Paraguay is NOT Uzbekistan
Today, in economic news, Alex Banbury of Hamilton Capital has put together a list of countries’ denials:
“Spain is not Greece” – Elena Salgado, Spanish Finance minister, February 2010.
“Portugal is not Greece” – The Economist, April 2010.
“Greece is not Ireland” – George Papaconstantinou, Greek Finance minister, November 2010.
“Spain is neither Ireland nor Portugal” – Elena Salgado, Spanish Finance minister, November 2010.
“Ireland is not in ‘Greek Territory'” – Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan. November 2010.
“Neither Spain nor Portugal is Ireland” – Angel Gurria, Secretary-general OECD, November 2010.
“Italy is not Spain” – Ed Parker, Fitch MD, June 12, 2012.
“Spain is not Uganda” – Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy, June 2012.
“Uganda does not want to be Spain” – Ugandan foreign minister, June 13, 2012.
(stolen from here)
I wonder if there’s some subtle existential distinction between being something else and being the new something else?
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by Philip
And the United Kingdom is not the 51st state of America – yet.
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