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Shakespeare
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:15 PM Original message |
Nearly half of Britons never heard of Auschwitz |
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Brundle_Fly
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. funny how its another country |
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movonne
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Your sure are right on that one... |
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ally_sc
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
86. i believe the holocaust occured... |
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Endangered Specie
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Arbeit Macht Frei. |
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Stand and Fight
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Work Brings Freedom |
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ooglymoogly
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat |
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ally_sc
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
88. i am just mildly curious |
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Forkboy
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Scary and sad |
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rooboy
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. It wouldn't surprise me if the stat was similar in most countries. n/t |
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Logansquare
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Have you heard of Majdanek or Sobibor? |
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TahitiNut
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. As someone born in 1943 ... |
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Journeyman
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Where do you get the idea that anyone who knows of the death factories. . |
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Logansquare
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Thu Dec-02-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ask a similar American audience if they know Belsen |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
55. is this the one also known as Bergen-Belsen |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yes (n/t) |
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Mokito
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Sat Dec-04-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. Or Breendonk. |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Belsen will be relatively better known in Britain than America |
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Mr Creosote
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Fri Dec-03-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I'm sceptical about this poll |
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Demeter
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Don't Be |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Thu Dec-02-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. The Soviets liberated Auschwitz too |
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SweetLeftFoot
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. You make a very good point |
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nodehopper
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. I don't think the US public only recognizes Auschwitz |
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conservdem
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. I doubt most people in the US that know what Auschwitz is believe |
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Khephra
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. REMEMBER: There's a whole generation raised under Thatcher |
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achtung_circus
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. There's also the |
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ashiebr
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Does it really matter if they don't know the names........... |
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Demonaut
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Wog is a very derogatory term, equates to "nigger" in the US |
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achtung_circus
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Absolutely, |
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ArthurDent
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Did you study WWII in school? |
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OneBlueSky
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. betcha it's about 70% in this country . . . n/t |
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Lizzie Borden
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Thu Dec-02-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I have no doubt.. |
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PartyPooper
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Thu Dec-02-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "Those who don't know the history are doomed to repeat it". |
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Matilda
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was shocked to read this. Then I asked my 18 y.o. son |
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Menshevik
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Thu Dec-02-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yikes |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Hey, Mexico, Morocco what's the diff? Both begin with M and have |
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VLC98
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Thu Dec-02-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. I find that hard to believe. |
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YellowRubberDuckie
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Thu Dec-02-04 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. There are people who believe it didn't happen. |
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Ilsa
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Thu Dec-02-04 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. A very good friend of mine said his father was one of the soldiers |
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DemoTex
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. My dad, WIA and POW (escaped) in Italy, was one of the first in at Dachau. |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
70. what is WIA |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
64. my father was a soldier who liberated one of the camps too. |
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Swamp Rat
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Thu Dec-02-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. When I have mentioned, in the past, my trip to Dachau to Americans, NONE |
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DemoTex
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I grew up as a WASP knowing the horrors of Dachau. |
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Swamp Rat
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I remember quite vividly the "shower" spigots where people were gassed |
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SweetLeftFoot
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Sat Dec-04-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Actually |
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Swamp Rat
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
84. WRONG! You should do your own research before opening your mouth. |
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SweetLeftFoot
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:20 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. One link didn't work |
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Swamp Rat
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Sun Dec-05-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Thank you |
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KitSileya
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
58. My dad took all of us to Dachau when we were adolescents. |
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glitch
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
87. That is very encouraging. Thank you for reporting! nt |
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American liberal
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Thu Dec-02-04 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. I don't believe it. Polls lie. |
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Demonaut
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I agree completely, growing up in England in the seventies |
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rman
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Fri Dec-03-04 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. i'm guessing much more then half has heard of "the holocaust" |
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Nihil
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Fri Dec-03-04 08:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm guessing much more than half think it only involved Jews |
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nodehopper
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
73. first they came for the communists... |
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VLC98
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Fri Dec-03-04 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe I'm an idiot for asking this... |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Fri Dec-03-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Endless official records |
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VLC98
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Fri Dec-03-04 09:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Were the records compiled |
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Kellanved
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Fri Dec-03-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. in part |
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VLC98
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Thanks. It didn't occur to me... |
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nodehopper
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. it wasn't an issue of religion but of ethnicity |
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VLC98
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Yes, I see your point. |
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rhyfeddu
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Sat Dec-04-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Plus, wasn't the Jewish population pretty distinct anyway... |
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nodehopper
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. also Ashkenazi Jews have a typical "look" (not all, obviously, but many) |
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rhyfeddu
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Ah, yes. I remember now seeing some program about... |
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TheWraith
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
83. As an addendum... |
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rman
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. IBM punch cards, |
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D-Notice
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I'd recommend the book |
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JI7
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Fri Dec-03-04 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. what percent know their country used chemical weapons in Iraq? |
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VLC98
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Fri Dec-03-04 09:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Did they? Or do you mean.. |
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Englander
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. In the '20s... |
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VLC98
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Fri Dec-03-04 12:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. No, I had no idea..... |
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Make7
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. Nearly half of Americans never heard of Britons. n/t |
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Gyre
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Fri Dec-03-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
45. Clear evidence that Israel knows it's future depends on US |
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Logiola
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Fri Dec-03-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/ |
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rman
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
52. The Holocaust Industry Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering |
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LoneDriver
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. Why should the British worry about death camps? |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
59. history and geography are not strong points for most people in |
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Hosnon
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
81. That is absolutely amazing. When I see "man on the street" type things |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. They are real. I at first thought the same thing you did (how |
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Briar
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Sat Dec-04-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. What makes this even more amazing |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. The History Channel is highly disappointing; I wish they would |
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NurseLefty
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Sat Dec-04-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. My dad watches the History Channel and has seen many goofs. |
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barb162
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I believe it! Does your dad talk about the war ever? My father died |
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Stella_Artois
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Sat Dec-04-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
61. Before we get ahead of ourselves |
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Chicago Democrat
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Sat Dec-04-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. My first thought as well.... |
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Hosnon
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. Yes, it is sad for me to admit that I seem to learn more geography |
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JanMichael
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Sat Dec-04-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. Doesn't surprise me one iota. |
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Karenina
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
90. Video games. |
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212demop
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. And their own were POW's there! Unbelievable. |
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Hosnon
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. Distinction: |
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