Yes, every male is issued a fully automatic machine gun and 70 rounds (which he must keep locked separately) and he must demonstrate proficiency with the weapon yearly. There was a reason why Hitler never invaded Switzerland. It wasn't because that country was "neutral" -- it was because what with the armed citizenry, a complex system of tunnels, and mountainous terrain, it would have been suicide to invade. His vaunted Wehrmacht would have been slaughtered.
"Rockmolder" wrote:
Not to mention it makes no sense to invade Switzerland when France is right there.
"zombieslayer" wrote:
+1.
We had a German intern years ago. I took him drinking one day and we talked about the usual stuff - work, politics, beer, chicks. Then, I thought I got him liquored up enough so very secretly, I asked him if he saw me as a friend. He said yes. Then I asked him if he trusted me to which he said yes. Then I said, "so, when are you planning on attacking France?"
He played dumb like they're all buddy buddy now. Yeah, whatever.
Damn. I thought we were friends.
A little German history for you non-history people - Germany becomes a nation in 1870. 1871 - they beat up the French. 1914 - they beat up the French. 1940 - they beat up the French. You know what they say about history? It's 2010. Long overdue.
"Wade" wrote:
Germany got their asses handed to them royally by the French, as well, from time to time. Although a lot of that came before they where actually known as Germany.
Fricken' Wilhelm and Bismarck and their unification.
How are these numbers calculated, btw? The money that goes right from government to government? Does it include donations to Docters Without Borders etc. as well? We had a benefit thingy the day before HFHN aired. They gathered 41,5 million Euros. That got doubled by the government, so 83 million Euros should be going to Hati, right? Does that get accounted to the Netherlands?
Not that it matters in the end. What I did notice is that the Italian minister doesn't actually attack your economic input. He's just bringing up the same points which Foster made quite a few days ago and which we applauded him for.
Or I'm just not getting it, of course.
"Nonstopdrivel" wrote: