From: noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk
On 14/10/2019 12:05, MM wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:32:17 +0100, Ian Jackson
> wrote:
>
>> In message <580246b30ccharles@candehope.me.uk>, charles
>> writes
>>> In article <58024428bddave@davenoise.co.uk>,
>>> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>>>> In article ,
>>>> Stephen Cole wrote:
>>>>> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>>>>>> In article ,
>>>>>> Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>> I still have a legitimate interest, mate. And if there's another
>>>>>>> Referendum I'll be voting in it again, same as before, just like
>>>>>>> everyone else who voted Leave - plus not a few former Remainers
>>>>>>> who've seen the light over the last 3 years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oddly, most the polls seem to show the opposite has happened.
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>>> That€€€s no surprise as the electorate has changed; a million or more
dead
>>>>> Leave voters and a couple million freshly-minted teenage voters since
>>>>> June 2016. The longer that Brexit is fobbed off before a 2nd referendum
>>>>> the more the scales will tip toward Remain.
>>>
>>>> True. And it is their future which is important. More than those of the
>>>> old farts who talk about the last WW all the time. Even although they
>>>> weren't in it.
>>>
>>> I was 5 when WW2 ended. you'd need to have been 13 years older than me to
>>> have served in it - that's 92+
>>>
>> You can get two in-phoners who start off by saying exactly the same
>> thing - but end up by making points that are diametrically opposite.
>>
>> "My grandfather fought in WW1, and my father fought in WW2. The wars
>> occurred because the Germans were allowed to become too powerful - and
>> the EU has allowed them again to become far too powerful. My father
>> reckons that before long, they will be totally dominating all the
>> members of the EU (including the UK), and they will be dictating what we
>> do. We therefore need to leave."
>>
>> "My grandfather fought in WW1, and my father fought in WW2. The wars
>> occurred because the Germans were allowed to become too powerful.
>> However, my father says that the EU will make sure that they are kept in
>> check, and they will not be able to do again. Because of the EU, Europe
>> is a much safer place than it used to be."
>
> And obviously the second version is the true one, borne out by the
> past 70 years of peace.
>
> MM
>
Or it could be because USA and NATO have effectively prevented the
Germans from having a national army.
The British and American forces in the Rhineland see to that.
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