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Well, at different points I meant each. Joel Send a noteboard - 14/10/2010 07:49:24 PM
Maybe he should've ditched the monarchy and assumed power directly, but that isn't always popular Beyond the Sea. People have even staged revolutions to replace one monarch with yet another, raising the question of whether people who accept the monarchy as legal but nonetheless rebel fully grasp the meanings of "monarch", "rebel" and "legal. " :P But, once again, you can't control whether your boss' son is an idiot. Hence we move from Adam to Adams; virtue isn't hereditary, but that can be a hard sell (even when the heir to the throne is Edward VIII without the charisma. :P)

Which goes back to what I said - don't put the weapon in their hand if you can't put safety catches on it.

Given a choice between allowing my native country to remain partitioned and controlled by foreign states as it had been for centuries, or forging it into an independent power despite knowing I have no control over who'll lead it after I'm gone, I'd do what Bismarck did. It's not like denying his own country that "weapon" would protect them from it; an idiot in another country could gain control of one as powerful or greater. The only difference would be that Germany would be as prostrate as it had been before others for centuries. That's not something any one man can entirely control, but if Bismarck couldn't ensure no German leader would be seduced by power, he could and did do a great deal to ensure they wouldn't be helpless victims if a French or Russian leader were similarly seduced. I mean, geez, can you imagine the Confederation of the Rhine trying to face down Stalin? That goes about as well as it did against Napoleon.
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The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power - 14/10/2010 09:24:57 AM 1246 Views
Yes, and how'd that go for you - 14/10/2010 10:14:19 AM 871 Views
Not that I wanna defend a militaristic and nationalistic post I don't agree with... - 14/10/2010 10:37:11 AM 823 Views
Pfft - 14/10/2010 11:19:16 AM 701 Views
That's really not fair. - 14/10/2010 12:57:15 PM 946 Views
</taking things too seriously> - 14/10/2010 01:01:12 PM 687 Views
Helpful all around today, I see *NM* - 14/10/2010 01:16:14 PM 315 Views
He has good points, though. *NM* - 14/10/2010 01:16:46 PM 441 Views
Just not a sense of humour or a knowledge of American geography - 14/10/2010 02:16:27 PM 620 Views
I have a sense of humor! - 14/10/2010 03:21:56 PM 687 Views
Pfft, you just have some knock of version, as the shoddy spelling shows. - 14/10/2010 03:24:46 PM 647 Views
A poorly spelled knock of; I am duly chastened. - 14/10/2010 05:30:27 PM 869 Views
A sense of humor only helps if something is actually funny *NM* - 14/10/2010 08:14:25 PM 429 Views
You have to have a sense of humour ro know if something is funny *wins* - 14/10/2010 09:54:12 PM 660 Views
That explains oh so many British "comedies." *NM* - 15/10/2010 07:51:07 PM 307 Views
Yeah, I do that sometimes. - 14/10/2010 01:21:37 PM 716 Views
Right, so his actions led to it - 14/10/2010 02:29:08 PM 709 Views
By that logic it's Adams fault. - 14/10/2010 03:12:22 PM 688 Views
Adams? - 14/10/2010 03:28:30 PM 685 Views
The one married to Eve, not the one from wotmania. - 14/10/2010 05:23:24 PM 841 Views
I was more confused if you meant "Adam's" or "Adams'", it was not at all clear - 14/10/2010 07:18:25 PM 827 Views
Well, at different points I meant each. - 14/10/2010 07:49:24 PM 897 Views
Wow, that was really obnoxious. *NM* - 14/10/2010 02:07:19 PM 433 Views
Still bitter, heh? Typical kraut, just can't accept the result - 14/10/2010 02:30:46 PM 701 Views
And/or I just find you annoying. - 14/10/2010 06:10:05 PM 690 Views
No, you are just a sauerkraut *dies laughing* - 14/10/2010 07:13:14 PM 704 Views
Well - 14/10/2010 07:29:23 PM 698 Views
Yes - 14/10/2010 07:33:29 PM 675 Views
No need to thank us. - 14/10/2010 07:37:48 PM 975 Views
Depressingly, - 14/10/2010 07:38:55 PM 665 Views
Indeed. *NM* - 14/10/2010 10:01:51 PM 309 Views
Aw, Jen, you're the best *NM* - 14/10/2010 07:53:01 PM 288 Views
That's British football fans for you - 14/10/2010 08:04:41 PM 942 Views
SEIG HEIL! *NM* - 14/10/2010 10:43:42 AM 352 Views
If only I got an Euro each time someone misspelled this crap *NM* - 14/10/2010 10:58:22 AM 348 Views
~is helpful~ - 14/10/2010 11:21:32 AM 705 Views
phew - 14/10/2010 02:01:30 PM 790 Views
SIEG HEIL! *NM* - 14/10/2010 11:00:02 AM 314 Views
Also, wrong century. *NM* - 14/10/2010 11:07:26 AM 445 Views
Also, HOHENZOLERNNNNNNN! *NM* - 14/10/2010 11:16:35 AM 317 Views
SIEGE HEIl! *NM* - 14/10/2010 11:09:55 AM 259 Views
At least spell his name correctly if you're going to quote him. - 14/10/2010 11:39:33 AM 731 Views
I didn't even notice (s)he'd not spelt it with the "c" *NM* - 14/10/2010 11:42:53 AM 292 Views
That's how I knew it was just an impostor. - 14/10/2010 11:48:37 AM 701 Views
Ah, - 14/10/2010 12:17:47 PM 659 Views
Re: Ah, - 14/10/2010 12:27:22 PM 664 Views
Excellent reasoning. *NM* - 14/10/2010 10:03:23 PM 302 Views
Everything sounds better in German *NM* - 14/10/2010 08:11:04 PM 342 Views
So isses *NM* - 14/10/2010 08:19:22 PM 337 Views
STOP IMPERSONATING MY HUBBY!!!! - 14/10/2010 01:25:29 PM 786 Views
Awesome SN I suggest a permanent change *NM* - 14/10/2010 01:32:43 PM 382 Views
I still like the other one better. - 14/10/2010 03:19:18 PM 702 Views
Wait, that wasn't you? *NM* - 14/10/2010 01:36:21 PM 303 Views
She spelled the name correctly, with the "c". *NM* - 14/10/2010 01:51:19 PM 341 Views
As if I would misspell the name of my historical crush *NM* - 14/10/2010 07:54:32 PM 589 Views
Now stop causing me trouble. - 14/10/2010 05:31:49 PM 721 Views
Re: Bismarck - 14/10/2010 11:40:36 PM 672 Views

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