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    Those who are curious this is my video about the most populous german cities from 1351 to 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVItiwDv9Lc i know kind of crappy looking but it is a first...
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      Editing … Berlin came out of nowhere. Makes me wonder what the next big city will be.
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      Editing … Berlin was between B and C-Tier the whole time (between 20s and 30s), but with the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia it went through the roof.
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      Editing … Frankfurt has potential due its current central location, but borders will change obviously...
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      Editing … I also somehow get the idea that Leipzich is popular ish? A lot of people who do art but can't afford Berlin go to live in Leipzich. I never liked Leipzich though most people there are unfriendly in my experience (just like Berlin). But that's probably just a large city thing.
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      Editing … Haven't been in Leipzig, so cann't tell. Assume rich history mostly from 17th bis 19th century recognicable in buildings. Also it has a harbour ,for a canal, yes said canal was planned in late 1920s and never got finished ,nor connected as there is even a separate part in the middle of nothere halfway planned route, due a certain famous mustache man but the harbour looked nice in the documentary to be fair.
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      Editing … Didn't they rebuild the building in Leipzig to look like the old buildings before the bombing? It's kind of a reverse Rotterdam then. In Rotterdam they thought "so all our old historical buildings are gone? well....that's excellent! because now there is room to build new ugly modern buildings instead. Also let's make every building in a different style so nothing goes together"
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      Editing … Restoring old buildings in a city center was common, ugly new ones aren't rare either depends on location. Especially in former east germany, Eisenhüttenstadt next to the polish border is known for its "depression causing" look. Wolfsburg in the west isn't known for its beauty too.
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      Editing … When I see such buildings I just really wonder what they were thinking. In Zwolle there used to be a lot more beautiful historical buildings but in the 80s there was a mayor called Loopstra but he gained the nickname "Sloopstra" (which is a mix of his name and the word demolish) after he demolished many of those historical buildings and replaced them with ugly 80s architecture. He also for no good reason demolished large parts of the city walls which had been there from the beginning since the 1300s. People pleaded with him and protested but he just did what he wanted. Now those kick ass buildings have been forever lost and what was built instead is hideous. Everybody regretted what happened. Even people on his side. It's like sometimes people are taken over by the times and do not think about what came before. A brainless thirst for the new. The 80s were weird I'm glad I wasn't there to see it.
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      Editing … My favourite Germans are Pedro, Waluigi, Alex, Mickey Z and I suppose you can add Gries too. But in a second tier. Way down there somewhere.
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    it's a sad day for our nation.
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      Editing … Election? Election. I never followed this election, I've had my eyes on Catalonia. pls share more of your thoughts
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      Editing … Because Merkel was reelected? If so i agree.
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      Editing … The German AfD nationalists saw a boost in votes as well. However, I don't know how the German government works, so I don't know how this affects their national influence.
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      Editing … grizzy pls enlighten me I don't know mein pölitiks
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      Editing … No, the AFD are populists mindless idiots still for sure. NPD are the nationalists here. Do not get why conversatives get so much votes in Germany, people seem to have weird expectations.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDc3pDM7V8

    German student fined for not visiting a Mosque.

    I really like this dudes accent.
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      Editing … So forcing kids to go to school is ok but forcing them to visit a mosque just once is a breach of constitutional rights? Makes sense I guess.
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      Editing … If the mandatory education laws apply equally whether it's a religious education visit to a Mosque or a mixed gender swim class that ultra-conservative Muslim parents have objected to then that seems fair to me.
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      Editing … I very much doubt that a Muslim family would be fined im they didnt want their kid to visit a Jewish synagogue. I dont think either situation should be fined 300 euros. If they want to give that kid a zero an that assignment go for it but to fine them for is ridiculous. Also note the Mosque was on a watch list by the government because its part of a specific fundamentalist Islamic movement. I wouldnt want my child going there either. Europe must be more fucked than i thought if most Euros think this is okay. Im so relieved my brothers family doesn't live in Germany anymore.
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      Editing … "If the laws say so" isn't an argument for something being right. That's an argument for "OBEEYYYY"
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      Editing … If the Mosque teaches extremism then it's a different story (any source on that other than a youtube channel I have no reason to trust?) and they should be taking the field trip to a different Mosque. Other than that I have no qualms with mandatory education attendance as long as it applies equally across the board. Like I was saying, we know the rules apply to ultra-conservative Muslim parents saying their daughters can't learn to swim: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/muslim-girls-swimming-lessons-germany-must-take-part-a7463676.html
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      Editing … I've got to say, the irony of a Trump supporter thinking Germany's f***** up does make me laugh.
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      Editing … Er, Rich, I think you're forgetting... THE NAZIS?! 8-)
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    "According to Kauder the main reason for this decision, is to secure fairness in the upcoming German elections"

    "conditions, similar to the ones during the American Presidential Elections Campaign, must not occur in Germany "

    Basically We must clamp down on free speech so the peasants dont think for themselves and the candidate we want will get in.
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      Editing … So what are you arguing? Fake news should just be able to spread like wildfire on social media unchallenged? There should be no consequences for blatant hate speech and racism?
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      Editing … Heaven forbid we place the responsibility of verifying the validity of news on the common man. He cannot handle the responsibility. We shall just have to decide for him what news he sees! If people spread fake news articles it is because they are fucking idiots who cannot spend 2 seconds checking a source. We shouldn't have to coddle these morons.
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      Editing … I like that they openly admit that it is purely for political manipulation though. Props to them for no longer giving a shit about hiding their motivations.
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      Editing … Fake news is a genuine problem. Wildly exaggerated or outright cock and bull stories and statistics someone pulled out of their ass because it suits their agenda etc are bad for a democracy. Social media's giving them a new way to spread like wildfire and social media isn't accountable in the same way the traditional media is. Obviously a cure that's worse than the disease is no good so I'm against outright censorship but if facebook comes up with a mechanism where if enough people flag a story as fake (not just controversial, outright factually dishonest) and someone professional verifies that then I have no calms with facebook putting a warning label on it or something.
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      Editing … It won't work like that though, the threat of fines will force it into a youtube-copyright scenario. Things will be taken down out of precaution and then only replaced once verified. That would mean genuine articles could be flagged and taken down wrongly. I'd much rather people were just taught to think for themselves, but maybe I am just asking too much.
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      Editing … It's not censorship if what you're "censoring" is nothing more than cyber mobbing, hate speech and blatant lies. Thus I'm in full support of what our government is trying to accomplish here.
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      Editing … If that's actually what happens, then yes I agree Gries. I however do not have any faith in governments or anyone who would willingly rule over people.
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    any Germanyfolk got some input http://i.imgur.com/uQAQDXb.jpg
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      Editing … on what? Imgur is blocked at work
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      Editing … I don't know if it's true but it definitely sounds plausible. I haven't heard of any increased rape occurances near where I live – but then again, I'm not very sociable, so why *would* I know. All I noticed is that the littering has increased, and I hate that.
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    Jailed for speaking out against migrants? So does Germany not have freedom of speech?
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/07/police-raid-social-media-posts/
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      Editing … In some european countries you can get arrested for denying the holocaust happened. Sure, it's a stupid claim, but I think everyone ought to have a right to be stupid.
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      Editing … The article says they were anti-Semitic and that narcotics and weapons were confiscated. Not sure "speaking out against migrants" sums up what we're talking about here.
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    'Tomodachi Life' and 'Landwirtschaftssimulator' sold more copies on amazon.de in 2014 than ... GTA V.

    We're weird like that.

    source: http://www.amazon.de/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsar
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