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Originally posted by Rebroadcast
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Your granddad is fine. He didn't fight the germans, he fought the nazi's, whom were based in Germany...but most germans didn't want the nazi's either...they just had to deal with them considering they were the ones with the guns.
I guess you ignored that bit where they voted Hitler and his NSDAP party into power. He then launched a coup and installed himself as dictator.
So despite knowing what Hitler stood for, and seeing what his henchmen were doing to innocent people, they still voted for him.
We fought the Nazis, the Nazis were willing Germans.
Yet the Germans still come out with this bollox about the Nazis not representing Germany or Germans, all the while they sink their claws into Europe and attempt to impose laws on other countries.
edit on 26-10-2012 by Rebroadcast because: (no reason given)
In the presidential election held on March 13, 1932, there were four candidates: the incumbent, Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler, and two minor candidates, Ernst Thaelmann and Theodore Duesterberg. The results were:
Hindenburg 49.6 percent
Hitler 30.1 percent
Thaelmann 13.2 percent
Duesterberg 6.8 percent
At the risk of belaboring the obvious, almost 70 percent of the German people voted against Hitler, causing his supporter Joseph Goebbels, who would later become Hitler’s minister of propaganda, to lament in his journal, “We’re beaten; terrible outlook. Party circles badly depressed and dejected.”
Since Hindenberg had not received a majority of the vote, however, a runoff election had to be held among the top three vote-getters. On April 19, 1932, the runoff results were:
Hindenburg 53.0 percent
Hitler 36.8 percent
Thaelmann 10.2 percent
Thus, even though Hitler’s vote total had risen, he still had been decisively rejected by the German people.
Party. The party won 230 seats in the Reichstag, making it Germany’s largest political party, but it still fell short of a majority in the 608-member body.
On the basis of that victory, Hitler demanded that President Hindenburg appoint him chancellor and place him in complete control of the state. Otto von Meissner, who worked for Hindenburg, later testified at Nuremberg,
Hindenburg replied that because of the tense situation he could not in good conscience risk transferring the power of government to a new party such as the National Socialists, which did not command a majority and which was intolerant, noisy and undisciplined.
Political deadlocks in the Reichstag soon brought a new election, this one in November 6, 1932. In that election, the Nazis lost two million votes and 34 seats. Thus, even though the National Socialist Party was still the largest political party, it had clearly lost ground among the voters.
Attempting to remedy the chaos and the deadlocks, Hindenburg fired Papen and appointed an army general named Kurt von Schleicher as the new German chancellor. Unable to secure a majority coalition in the Reichstag, however, Schleicher finally tendered his resignation to Hindenburg, 57 days after he had been appointed.
On January 30, 1933, President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany. Although the National Socialists never captured more than 37 percent of the national vote, and even though they still held a minority of cabinet posts and fewer than 50 percent of the seats in the Reichstag, Hitler and the Nazis set out to to consolidate their power. With Hitler as chancellor, that proved to be a fairly easy task.
Originally posted by Mimir
reply to post by SaturnFX
Worldpeace would be nice, but i doubt you get it through religions or communism.
You'r statement about nations going into unions going into order seams a little off to me. Can you name any time in history that actually happened? What happened in Rome...or Athens.....?
Originally posted by Rebroadcast
reply to post by SaturnFX
The Germans were willing Nazis and they remain to this day dedicated to controlling Europe. 70 years down the line they haven't changed one tiny bit.
That nation should have been broken up and divided amongst its' international neighbours. The whole German national identity should have been thrown to the landfill of history and outlawed, but the Continental Europeans wanted to give them another chance, falling for their bogus claims to have changed.
Once the EU finally collapses, I hope the Continental Europeans or us English do not miss this chance.
I would say the french have far more influence on the commission than the germans.
A flag featuring a yellow hammer and sickle on a red field is flown commonly throughout Laos, often side-by-side with the Laotian flag.
Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the Vladimir Oblast has them on its flag and the Bryansk Oblast has them on its coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of Oryol also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag.
The former Soviet (now Russian) national airline, Aeroflot, continues to use the hammer and sickle in its symbol.
The separatist government of Transnistria uses (with minor modifications) the flag and the emblem of the former Moldavian SSR, which include the hammer and sickle. The flag can also be used without the hammer and sickle in some circumstances, for example on Transnistrian-issued license plates.
