Thread: Complete (almost) Shutdown of Berlin Train System - could it happen here...??
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Old January 2nd 12, 05:35 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.europe
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Default Complete (almost) Shutdown of Berlin Train System - could it?happen here...??
On 02/01/12 11:52, Lüko Willms wrote:
The difference which you prefer to ignore (because of your abysmal
hatred of facts) is that the GDR has not been conquered by NATO tanks
crossing the border

Invasion by tank are almost always a Bad Thing. Ask the people of
Hungary and Czechoslovakia as was.

but by a popular uprising. And those people rising
up against their regime was to get _better_ conditions, not _worse._

They wanted West German conditions. They got 'em. Fewer creches, fewer
bullets in the back for attempting to emigrate.

Ian
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