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Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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Fri, 7 Sep 2001 22:03:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Low writes:
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> > 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)
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> He's a twit. Quoting:
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> The Berlin Wall (1961-89)
> Berlin: the grim and lonely front line in the Cold War.
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> 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.
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> Big deal; they do that on the Canadian border.
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> Can anyone explain the importance of the Wall without using the word • "symbolic"?
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> 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"
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] http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/escape.htm
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> Never once used symbolic, did I?
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mladenpejic/
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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