Where were you when the Berlin wall came down?

[Yorick]

Originally posted by Kaz: It came down 1989. I was crawling around in my parents' appartement in Munich, at the time. However, I am afraid to say that in some respects, the Wall still stands. Old prejudices die hard, even after 12 years.

Kaz, Berlin now is vastly different even to the Berlin of eight years ago when I was last there. (Before earlier this year) You can't tell Easterners from Westerners anymore. The east is the funky part of town. The old tension is gone or going, replaced by newer different worries.

The Soviet pressure isn't there either.

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[This message has been edited by Yorick (edited 10-25-2001).]

[Hiram Sedai]

I was at Headquarters Headquarters Battery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii when the wall came down.



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[Sazerac]

I was working on my Ph.D. at University of North Texas...actually, that's exactly what I was doing, working on my dissertation on the computer, when the news came over the radio I was listening to. I ran to turn on the television, and all the news channels were filled with it. I remember almost crying with joy, and thinking...It's true...there really is hope for the world.

That's why I refuse to get too worried about the current world situation. I know human beings are capable of pulling themselves out of this. They've done so so many times before.

Yorick, man, I LOVED Jesus Jones! "The Right Decision" was one of my all-time favorites...I about wore out the track on the CD on that! (on the CD "Perverse", track 7! ) Oh, and "Idiot Stare" (track 12 of the same CD)! Loved "Right Here, Right Now" as well, and yes, that was during the fall of the Berlin Wall; "Perverse" was released a couple years later.

Oh, what am I talking about, with all these "yard apes" and "carpet crawlers" around here! (j/k)

Cheers,



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[Ronn_Bman]

Believe it or not I was dating a beautiful German lady when we saw it on TV.

She had mixed feeling about it. Afraid that reintegrating Germany, might dilute the Western German population because the East Germans were all lazy, stupid, blah, blah, blah... 40 years of propoganda had really sunk into her and her parents. It was weird hearing her talk about it. It was almost as if she was convinced the East German's had chosen to side with the Soviets after WWI, which is clearly untrue. The Soviets never gave anyone much of a choice in things.

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[Lord of Alcohol]

I was hmmmm living in Kennesaw Georgia I think. Possibly here cant remember. Saz your a PHD? Can we call you Dr. Saz?

[Mitro Jellywadder]

I was in Osterholz, Germany. I saw East Berlin and Berlin,
before and after the wall came down. Pretty oppressive back
in the day. Wow, I'm getting old.

[J.J.]

I was back in Bozeman, MT., having PCS'ed out of a two year hitch in the 2/27FA, 3rd Armored Division, Freidburg, W.Germany the previous year.
Working on my Master's and teaching freshman speech in my old department.
Also finishing my 3rd time as a seargent, in commo for 1/163 Armored Cav. Gaurd Regiment there, as well.....what alot of happy memories!

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[Fljotsdale]

Listening to the radio while washing dishes.
I was in the same place, doing the same thing when Kennedy was assassinated too.
I spend a lot of time listening to the radio while I wash dishes!


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Hmm - let's see if I can remember what I was doing when I read the news of the Berlin wall?

I was on the train home from College (was doing BTEC Computers prior to UNI) with 2 of my friends. There was a black and white page 3 girl in the newspaper. Berlin Wall news was on page 5 :O:O:O:O

how's that for remembering?


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[Epona]

GOSH WELL I KNOW I'M THE SAME AGE AS YORICK (whooops, capslock still on) and I remember watching the whole thing on TV.

It was a great day. Great for me, because as a socialist I knew that never again would my ideas be linked with the Stalinist regime in the USSR - people just made assumptions back then if you said you were a socialist, without realising that the regime that existed was about as far as you could get from the democratic traditions that socialism came out of. I don't think anyone has told me 'get back to Russia' since the wall came down, which is a great relief.

Marvellous, watching the people at the wall, taking it down, and the huge outpouring of hope was overwhelming.

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