Apolyton anno 1933

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Japher


You must have me on ignore than.

Perhaps I have just never been in a thread where this topic came up?

I will keep my eyes open.

Coming from the Southern US, there is plenty that I could discuss on the subject. I just usually try to avoid these discussions due to the fact that they tend to dissolve into old prejudices that have no place in my little corner of the world.

[Sava]

I think race would be an issue. Remember... n1gger was still an acceptable description. It's so sad. We (the US) are supposed to be a pillar of freedom and democracy. We're supposed to be an example for the rest of the world. But yet, in my parents lifetime, there were barbaric racist practices.

I think there would also be a great deal of discussion about social programs.

[monkspider]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Once WWII broke out, Ming would allow one thread about it.

[alva]

Originally posted by Sava
I think race would be an issue. Remember... n1gger was still an acceptable description. It's so sad. We (the US) are supposed to be a pillar of freedom and democracy. We're supposed to be an example for the rest of the world. But yet, in my parents lifetime, there were barbaric racist practices.

I think there would also be a great deal of discussion about social programs.

You really think that much has changed, the language maybe, the mentality I doubt

[Sava]

Yes, I think America has changed. My generation, for the most part, doesn't tolerate racism. 70 years ago, racism was a general mainstream aspect of behavior.

[alva]

Hmm, true, on the other hand, I'm sure that if you dig a little deeper, there still is alot of racism going around.
I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so...

[Bosh]

Well a little nationalist uprising is healthy every now and then.

Exactly, too much democracy gives pepole crazy ideas.

The government before the civil war was incompetent. So we threw it out.

The spanish didn't throw it out, the army did.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Maniac


So just the situation same as now you mean?

That's what I was getting at, yes. Glad somebody got my lame attempt at humor.

Except that, back then they probably wouldn't have been allowed on the Internet.

Although, if they were, my belief is that racism would be a thing of the past, as people would be able to get to know someone else without knowledge of skin color.


ACK!

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by PLATO1003
Hmmm...this is the first time I have seen race mentioned on poly.(Nationality quite often enough, but not race)

Does race matter to anyone here?? My hope is that poly is way beyond that.

What I was getting at, is the fact that there are fewer black people on this forum than there are women.

We have more homosexuals than women or black people.

Albert Speer, as far as I know, isn't black, but comes from a predominantly black neighborhood, supposedly.

Race really wouldn't be a big deal on here, as far as I can see.

ACK!

[alva]

Race really wouldn't be a big deal on here, as far as I can see.

It isn't because you actually can't.
Forums take away alot of prejudices just by it's nature.
There are no visuals here..

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by alva

It isn't because you actually can't.
Forums take away alot of prejudices just by it's nature.
There are no visuals here..

That's whyI say that, if we had the internet in the 30's, racism would be a thing of the past.

ACK!

[Felch]

Please don't troll Fez people, he's behaving himself reasonably well.

And honestly, I think the nationalists were the lesser of two evils during that war. Franco did a good job of taking from Hitler and Mussolini without giving them control over Spain. The communists weren't so successful at maintaining independence from Stalin.

[H Tower]

We'd have lots of people begging for jobs since the Great Depression was just starting, and it would be another 70 some years before Civ1 came out. A long time to make "the list" for Microprose.

[oedo]

I´ll go to Francos own country for some days now. hopefully I won´t miss my zeppeline. but I´ll post some babe pics for you before I´ll leave.




one of these babes is still alive BTW. seeya soon. (or should I rather say Heil Hitler?)

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Fez
Well my grandfather was around in that time. He served in the Spanish nationalist army. Chegitz, like all others communists have no place in our country especially not during that time. We took care of all the communists that entered our country to form an illegal combatant group called "the republicans". By defeating the communists we expressed our independence from Stalin and the USSR.

Yeah right

My wifes family had to leave Spain for a number of years
the ones who wern't in proson and they wern't commies