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The experiment needed a suitable subject. A city already damaged in the Civil War would not properly show the effects of an attack from the air. The WWI experience of a few crude bombs lobbed over the sides of airship gondolas on cities like London gave no proper information.

...and the colonial experience of rival imperial powers was not accessible. (Aerial terror bombing was first practised and perfected against colonial subjects, from Morocco to Iraq. Guernica was the first European application.)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 04:27:21 AM EST
Guernica was the first European application

Which is, of course, the only one that matters.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 04:32:11 AM EST
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Bah, everyone knows that L'Afrique commence aux Pyrénées.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 04:43:31 AM EST
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I was going to say that a lot of those Spanish types are suspiciously brownish, so I wasn't sure how valid the experiment could be anyway, but I'm not familiar with the appearance of the Basques. They might have been pale enough to overcome that problem.

(Man, that twisted little evil voice in my head worries me sometimes.)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 04:50:00 AM EST
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During Franco's time school texts included stereotypes about nations and peoples as if they were scientific truths. Everyone knows the Basque are burly, stubborn and like good food.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 05:15:56 AM EST
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Repeat note to myself from the other day: must read up on the histories of the recent European dictatorships. Anyone got good book suggestions?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 05:17:49 AM EST
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Read La Cucaracha on-line. (I should do it, too. To illustrate my ignorance, I just learnt that the communist saint who had several places and streets named for him over here, Máté Zalka, was a general of the International Brigades under the nom de guerre Paul Lukacs).

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 05:33:37 AM EST
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So, you are an African-European...

"Ne te courbe que pour aimer..." René Char
by Melanchthon on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 06:59:00 AM EST
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According to the Out-of-Africa theory...

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 07:26:46 AM EST
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Did Franco have any "inspiration" from history?
by das monde on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 06:14:37 AM EST
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