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Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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Fri, 7 Sep 2001 21:44:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Low writes:
> I couldn't find any more informative references to or by him either -- his
> comments on Ayn Rand's propagandists were sufficient guarantee of
> reliability for me as a layperson:
> http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/overrate.htm (#18)
He's a twit. Quoting:
The Berlin Wall (1961-89)
Berlin: the grim and lonely front line in the Cold War.
What exactly happens on the front lines of a non-event? Border guards glare
at one another; they patrol the barbed wire perimeter, and carefully check
your papers before waving you through.
Big deal; they do that on the Canadian border.
Can anyone explain the importance of the Wall without using the word "symbolic"?
How about this: "Hundreds of thousands of people escaped enslavement before
it was built, it kept millions from trying to escape after it was built, and
the guards directly caused the death of hundreds if not thousands of people
shot while trying to cross it"
Never once used symbolic, did I?
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| (...) "symbolic"? (...) Here [1] it says that 171 people were killed trying to escape. Just checking/correcting facts... I don't really know the exact number or if this source is correct. [1] (URL) (...) Mladen Pejic, over and out! (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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