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Adams? snoopcester Send a noteboard - 14/10/2010 03:28:30 PM
Or Lucy, if you're not willing to go there. The setup didn't so much rely on having Bismarck or someone just like him (in fact, it seems pretty clear he intended the Kaiser to be self sufficient once the Iron Chancellors task was done) it just depended on whoever was in charge not being a megalomaniacal idiot. I believe the John Adams line is "When providing for our posterity we should always remember that virtue is not hereditary. " Hmmm, maybe objecting to how other governments are run should've waited till the Americans left. :P


If you are going to place an extremely powerful weapon in someone's hands, you should either put in a good enough safety mechanism or accept the blame for what comes out of it. He didn't do the first....
And if the hands belong to a megalomaniacal idiot then you deserve even more blame:P
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The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power Otto von Bismark - 14/10/2010 09:24:57 AM 1556 Views
Yes, and how'd that go for you snoopcester - 14/10/2010 10:14:19 AM 1157 Views
Not that I wanna defend a militaristic and nationalistic post I don't agree with... ironclad - 14/10/2010 10:37:11 AM 1141 Views
Pfft snoopcester - 14/10/2010 11:19:16 AM 1008 Views
That's really not fair. Joel - 14/10/2010 12:57:15 PM 1273 Views
</taking things too seriously> Rebekah - 14/10/2010 01:01:12 PM 1005 Views
Helpful all around today, I see *NM* ironclad - 14/10/2010 01:16:14 PM 459 Views
He has good points, though. *NM* Legolas - 14/10/2010 01:16:46 PM 596 Views
Just not a sense of humour or a knowledge of American geography snoopcester - 14/10/2010 02:16:27 PM 923 Views
I have a sense of humor! Joel - 14/10/2010 03:21:56 PM 1002 Views
Pfft, you just have some knock of version, as the shoddy spelling shows. snoopcester - 14/10/2010 03:24:46 PM 966 Views
A poorly spelled knock of; I am duly chastened. Joel - 14/10/2010 05:30:27 PM 1171 Views
A sense of humor only helps if something is actually funny *NM* Amanda von Bismarck - 14/10/2010 08:14:25 PM 588 Views
You have to have a sense of humour ro know if something is funny *wins* snoopcester - 14/10/2010 09:54:12 PM 986 Views
That explains oh so many British "comedies." *NM* ßelals Girl - 15/10/2010 07:51:07 PM 447 Views
Yeah, I do that sometimes. Joel - 14/10/2010 01:21:37 PM 1015 Views
Right, so his actions led to it snoopcester - 14/10/2010 02:29:08 PM 1028 Views
By that logic it's Adams fault. Joel - 14/10/2010 03:12:22 PM 1029 Views
Adams? snoopcester - 14/10/2010 03:28:30 PM 984 Views
The one married to Eve, not the one from wotmania. Joel - 14/10/2010 05:23:24 PM 1164 Views
I was more confused if you meant "Adam's" or "Adams'", it was not at all clear snoopcester - 14/10/2010 07:18:25 PM 1169 Views
Well, at different points I meant each. Joel - 14/10/2010 07:49:24 PM 1231 Views
Wow, that was really obnoxious. *NM* nossy - 14/10/2010 02:07:19 PM 586 Views
Still bitter, heh? Typical kraut, just can't accept the result snoopcester - 14/10/2010 02:30:46 PM 1015 Views
And/or I just find you annoying. nossy - 14/10/2010 06:10:05 PM 1005 Views
No, you are just a sauerkraut *dies laughing* snoopcester - 14/10/2010 07:13:14 PM 997 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 14/10/2010 07:29:23 PM 1007 Views
Yes snoopcester - 14/10/2010 07:33:29 PM 970 Views
No need to thank us. Sareitha Sedai - 14/10/2010 07:37:48 PM 1270 Views
Depressingly, snoopcester - 14/10/2010 07:38:55 PM 982 Views
Indeed. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/10/2010 10:01:51 PM 450 Views
Aw, Jen, you're the best *NM* ßelals Girl - 14/10/2010 07:53:01 PM 429 Views
That's British football fans for you ironclad - 14/10/2010 08:04:41 PM 1303 Views
SEIG HEIL! *NM* Ectheledhel - 14/10/2010 10:43:42 AM 533 Views
If only I got an Euro each time someone misspelled this crap *NM* ironclad - 14/10/2010 10:58:22 AM 491 Views
~is helpful~ Rebekah - 14/10/2010 11:21:32 AM 1027 Views
phew nossy - 14/10/2010 02:01:30 PM 1115 Views
SIEG HEIL! *NM* Urza - 14/10/2010 11:00:02 AM 471 Views
Also, wrong century. *NM* Lews_TherinThelamon - 14/10/2010 11:07:26 AM 604 Views
Yeah, well, that speech was given in 1863 and there was no Kaiser tell 1871 so go correct Otto *NM* Urza - 14/10/2010 11:09:44 AM 579 Views
Also, HOHENZOLERNNNNNNN! *NM* Urza - 14/10/2010 11:16:35 AM 470 Views
SIEGE HEIl! *NM* BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 11:09:55 AM 413 Views
At least spell his name correctly if you're going to quote him. Legolas - 14/10/2010 11:39:33 AM 1026 Views
I didn't even notice (s)he'd not spelt it with the "c" *NM* snoopcester - 14/10/2010 11:42:53 AM 423 Views
That's how I knew it was just an impostor. ironclad - 14/10/2010 11:48:37 AM 1003 Views
Ah, snoopcester - 14/10/2010 12:17:47 PM 967 Views
Re: Ah, Bergioyn - 14/10/2010 12:27:22 PM 986 Views
Excellent reasoning. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/10/2010 10:03:23 PM 450 Views
Everything sounds better in German *NM* ßelals Girl - 14/10/2010 08:11:04 PM 521 Views
So isses *NM* ironclad - 14/10/2010 08:19:22 PM 482 Views
STOP IMPERSONATING MY HUBBY!!!! Amanda von Bismarck - 14/10/2010 01:25:29 PM 1089 Views
Awesome SN I suggest a permanent change *NM* Macharius - 14/10/2010 01:32:43 PM 540 Views
I still like the other one better. Joel - 14/10/2010 03:19:18 PM 1030 Views
Wait, that wasn't you? *NM* ironclad - 14/10/2010 01:36:21 PM 444 Views
She spelled the name correctly, with the "c". *NM* Macharius - 14/10/2010 01:51:19 PM 498 Views
I assumed that was a double bluff! *NM* ironclad - 14/10/2010 02:16:37 PM 451 Views
You should've known better: she's way to fastidious about her Germans to do so even in jest. lol *NM* Macharius - 14/10/2010 03:42:11 PM 451 Views
As if I would misspell the name of my historical crush *NM* Amanda von Bismarck - 14/10/2010 07:54:32 PM 762 Views
Now stop causing me trouble. Joel - 14/10/2010 05:31:49 PM 1057 Views
Re: Bismarck Gaps - 14/10/2010 11:40:36 PM 1031 Views
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