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> "Silvio Franke" <silvio.franke@unibw-muenchen.de> wrote in message
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> > Sorry, I'm a modern style Bavarian officer.
> 
> In the Bavarian army ? I hope you're serving the Prince of the Carnival.

No, the German army, you now, Bundeswehr. Well, perhaps our cancelor 
somtimes behaves like a Prince of te carnival, but nevertheless we're 
serving the German people.

> > I'm from Bavaria and
> > right now I'm serving in Munich. Just for your information: Bavaria is
> > in the south of Germany and it is not Prussia. Well, to be honest,
> > my parents are from Thuringia, but Thuringia is not Prussia, too.
> 
> Medieval Prussia is nowhere on the map. You can't be born there, you reach
> it by mental regression.
> If you were that modern, you'd have taken off your helmet before putting
> your boots in that thread. My relatives had no "urge" to march to their
> death on the East front.

So what are, in your eyes, the main characteritics of Prussia or
Prussian 
officers? It seems, that your view of them is a little bit twisted.
Sorry, most times I don't wear a helmet. At the Federal Armed Forces 
University we don't need them. And in my combat unit we're simply 
closing the hatches...
And nobody talked about your relatives.

Silvio
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Sometimes I feel the strong urge to march east...