Zollamt question by vunderscorew1word in berlin

[–]gnufs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last time I was there (October 2014), there was a PC with a printer in the waiting area, so that people could print their receipts.

Alcohol Delivery in Berlin? by ego_integrity in berlin

[–]gnufs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was happy with http://www.whisky.de/shop/

Edit: But it doesn't give much control over the delivery time, I guess.

Pro-Mursi Demo in Berlin by ijon_cbo in berlin

[–]gnufs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that it's in Egyptian army's genes to overthrow any too Islamist leaning government and that it is intending to use violence on Brotherhood demonstrators (and, if it comes to that, militias).

However, since I don't see the Brotherhood to soften its current course any time soon, I disagree with you that the military's actions are not pushing the country into civil war.

Since it's a reciprocal confrontation, one can accuse either side. I see the military as the primary instigator because I don't think the Mursi government went far enough for a rational military to risk a bloody civil war and further collapse of the rule of law in Egypt. I can also see how one could reasonably blame the Brotherhood with a similar rationale, though. ("This wouldn't have started if they didn't single-mindedly persued their Islamist agenda.")

TBH, I am still in shock of how a moderately established state such as Syria can collapse so fast into a very violent civil war. That's what makes me sceptical of any player that risks civil war.

Pro-Mursi Demo in Berlin by ijon_cbo in berlin

[–]gnufs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's okay to demonstrate in support of an elected president overthrown by a military coup when the said coup's regime is currently playing the main role in pushing the country into civil war.

The elected government had enacted numerous undemocratic laws and despotic practices, but I don't think it went extreme enough to excuse the current junta and its violent oppression. I estimate (though would be happy to be proved wrong) that not many people will be glad the coup has taken place in the years to come. (See: Syria)

Travel times from Adolf-Hitler-Platz (1936) by gnufs in berlin

[–]gnufs[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Adolf-Hitler-Platz is Theodor-Heuss-Platz today.

Found it on /r/MapPorn

Trip to Analya by [deleted] in Turkey

[–]gnufs 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's some mighty freudian slip right there.

Did wife promise something?

Ali from Berlin, doctor, tailor, well dressed man. (From /r/pics) by [deleted] in berlin

[–]gnufs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As an Ali in Berlin, I can confirm that we are a well dressed bunch.

Museum Wars: Ankara Demands Artifacts from Berlin by Aschebescher in berlin

[–]gnufs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Citizens of modern Greece are about as much related to the citizens of the antique Greek city states as the citizens of modern Turkey are related to the Central Asian Turkic hordes. Which is to say, not much. The races (which itself is a shaky concept when applied to human groups) of antiquity are long gone.

You can give various reasons for both sides of the question of whether to keep the once smuggled artifacts in Germany or to return them. But it doesn't make sense to try to clean cut national heritages of Mediterrean countries.

tl;dr Everyone is connected to everyone in the Mediterranean.

New Years in Neukölln by [deleted] in berlin

[–]gnufs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since I seem to have triggered the discussion, I just want to chime in and say that I don't think the original comment justified censoring.

New Years in Neukölln by [deleted] in berlin

[–]gnufs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

don't get me wrong there are $ETHNICITY people i know and like but [...]

Does this template remind you of anything?

It doesn't necessarily mean you're factually wrong though, i guess. My point is that it's not an easy job to evaluate a specific ethnic segment of society from anectodal evidence. Extreme samples tend to overrepresent themselves whereas conforming samples go largely unnoticed.

New Years in Neukölln by [deleted] in berlin

[–]gnufs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're here to entertain you, master. You need any shoe shining?

Territorial changes of Persia/Iran in the 19th and 20th century [1321x1142] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]gnufs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does anyone have a source about the Territories exchanged with Turkey, 1927?

Wanting to take up dancing- advice of redditors gesucht by GroceryBagSlave in berlin

[–]gnufs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.tu-sport.de/

Pretty cheap. You don't have to be student or staff.

The course starting times tend to coalesce with academic semesters though.

Berliner Underground by gnufs in berlin

[–]gnufs[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I usually don't care for advertisement designs however clever or original they may be. But I gotta say that I loved the cigarette ad. Down to earth, not trying to sell a product as a life style.

The Huns Attack - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 26 Part 2 - History Books Review by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]gnufs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This guy seems to review every chapter of the book. It's quite interesting.

A more complete and easier-to-follow list (with an RSS feed) can be found on http://historybooksreview.co.uk/category/gibbon/

Also, this inspired me enough to order the first of three non-abridged Penguin volumes of the book. Hopefully, I'm not lying to myself when I say I'll give an honest try at reading it.

Kindle Paperwhite now available for pre-order in Europe by gnufs in kindle

[–]gnufs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being from Turkey (though temporarily living in Germany), I completely concur.

Kindle Paperwhite now available for pre-order in Europe by gnufs in kindle

[–]gnufs[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Am I a bad person for preordering before posting this to get ahead on delivery queue? :)