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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:00 PM Original message |
What war fascinates/interests you the most? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Civil War |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. "Still pay a price today" |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
81. USA!! USA!! USA!! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. World War Two |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. "I think World War II was my favorite war" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, that first chapter in Guns of August about all the royalty really sucks you in... |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The civil war....may be time to kick the fucker's asses again. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Oh, I love Guns of August. |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Reading about the heroism of WW2 Merchant Mariners |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. that is a story i will not forget, thanks nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. As a submariner's kid and afficianado, being in a liberty ship was pretty sobering. |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
92. Oil and Gas tankers were the worst. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Viet Nam - because I had a number for that one... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. WW II but that is because dad went thorugh it |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. The holocaust in Iraq. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Third Punic War |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. WWII. Particularly from the British perspective. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. The war on abstract nouns |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'd have to go with WWI |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah, WWI was a special kind of absurd |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. World War Z of course. nt |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. "Organize before They rise!" |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I really hope so. If the movie blows, I am going to pout and bitch. nt |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Right there with you. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Civil War |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. The War on Poverty... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. World War 2 |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. the next world war. |
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tkarolewics711 (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Definitely the Civil War |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. World War II has so many facets... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. There's something for everybody. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I forgot Nazis |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Those Soviet soldiers had balls of steel. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. It helps when the Komisar is in the rear with a maxim |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. That was a reenactment |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Yes, I read that. nt |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. The War on Christmas |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Har! |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Civil War |
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exman (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. French Revolution |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. I hate war. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. me too |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Hundred Years War... |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Because (essentially) you had the same situation we have today, except with no voters. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
64. Because back in the olden days they couldn't print money. They needed gold and a trustworthy banker. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. That age old, on going battle between man and the worst of own nature that makes war. |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Hundred Years War |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. I would have to say the war between |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. thanks for that nt |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. Spanish Civil War |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
36. WWII. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
42. The most interesting story I heard related to WWII was... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. I liked the story of the American in the 82nd AB division |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
44. The War Between The States |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
46. Napoleonic Wars. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
47. The war on the planet is pretty fascinating. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
48. US Civil War, till the Vietnam War, special emphasis on WWII.. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
50. ITA, Mix |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
53. The Revolutionary War |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
54. The American Civil War and WWII |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. The Peloponnesian War |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
56. War is a Racket |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Gee, I'm glad we didn't "fail" in 1945. nt |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Yes, I understand the good guys won "the good war" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. WWII might have been preventable had folks listened to that shit, Wilson, OR |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. It's just so sad - so much loss |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. My great uncle Richard was killed at the Somme. Since then, we've been awfully lucky. |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Ouch! Really not fair. We've got to learn to use our minds more n/t |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
59. lately the Spanish Civil War but usually WW II. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. The Spanish Civil War is VERY interesting! |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #65 |
86. Have You Read "Homage to Catalonia"? |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. Fuck wars...they are for fools. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
70. The Anglo-Zanzibar War. It lasted 38 minutes. |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
71. History buffs: this is a very interesting threads. Why UNREC? |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Hobsbawm on the recent past: |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. The clone wars |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I was also a navigator on a spice freighter at that time |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
74. Civil War. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
76. The American Revolution. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. The War on Drugs |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
78. WW2 Pacific Theater, Naval engagements |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
79. The hundred years of war that gave birth to South Africa, from the Zulu Wars to the Boer War |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
80. TekWar |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
82. Probably World War II |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
83. I'd love to see the answers to this asked in different places.. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. That's a great point about different perspectives. nt |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
85. The War Between The Imbeciles & The Morons. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
87. Don't know if you'd call it a "war" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
88. The war on poverty. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
89. Any war that is successfully avoided. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. You may be being flippant, but those close calls and diplomatic successes really are interesting. nt |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Not being flippant at all actually. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. In that case, I agree entirely without reservation! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
91. World War II - It had been over for less than 13 years when I was born |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
93. Mexican Revolution |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. "Zapata and the Mexican Revolution" had a huge effect on me when I read it! |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. I had to read it for my PhD exams... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
94. East Coast vs. West Coast hiphop artistes. |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
98. The current wars interest me most, today, because they are the only ones |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
100. The War of the Roses |
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