Recent content by bossel

We are animals. We could do it. Others could as well (& possibly have, though either not recognisable for us or on a smaller scale). Interesting article in that regard: Monkeys 'string words together' "The first evidence monkeys can string "words" together to communicate in a similar way to...

I wonder if at least this split will come about peacefully.

I just looked it up & Bavarois were probably introduced by French cooks of the Bavarian nobility (Wittelsbacher). Since the basis for Bavarois is Crème anglaise; I suppose it can be called neither French nor German, but international. It isn't a cake, anyway. In Germany, the situation is...

It depends on whether they had a choice, or not. If they would have been tried for mutiny/treason when disobeying orders, they are definitely not war criminals.

Addendum Sorry for the extra post, but don't want to edit the above since that would break the format. Just an attachment from the above mentioned study:

Er..., nope. Wasn't me. You started to talk about WWII in post 36. Er..., nope. Both WWII & the behaviour of the Armenian government are totally irrelevant to the question whether the genocide happened. It's a matter of history, not politics. Perhaps you should just have a look at the German...

Yes. But not only for the atomic bombings. The conventional bombing of cities was as much a war crime.

Ah, yes. How could I forget to mention your earlier... Better? Anyway, with or without "largely", undocumented is wrong. WWII is irrelevant to the question. Well, that's politics for you. Still, what the Armenian government has to say about the issue is irrelevant to the question. The...

Maybe there are fewer documents than about some WWII issues, but that's hardly to be called undocumented. This page counts more than 900 related German files alone. They also claim that related Turkish documents are still largely missing. What is public can be found here. Can't see why the...

Nope. It's not undocumented. Maybe Turkish documents have not yet been publicised, German documents are open to the public. I agree, that it's pretty poor to use it for political goals. But then again, if the Turkish government would face up to the past, that wouldn't be a problem at all...

Yes & no. True, that there is quite a number of religious extremists here, simply for Germany being less rigid in its approach towards them. Yet, the majority of Turks here are rather well adapted. I don't have any statistics at hand, but solely judging from the girls wearing headscarves, the...

Yep, good idea, Eemaan. May I recommend that you start with reading a book on the history of the East Roman Empire (&/or Persia), before you start with Islamic history? Would give you a broader picture.

I think, Mao tops both Stalin & Hitler: Acc. to latest numbers by Rummel; Mao is responsible for 77m deaths. Hitler with a mere 21m & the SU with 62m are 3rd & 2nd on that list. Well, the war was already going on in Asia, when the Nazis attacked Poland. What's more, Poland was also attacked...

Why, Eemaan? Oh, why? But OK, now you have the debate you wanted. Sorry to be blunt, but this is crap. What about the razzias (gaziya?) of early Islam? You don't win battles & conquer large chunks of land against 2 major world powers of the time by simply defending yourself. East Rome & Persia...

There are whole books & websites about quotes. Quotes of scientists for creationism, quotes of famous vegetarians on vegetarianism, quotes of celebs on the correct way to kiss so.'s arse, ...