On Sep 21, 4:27 am, Elko T  wrote:   
   > Duggy wrote:   
   > > On Sep 18, 6:55 am, Elko T  wrote:   
   > >> Joseph DeMartino wrote:   
   > >>> Kathryn Huxtable  wrote:   
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   > >>>> 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.   
   The constitution said that the Germans were foreigners.   
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