The Berlin Wall

[Paddy]

Just think only twenty years ago.

How could people lived under the terror of the East German Regime.
Citizens could be arrested and held for weeks and months without trial.
Police would shoot to kill, even if the person was innocent.
Their government would persistently lie to the people.
The government themselves were corrupt.
Phone calls and mail could be monitored without a court order.
Local officials would spy on residents.
Even their bins would be examined.

[Mich the Tester]

Just think only twenty years ago.

How could people lived under the terror of the East German Regime.
Citizens could be arrested and held for weeks and months without trial.
Police would shoot to kill, even if the person was innocent.
Their government would persistently lie to the people.
The government themselves were corrupt.
Phone calls and mail could be monitored without a court order.
Local officials would spy on residents.
Even their bins would be examined.

Yes, I see what you mean. I've concluded that most people actually don't value liberty. They prefer a false sense of security, and don't mind the government eating away at the liberty of those of us that do value it. The tyranny of the masses.

[swamp]

I think bringing down the Berlin Wall was a mistake. And so did Thatcher.

[NotAllThere]

Thatcher was not against the Berlin wall coming down, or the GDR becoming democratic and free. She was against German reunification.

[Mich the Tester]

Thatcher was not against the Berlin wall coming down, or the GDR becoming democratic and free. She was against German reunification.

Was she an England football fan by any chance?

[OrangeHopper]

It was really interesting being there soon afterwards. I was due there the day it started but the work trip was called off because the British army in Berlin was on high alert. Did the wall, etc etc. Many of the supermarkets ordered loads of bananas because the East Berliners didn't get the opportunity to buy them under normal circumstances.

[PM-Junkie]

What really frightens me is that it was twenty years ago. Where the heck did those two decades go????

[pzz76077]

I actually have a piece of the Berlin wall in a display cabinet next to two bowls from Hiroshima.
I suppose it is a reminder not to do those things again.

PZZ

[RichardCranium]

I actually have a piece of concrete in a display cabinet next to two bowls from Hiroshima.
I suppose it is a reminder not to buy stuff off street traders again.

PZZ

FTFY

It is a standing joke in SquareHead Land that there is far, far more Berlin Wall on people's shelves than ever stood on the ground.

Wanna by a saint's bone? As a special offer, I'll do you a special deal on a dozen of St Peter's thumbs.

[pzz76077]

FTFY

It is a standing joke in SquareHead Land that there is far, far more Berlin Wall on people's shelves than ever stood on the ground.

Wanna by a saint's bone? As a special offer, I'll do you a special deal on a dozen of St Peter's thumbs.

I broke it off myself so I know were it came from....

PZZ