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How much on fire was your country? | 49 comments (49 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: How much on fire was your country? (none / 0)

To many to recall them all : first one I remember : Belgians under Boduognat and Vengetorix fought the Roman legions under Cesar in 7 B/C well documented in his 'De bello Gallico'...euh.... we lost that one.

Last big fire I was in : 1968 ...hell broke loose in Belgium for all kind of things, even the government had to resign in the holabaloba .....euh ...donno if thatone has ended yet.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 12:35:46 PM EST

Re: How much on fire was your country? (none / 0)

Hey, the Vercingetorix bit was a joint venture, Franco-Belgian ;))

by Alex in Toulouse on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 12:55:36 PM EST
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Re: How much on fire was your country? (4.00 / 2)

now I know why we lost :)

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 12:58:24 PM EST
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Re: How much on fire was your country? (none / 0)

Was there a Belgian revolution against the Dutch?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 01:26:03 PM EST
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Re: How much on fire was your country? (none / 1)

Yes , 1830 independence of Belgium after the Dutch were trown out. But rather a resistance of the Catholic-French oriented bourgeoisie against the Dutch protestants.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 01:36:23 PM EST
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Re: How much on fire was your country? (none / 1)

I wish someone would write a diary or at least a comment about the dynamics of the 1930 revolutions. (I knew only the French one - I only discovered that it was the second [of four] European bushfire a year ago, when I attempted to pinpoint European periods of peace by exclusion, i.e. by tracking down all European wars...)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 02:06:03 PM EST
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Re: How much on fire was your country? (none / 0)

1830.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Mar 15th, 2006 at 02:06:35 PM EST
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