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| + | Now you are being fatuous. I'm not suggesting any equivalence of freedoms between east and west, as you well know, just that the use of 'democratic' to apply to West Berlin is open to question. Would you consider yourself free living in a city under (ultimately) foreign military government, in which you were not permitted to vote for your own country's legislature? [[User:John11:35|John11:35]] 08:44, 1 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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West Berlin was scarcely democratic in many senses that we would understand. Until German reunification it had a somewhat anomalous status, beingp art of neither the Federal Republic nor the DDR. It remained an 'occupied city' ruled by the Four Powers, in whom authority ultimately rested; West Berliners could not elect deputioes to the West german parliament (though they could elect city councillors and mayor).
- Yeah, it was so bad that people were risking their lives to escape ...
Now you are being fatuous. I'm not suggesting any equivalence of freedoms between east and west, as you well know, just that the use of 'democratic' to apply to West Berlin is open to question. Would you consider yourself free living in a city under (ultimately) foreign military government, in which you were not permitted to vote for your own country's legislature? John11:35 08:44, 1 May 2007 (EDT)