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Current Events » in reply to Re: I think the only thing the 'wall' will do . . .

Walls build complacency, not security. Ask the French.

ebnelson — 5/21/2002 8:25:48 AM (archived)

Or Constantinople.
Or.....
Ed

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The whole thread (11 posts)

The new Berlin Wall? - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2002 2:52:44 PM
- Where do I send a donation for this? - Buck Galaxy - 5/21/2002 3:21:50 PM
  - Makes good sense to me too (nt) - E.P. Grondine - 5/21/2002 7:22:49 PM
  - Re: I think the only thing the 'wall' will do . . . - D. Spires - 5/21/2002 3:37:15 PM
    - Walls build complacency, not security. Ask the French. - ebnelson - 5/21/2002 8:25:48 AM
- Pournelle's research - Boswer - 5/20/2002 4:02:28 PM
  - Re: Pournelle's research - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2002 5:59:12 PM
- A new aparthied? - ebnelson - 5/20/2002 3:54:02 PM
  - The Apartheid Reality - compare with France - Bowser - 5/21/2002 3:58:20 PM
    - France - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2002 4:36:00 PM
      - Re: ID and Religion - Raoul - 5/21/2002 6:20:48 PM

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