WE IN THE U.S. CAN LEARN FROM THIS ALLEGORY/POEM, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING HOW WE WILL DEAL WITH A RESURGENT EUROPE.
There is a famous poem, authored by 19th Century English poet Mary Howitt, which holds as important a lesson for ADULTS [in Ireland & America] as it does for children. It is entitled, The Spider and the Fly...
Brussels to 'educate' Ireland on EU realities
EU Observer (Oct. 22, 2008)
...The European Commission plans to help the Irish government communicate "Europe" better to citizens after June's shock No vote on the Lisbon treaty, with a new inter-institutional agreement to pull together the PR efforts of the main EU institutions.
"It's not about the European Commission interfering with the procedures and referenda on the Treaty, but it is investing in trying to correct the situation where so many people said they didn't know anything about the EU...
...Going back to the Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty, Ms Wallstrom said the public debate included a lot of "emotional arguments" and "disinformation,"...
"The EU uses too much bureaucratic language, too much of a jargon impenetrable to normal people. There is no need for emotional arguments either, but for a factual language that people can understand," she explained.
[THIS IS A CLEVER 'WORKAROUND' TO SUBJUGATE THE IRISH PEOPLES' ULTIMATE ACT OF FREEDOM - TO VOTE THEIR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS, EMOTIONS & CONSCIENCES - TO EU RULE & GOVERNANCE]...
The EU has to use weasal words. If they spoke in the vernacular, no one without a connection would even consider voting for their treaty.
"No it is not. Emphatically no.''
-- Dallas owner Jerry Jones, when asked if coach Wade Phillips' job is in jeopardy after the Cowboys' 34-14 loss to previously 1-4 St. Louis.