Comments on: The Fall of the Berlin Wall http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/ Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will Dendy http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26766 Will Dendy Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:27:20 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26766 Well said, unfortunately most people seem to forget very recent history and want another GDR/Russia all over the world. Well said, unfortunately most people seem to forget very recent history and want another GDR/Russia all over the world.

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]]> By: Melissacw http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26687 Melissacw Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:33 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26687 @<a href="#comment-26685" rel="nofollow">Vicus Scurra</a>: Thank you – I can rely on my greatest supporter of all time – he might seem all peace-loving and maverick but he sure has an enviously sharp eagle eye. This performance is mammoth news to me and I am losing my mind and my possessions over this – am leaving bags behind in the supermarket and station platform! Must calm down Thanks for the thought Vicus! xxx @Vicus Scurra: Thank you – I can rely on my greatest supporter of all time – he might seem all peace-loving and maverick but he sure has an enviously sharp eagle eye.

This performance is mammoth news to me and I am losing my mind and my possessions over this – am leaving bags behind in the supermarket and station platform! Must calm down

Thanks for the thought Vicus! xxx

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]]> By: Vicus Scurra http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26684 Vicus Scurra Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:36:44 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26684 Balls to capitalism. Instead of all of this silly political stuff, can we unite and watch the offspring of the worlds's most talented political aide this weekend: http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/news1/news-archive/remembrance-and-st-georges.html Saturday BBC1 9:15 Balls to capitalism.
Instead of all of this silly political stuff, can we unite and watch the offspring of the worlds’s most talented political aide this weekend:
http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/news1/news-archive/remembrance-and-st-georges.html
Saturday BBC1 9:15

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]]> By: Tiresias http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26671 Tiresias Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:48:30 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26671 Vaclav Havel summed it up brilliantly in his speech on New Year's Day 1990: http://old.hrad.cz/president/Havel/speeches/1990/0101_uk.html Vaclav Havel summed it up brilliantly in his speech on New Year’s Day 1990:

http://old.hrad.cz/president/Havel/speeches/1990/0101_uk.html

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]]> By: raincoaster http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26670 raincoaster Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:48:20 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26670 Sorry, forgot the link: <a href="http://commentarius-perpetuus.blogspot.com/2009/02/spring-festival-and-fireworks-deaths.html" rel="nofollow">"In the most notorious incident, in 2001, 38 children died when their school in Jiangxi was flattened by an explosion. Parents said the school had forced its pupils to make fireworks so it could earn money."</a> There you go. Enjoy your fireworks. Sorry, forgot the link:

“In the most notorious incident, in 2001, 38 children died when their school in Jiangxi was flattened by an explosion. Parents said the school had forced its pupils to make fireworks so it could earn money.”

There you go. Enjoy your fireworks.

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]]> By: raincoaster http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26669 raincoaster Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:52:12 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26669 The fall of the Berlin Wall liberated those five-year-old Chinese children to die in a fireworks factory explosion? Good to know, thanks. Um, yay capitalism? The fall of the Berlin Wall liberated those five-year-old Chinese children to die in a fireworks factory explosion? Good to know, thanks. Um, yay capitalism?

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]]> By: Hi, Simon, it's Gordon! http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26666 Hi, Simon, it's Gordon! Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:02:07 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26666 A squaddie who received the George Cross blasted Gordon Brown for phoning Simon Cowell to ask how Susan Boyle was when she had a nervous breakdown rather than phoning any of the bereaved military families. Very caring indeed. Oh, I say! Shut that door! There's a draught in here! http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/106289/Hero-blast-for-Brown/ *** Poppy sales are soaring this year as patriotic Brits back our brave boys: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/106288 A squaddie who received the George Cross blasted Gordon Brown for phoning Simon Cowell to ask how Susan Boyle was when she had a nervous breakdown rather than phoning any of the bereaved military families.

Very caring indeed. Oh, I say! Shut that door! There’s a draught in here!

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/106289/Hero-blast-for-Brown/

*** Poppy sales are soaring this year as patriotic Brits back our brave boys: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/106288

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]]> By: Trotter http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26665 Trotter Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:42 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26665 They look like those Eastern Europeans swamping the UK. That's why I can't stand them. They look like those Eastern Europeans swamping the UK. That’s why I can’t stand them.

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]]> By: Trotter http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26664 Trotter Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:43:57 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26664 Note the faces of the evil kids. They all have very cold, inhumane looks about them, like those evil kids off horror films. Maybe that's why they were picked for training. Note the faces of the evil kids. They all have very cold, inhumane looks about them, like those evil kids off horror films. Maybe that’s why they were picked for training.

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]]> By: Trotter http://www.boris-johnson.com/2009/11/02/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-26663 Trotter Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:37:57 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=1985#comment-26663 @<a href="#comment-26638" rel="nofollow">Vicus Scurra</a>: Perhaps, you could tell us about your escape from WEST Berlin to EAST Berlin for political asylum? This story will make your hair stand on end, people: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2709114/The-Sun-goes-inside-a-Russian-military-school-for-kids.html @Vicus Scurra: Perhaps, you could tell us about your escape from WEST Berlin to EAST Berlin for political asylum?

This story will make your hair stand on end, people:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2709114/The-Sun-goes-inside-a-Russian-military-school-for-kids.html

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