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.

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