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Started by jimmy olsen, December 07, 2009, 07:50:05 PM

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derspiess

Quote from: Sheilbh on December 09, 2009, 10:23:11 AM
though how a Soviet system could honour the founder of Luxemburgist communism is beyond me.

They did that all the time.  They went out of their way to honor every known German communist.  When they ran out of them, they found some socialists.  And when they ran out of *those*, they cherry-picked certain older figures from German/Prussian history that may have had somewhat liberal viewpoints for their time.  E.g., the East German army had medals named after Gneisenau & Scharnhorst.
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Quote from: Sheilbh on December 09, 2009, 10:23:11 AMI loved KarlMarxAllee (renamed from StalinStrasse) and RosaLuxemburgPlatz - though how a Soviet system could honour the founder of Luxemburgist communism is beyond me.


With all the Luxemburgists dead the Stalinists can steal their thunder. Just like they stole Marx' thunder.
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A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Valmy

Quote from: Sheilbh on December 09, 2009, 10:23:11 AM
There are still wonderfully named streets in East Berlin.  I loved KarlMarxAllee (renamed from StalinStrasse) and RosaLuxemburgPlatz - though how a Soviet system could honour the founder of Luxemburgist communism is beyond me.

I liked how East Germany regularly arrested people in RosaLuxemburgPlatz for quoting Rosa Luxemburg.
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derspiess

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Barrister

Quote from: grumbler on December 09, 2009, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: Neil on December 08, 2009, 09:02:35 PM
Sure, most Northerners are virulently racist,
And the further north you go, the more virulent the racism.

:mad:
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Barrister on December 09, 2009, 07:18:42 PM
Quote from: grumbler on December 09, 2009, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: Neil on December 08, 2009, 09:02:35 PM
Sure, most Northerners are virulently racist,
And the further north you go, the more virulent the racism.

:mad:

If you weren't, you'd have plenty of them up there.

Barrister

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2009, 07:41:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 09, 2009, 07:18:42 PM
Quote from: grumbler on December 09, 2009, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: Neil on December 08, 2009, 09:02:35 PM
Sure, most Northerners are virulently racist,
And the further north you go, the more virulent the racism.

:mad:

If you weren't, you'd have plenty of them up there.

If you take all of northern Canada, I'm in the minority.
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