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Originally posted by JimL View PostAh, the IGB was already closed, barb wired and guarded, leaving Berlin the only way to cross to the west which millions of E. Germans were accessing, hence the Wall.That's what
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Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by JimLamebrain View PostYou'd better re-read your source. The Communist East Germans built the wall, according to your own source, in order to keep East Germans from fleeing to the west.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by JimL View PostAh, the IGB was already closed, barb wired and guarded, leaving Berlin the only way to cross to the west which millions of E. Germans were accessing, hence the Wall.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostExactly my point, are you all daft.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostIf you agree with BtC that the purpose of the Wall was to keep W.Berliners out of E. Berlin, then you are wrong.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by JimL View PostIf you agree with BtC that the purpose of the Wall was to keep W.Berliners out of E. Berlin, then you are wrong.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostWell, you're completely misrepresenting what BtC said, so...
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I'm for building a wall, if we can build it circular, put the Trump-crazies in it and wall them off from civilized society."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostI'm for building a wall, if we can build it circular, put the Trump-crazies in it and wall them off from civilized society.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostYou don't know squat. Walls work, especially as part of an overall package of things you lefties want nothing to do with.
Walls have NOTHING to do with racism or vanity and everything to do with securing a sovereign nation, again, which you lefties have no interest in. All you care about is having a wave of ready-made Democrat voters dependent on the government dime for welfare and shelter from deportation.Last edited by Tassman; 12-19-2018, 03:50 AM.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostA simple barrier in the form of a much cheaper fence reinforced by extra trained personnel and technology ...
Even with "technology", a person has to be able to respond within a reasonable time to any electronically detected activity.
(And, realizing that these persons would need to be funded every year, not just a one time expense)The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Dimbulb View PostI'm for building a wall, if we can build it circular, put the Trump-crazies in it and wall them off from civilized society.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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