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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostI'm not sure what your point is. If the point is that a wall can eventually go down... well, okay, but by that logic why bother to build anything ever? It could eventually go away, after all.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 Mountain Man View PostNot to mention the fact that while the Berlin Wall stood, it served as an extremely effective barrier between East and West Germany.“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 Mountain Man View PostNot to mention the fact that while the Berlin Wall stood, it served as an extremely effective barrier between East and West Germany.Last edited by JimL; 12-18-2018, 08:21 AM.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostThe Berlin wall was mostly to keep people in, not to keep people out, and the shooting of their citizens to death if they tried to get over was probably a big part of it's effectiveness.
It was built to keep people out of West Berlin, not keep people in West Berlin.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 Tassman View PostIt’s difficult to justify the immense expenditure for Trump’s vanity project and monument to racism, of a “great big beautiful wall” that won’t on its own enhance border security. Border security is about much more than physical borders. More effective and far cheaper would be extra trained personnel and technology, plus simple fencing in some areas, unmanned aerial systems, mobile radars, aerostats and unattended ground sensors. This would achieve far more security, when combined, than a $70 billion wall plus tens of millions a year (some estimate 200 million per annum) to maintain.
Other than the mistake of the purpose of the Berlin Wall, the above quote wipes your claim out. 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.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 Bill the Cat View PostNo...
It was built to keep people out of West Berlin, not keep people in West Berlin.
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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.
Other than the mistake of the purpose of the Berlin Wall, the above quote wipes your claim out. 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.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostThe Communist East Germans built the wall, according to your own source, in order to keep East Germans from fleeing to the west.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by JimL 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.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 PostWouldn't it be nice if only Mexico would paid for the wall?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 One Bad Pig View PostCorrect. The west, in this case, being West Berlin. The wall was built to keep people OUT of West Berlin.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostNo, it was to keep East Berlin people from fleeing Communist E. Berlin. But nice try! The E. Germans didn't care what their ultimate destination was, whether W. Berlin or Timbuktu, they just wanted them to stay in E. Berlin.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 PostThe Berlin wall was mostly to keep people in, not to keep people out, and the shooting of their citizens to death if they tried to get over was probably a big part of it's effectiveness."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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