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Great Example of How Walls Don't Work
Self ^ | 1/19/2019 | Self

Posted on 01/19/2019 5:42:14 PM PST by fruser1

Video that makes it plain how walls don't work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRPP2WXX0U


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: clickbait; sarcasm; wall
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This should convince everybody why walls don't work.

This rather famous wall was unable to contain its population as it was meant to. It held up for a mere 28 years. What a joke! And everybody seemed to make such a big deal about it in its heyday.

What is wrong with you people!

1 posted on 01/19/2019 5:42:14 PM PST by fruser1
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To: fruser1

The Berlin Wall kept 99.99% of everyone INSIDE for 30+ years. Anyone trying to get out was killed, with a couple of exceptions.

It worked just fine, until it was torn down. Landmines, machineguns thousands of guards, easily did the job. No one tried to break-in, IIRC.

What are you talking about.


2 posted on 01/19/2019 5:49:08 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: fruser1

There is nothing wrong with me but I do think this is going to be a fun thread.


3 posted on 01/19/2019 5:50:23 PM PST by jonsie
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To: fruser1

Wrong again. https://youtu.be/4x3hcICcNP8


4 posted on 01/19/2019 5:51:24 PM PST by Demanwideplan
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To: carriage_hill

I think you might need your sarcasm detector re-calibrated.


5 posted on 01/19/2019 5:53:38 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
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To: carriage_hill

Uh...


6 posted on 01/19/2019 5:56:06 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: Nik Naym; fruser1

Did I miss the sarcasm in that?
Sorry if I did.


7 posted on 01/19/2019 5:57:11 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: fruser1

There’s a difference between using a wall to keep people in (prison) and keep people out (self-protection and self-preservation).


8 posted on 01/19/2019 6:01:45 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: jonsie

Yes, I deliberately omit the /s. Should be obvious, but...


9 posted on 01/19/2019 6:02:38 PM PST by fruser1
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To: carriage_hill

Spotting sarcasm isn’t your strong suite.

I highly recommend you don’t read “A Modest Proposal”


10 posted on 01/19/2019 6:05:41 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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Bump


11 posted on 01/19/2019 6:11:18 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: carriage_hill

History and leftist people are perverse. The left will tear down the American wall the next chance they are in power.


12 posted on 01/19/2019 6:13:36 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: fruser1

“Walls” are used all the time and very effectively. A wall is an obstacle like a natural obstruction like a river. People will avoid these areas for easier routes. This effectively funnels the the illegals to areas where they are easily picked up.


13 posted on 01/19/2019 6:16:55 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: fruser1
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the parodied views.
14 posted on 01/19/2019 6:17:33 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: shanover

Or if security funding is promised, it is easily defunded or the funds diverted. A physical barrier is harder to remove.


15 posted on 01/19/2019 6:19:24 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: fruser1

“Nothing is more discouraging than unappreciated sarcasm.” Author Unknown


16 posted on 01/19/2019 6:24:58 PM PST by jonsie
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To: shanover

You’re right about that.


17 posted on 01/19/2019 6:25:26 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

The keyword “sarcasm” WASN’T THERE, WHEN I ORIGINALLY POSTED.
Any other “recommendations”?


18 posted on 01/19/2019 6:27:07 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Demanwideplan

thanks for that video. Incredible. I wouldn’t even try walking it.
I walked the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City and I was in pretty good shape at the time and it damn near brought be to me knees.

the terrain the Wall is built on looks absolutely desolate and horrible and just the terrain alone would seem to keep people out.


19 posted on 01/19/2019 6:35:26 PM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: fruser1

Are you unable to differentiate a wall meant to imprison people and one to repel invaders?


20 posted on 01/19/2019 6:44:04 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the media are all cats.)
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