Duggy wrote:   
   > On Sep 18, 6:55 am, Elko T  wrote:   
   >> Joseph DeMartino wrote:   
   >>> Kathryn Huxtable  wrote:   
   >>>    
   >>>> The "Holy Roman Empire". I think it was Voltaire who pointed out that   
   >>>> it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. There should be a word   
   >>>> for such things... Maybe there is.   
   >>> A line later adapted to describe the German Democratic Republic (the   
   >>> former East Germany) which wasn't German, Democratic or a Republic.   
   >>> But it did occupy some of the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, so   
   >>> at least there was symmetry.     
   >>    What do you mean "wasn't German"? What else was it?   
   >    
   > It was established by Stalin and given no autonomy... it was often   
   > called the Soviet Occupied Zone in the west (Sowjetische   
   > Besatzungszone or SBZ).   
      
      That's all true, but it didn't stop the place from being German. An    
   illegitimate child is still a child.   
      
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