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2007-08-13 Europe

Discovery of "Liquidation" order evokes horrors of the Berlin Wall

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Posted by mrp 2007-08-13 11:04|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 ...If I'm understanding this right, the fact that Communist troops were shooting on sight for 28 years was not interpreted as doing so on orders because they couldn't find a signed piece of paper that said so. To paraphrase Fred Thompson, "Commies don't take a dump without an order, son."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-08-13 12:55|| 2007-08-13 12:55|| Front Page Top

#2 This is Germany, where people do not poop without a bureaucratic order in triplicate and a police license. I was once amazed to learn that they had a 500DM fine for stepping on the third rail of a streetcar, which would work out to about 1DM per ampere flowing through your body.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-13 14:41|| 2007-08-13 14:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Why did the German cross the road?
Because der sign said "WALK"!

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-13 14:43|| 2007-08-13 14:43|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL. On one of my first trips to Germany I was in a small city in the market area. A light turned red at a crossing of a tiny street that you could just about jump across, and all the German pedestrians stopped and waited for it to turn green. The funny thing was, not only weren't there any cars comming, but there wouldn't be for several hours because no vehicular traffic was allowed in that area during "market hours"

Posted by Cowboy is a compliment 2007-08-13 16:48|| 2007-08-13 16:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Every year little first graders walking alone to school the second day of the academic year are hit by cars crossing against the light. The ones who waited survived to adulthood, having already learnt that German drivers do not look out for rule breakers. Hence your experience, Cowboy.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-13 16:59|| 2007-08-13 16:59|| Front Page Top

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