David Hobby wrote: > > Nice find! Germany did have long democratic traditions to > work with, though. It had just momentarily forgotten them. : ) > Not that that could happen any place else. > Uh? Long democratic traditions??? Germany was a democracy from some time after WW1 to 1933+ [Hitler was elected democratically, and remained a democratic ruler until he could blame the Commies for putting fire to the Reischstag [sp? the Congress.de] - so a little over 10 years. Before that, it was an Absolute Monarchy under the Kaisers since 1870 or so, before that it was either under the Absolute Monarchy of the Austrian Habsburgs or local princes since 1000 or so, before that it was an Absolute Monarchy under the heirs of Charlemagne, etc.
Germany had *no* democratic traditions at all Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
