25 Years Ago Today... Berlin Wall comes down

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November 09, 2014, 08:02:40 AM Last Edit: November 09, 2014, 08:05:00 AM by bayonetbrant


Most of us are old enough to remember its significance (hell, Steelie and Bawb probably remember its construction) but I suspect anyone under 30 has no clue what a big deal this was...
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Martok

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November 10, 2014, 06:23:55 AM
I remember coming home from school that afternoon and seeing this being the news on TV.  I still remember how stunned I felt -- like it was too good to be true.  8) 
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BanzaiCat

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November 10, 2014, 08:07:17 AM
^ +1

I was absolutely stunned. It was a highly emotional moment.

bayonetbrant

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November 10, 2014, 10:29:02 AM
A very interesting article about a press conference may well be what brought down the wall

http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2014/11/05/the-fourth-man-who-prompted-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/
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November 10, 2014, 11:07:36 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
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