Duggy wrote:
> 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:
>>>>>> 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.

   Huh? Quote, please. In any event, why are /you/ answering? It was 
Joe's blunder to begin with.

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