are legal in the UK, are practised within Britain’s Pakistani community, as well as among some Arab and African families. Medical data previously suggested that while British Pakistanis were responsible for 3 per cent of all births, they accounted for 30 per cent of British children born with a genetic illness.

What it's totally legal for first cousins to marry in the UK? WTF is wrong with them to allow that?

While the practice is unsavory, why would you expect the government to regulate it?

[Okeefenokee]

WTF

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/ ... ldren.html

What it's totally legal for first cousins to marry in the UK? WTF is wrong with them to allow that?

While the practice is unsavory, why would you expect the government to regulate it?

Grumps finds something he doesn't want regulated.

[BjornP]

I always like how despite Brits not really being European in any geographical sense, and alot of them rejecting the label generally, they account for the majority of both the old and the new "Europe is so messed up" stories here.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I always like how despite Brits not really being European in any geographical sense, and alot of them rejecting the label generally, they account for the majority of both the old and the new "Europe is so messed up" stories here.

They’re on the same continental plate...

[BjornP]

I always like how despite Brits not really being European in any geographical sense, and alot of them rejecting the label generally, they account for the majority of both the old and the new "Europe is so messed up" stories here.

They’re on the same continental plate...

Denmark's on the same continental plate as Korea. We Asian? Eastern Russians are on the same continental plate as North Americans. Are Eastern Russians North Americans?