That doesn’t explain why, in the 21st century, they can’t give things back to countries that are now stable and safe.

For example, there’s still lots of Irish artefacts in British museums that they refuse to return to Ireland. Greece has also been requesting the Elgin Marbles back but Britain continuously refuses.

Granted, there’s also lots of artefacts in Irish museums that were put there when Ireland was a part of the British Empire. But the difference here is that Ireland seeks to repatriate them and Britain does not.

Britain taking care of those artefacts to protect them from looting is one thing, but when a country of origin requests their artefacts back, its the refusal that turns the caretaker into the thief.

It’s not semantics if views on what’s happening in Gaza are wildly different depending on which European country you’re talking about.

A blanket term doesn’t work.

I’m from Ireland. A country in Europe where both the people and government are outspoken against whats happening in Gaza and are both actively taking steps to work toward stopping it despite US influence trying to stop us.

You wont go a single day in this country without seeing Palestinian flags being flown.

You think the Europeans in Ireland don’t care about genocide?

We’re not talking about culture, we’re talking about foreign policy.

There’s 740 million people in Europe (more than South America) spread across 47 independent countries.

And Europe includes countries that are Allies of the US, Enemies of the US, as well as Neutral countries.

So again, you’ll have to be more specific.

That’s not being more specific.

There’s 47 countries in Europe. Each with its own foreign policy.

Saying “the europeans aren’t any better” makes no sense.

That’s like saying “the South Americans aren’t any better”, “the Africans aren’t any better” or “the Asians aren’t any better”.

Who are you talking about?

Europe isn’t a country. You’re going to have to be more specific.

We basically have this in Ireland. Only instead of a log cabin its an old cottage in the middle of nowhere.

An old cottage with a gigabit connection.