20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

[Syt]

Well, I was 13 at the time, a late Cold War kid with nuclear warheads less than two miles from my house. While it was a quite euphoric and tumultous time (in all of Europe) it's not been something with "direct" impact on me at that point. I had no relatives there, was two hours away from the border (my family had no car) and to this day I haven't been to any other city over there except a short class day trip to Wismar in 1991, a visit to Dresden in 1998 and to Leipzig in 2007. Still haven't been to Berlin, either.

[Warspite]

That era was rather unique as good news just kept coming.

It was like everything and anything was possible now that the cold war was ending.  How did we go so wrong?

Events, dear boy, events. 

[Barrister]

That era was rather unique as good news just kept coming.

It was like everything and anything was possible now that the cold war was ending.  How did we go so wrong?

It's not exactly all sunshine and roses, but I'll take 2009 over 1989 any day.

[Grey Fox]

But it's only because in 2009, you get to have sex on a regular basis.

[Razgovory]

That era was rather unique as good news just kept coming.

It was like everything and anything was possible now that the cold war was ending.  How did we go so wrong?

It's not exactly all sunshine and roses, but I'll take 2009 over 1989 any day.

I happened to have liked 1999.

[crazy canuck]

That era was rather unique as good news just kept coming.

It was like everything and anything was possible now that the cold war was ending.  How did we go so wrong?

It's not exactly all sunshine and roses, but I'll take 2009 over 1989 any day.

Ok, but how old were you in 1989?  It was a magical time.  In hindsight we can look back and see that the euphoria was overly optimistic but the sense of euphoria was real.

[katmai]

Ok, but how old were you in 1989?  It was a magical time.  In hindsight we can look back and see that the euphoria was overly optimistic but the sense of euphoria was real.

From a pic you'd think he wasn't even born in '89.

[Razgovory]

I was only 8 when this happened.  I vaguely recall it.

[Barrister]

That era was rather unique as good news just kept coming.

It was like everything and anything was possible now that the cold war was ending.  How did we go so wrong?

It's not exactly all sunshine and roses, but I'll take 2009 over 1989 any day.

Ok, but how old were you in 1989?  It was a magical time.  In hindsight we can look back and see that the euphoria was overly optimistic but the sense of euphoria was real.

You misunderstand me.  I meant today versus the time when the Berlin Wall still stood.  We haven't gone all wrong - things have gone much better since the fall of communism.

I was 14 in 1989, so I remember it well.

[KRonn]

I also remember that day; a very historic day to me. I grew up through some of the height of the Cold War, like some of you others here, so that day seemed such a huge happening. It was a surprise, apparently the wall coming down wasn't expected or planned really. It was after years of some change and easing up of things in some Eastern Block countries, Poland especially with Solidarty, and Hungary.

To this day it amazes me the mind set to gun down citizens trying to leave the country. The leaders had to know they had problems when they needed fences, barbed wire, land mines, and guards with orders to shoot to kill. What a travesty.

[Zanza]

Still haven't been to Berlin, either.

You've missed out. I can't understand how there are Germans that have never been to Berlin. 

[Admiral Yi]

I've seen Wings of Desire so I don't need to go to Berlin.

[katmai]

Still haven't been to Berlin, either.

You've missed out. I can't understand how there are Germans that have never been to Berlin. 

Like Americans who haven't been to NYC?

[Barrister]

Still haven't been to Berlin, either.

You've missed out. I can't understand how there are Germans that have never been to Berlin. 

Like Americans who haven't been to NYC?

Some Americans have to travel a lot farther to get to NYC than do any germans to get to Berlin.

[katmai]

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Some Americans have to travel a lot farther to get to NYC than do any germans to get to Berlin.

I know, i realized it as a Martinquese analogy as soon as i typed it.