The Communist Party of China uses it as the party symbol. It is also used by Communist Parties in most countries.
The Maoist group, Shining Path in Peru uses it as part of its symbol.
A hammer and a sickle are both prominently included in the Austrian coat of arms, although they are not superimposed over each other and are not intended to represent communism, rather the union of the workers and the former aristocracy (represented by a crown) within the Austrian Republic.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
It's unique to one flag and one Nation's symbol. The now defunct U.S.S.R.. Never seen it since, where it wasn't directly in reference to the Soviet Union or the ideology they followed.
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Communist party of China.
Also:
A flag featuring a yellow hammer and sickle on a red field is flown commonly throughout Laos, often side-by-side with the Laotian flag.
Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the Vladimir Oblast has them on its flag and the Bryansk Oblast has them on its coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of Oryol also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag.
The former Soviet (now Russian) national airline, Aeroflot, continues to use the hammer and sickle in its symbol.
The separatist government of Transnistria uses (with minor modifications) the flag and the emblem of the former Moldavian SSR, which include the hammer and sickle. The flag can also be used without the hammer and sickle in some circumstances, for example on Transnistrian-issued license plates.
The Communist Party of China uses it as the party symbol. It is also used by Communist Parties in most countries.
The Maoist group, Shining Path in Peru uses it as part of its symbol.
A hammer and a sickle are both prominently included in the Austrian coat of arms, although they are not superimposed over each other and are not intended to represent communism, rather the union of the workers and the former aristocracy (represented by a crown) within the Austrian Republic.
Source.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Thats like saying because the south had rebels, the entire US should have been dissolved after the civil war, because dumb rednecks would always exist.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Nothing wrong with the German identity..they have been strong resolute fighters for centuries..all nations have their issues, the Germans just had a major issue for awhile.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
And they were broken up for awhile also, (east and west, google: Berlin Wall. I actually have a piece of it in my collection).
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Its not acceptable to be ignorant of historical context, and at the same time weigh in on historical matters with pretend authority in the age where all the information of the world is right at your fingertips.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
It's unique to one flag and one Nation's symbol. The now defunct U.S.S.R.. Never seen it since, where it wasn't directly in reference to the Soviet Union or the ideology they followed.
See, thats where it doesn't make sense. If it was national symbols, then sure...all nations. If it was just religious symbols, then again, sure...all religions...if it was both, then all nations and religions...but its not. I see one nation, and the rest are religion.
I would fire the guy whom designed the poster. then maybe just use that pic of all different colored hands holding each others wrist in a circle...that says all that ever needs to be said about anything about unity. Should be the symbol of earth actually.
This poster is illogical.
Originally posted by TheMaverick
reply to post by SaturnFX
I would say the french have far more influence on the commission than the germans.
Your find the germans have the most power in the EU, because of their economy.
Originally posted by Mimir
You will find the star and moon on the Turkish flag.
"The poster is not a European Commission poster. It was part of a series of posters hanging in a corridor which were made by artists in the context of a competition by the Czech Council on Foreign Relations. This competition was not funded by the EU," Giedrius Sudikas, spokesman for the commission's office in Lithuania, told AFP.
"As soon as the controversial symbol was pointed out, the poster was immediately removed. The building managers of all the Commission's buildings have now been asked to check if this poster is being displayed anywhere else on Commission property and remove it."
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by TheMaverick
reply to post by SaturnFX
I would say the french have far more influence on the commission than the germans.
Your find the germans have the most power in the EU, because of their economy.
No doubt the Germans are the walletholders of the union, however, influence is more than just money hoarders.
I simply don't find the germans a threat at all..not even a slight threat. They are in my opinion a strong western ally now. They provide good cars and other machines, good films (for adults also), good food, great beer, a strong economy, etc. Outside of them putting their towels down at vacation resorts the second the sun comes up to claim the best seats around the pool while they aren't even there, I have no complaints about them.
And the average german is far more guarded against the rise of dictators in their midst moreso than any other western nation. Their schools teach the students of this greatly.
The European ambitions for a working union is a good ambition. It will create friendly consumer based competition to the US that we all benefit from. From there is where we get technological progression.
Wow, I have gone soo far out of the topic..sorry ops..no more idealistic sermons.
JUST hours after Germany issued a chilling warning that war could again engulf Europe, EU leaders made a desperate 1 trillion bid to save the euro.