Where are you from?

I’m from Germany.

What are your personal experiences with dictatorships?

Five killed family members during German fascist regime. Two little children of my grandma’s sister starved in a Soviet Gulag. I lived 20 years in East Germany. And I was one of the protesters 1989, full of age and by my own will. No Western agents, no Nescafe, no drugs.

What are your personal experiences with war?

Five killed family members in WWII and a 1-2m layer of human bones under the main streets of my hometown is all I need to know.

Why do you care about Libya?

I do because I want ALL people to live in democracy. East Germany was related to Libya and a big supplier of military equipment. I have a photo of Erich Honecker and Muhammar Al-Gaddafi kissing each other on the lips.

What do you want for Libya?

I want democracy and free elections. The Libyan people should decide by themselves who their government should be.

What do you think about the NFZ?

I back the No Fly Zone, because the people of the freedom movement and their interim government have asked for it. It is necessary to stop the soldiers of a psychopath killing the own people.

Does “America just fight for oil?

I don’t think so. The Americans have liberated my hometown from the Nazis.
They haven’t stolen any oil from my family or my government.
Instead they gave us food and medical relief and made me not to wear a brown uniform and being able to marry a Slavic woman.
If a poor American knocks my door I will give him all the oil I have.

ERRATA CORRIGE

Please note: in above remark, it should be 20 March 2011 and not 20 March 2010.

Merci.

@ A.Charles

I appreciate that you have a right, without reservations, to your own opinion in the same way that I have a right to express my thoughts and my opinion.

Yes, I reside in Germany and hence I should at least be accustomed with the various wave-lengths of thought in contemporary Germany, some of which thoughts tend to classify Der Spiegel as a “snob” magazine. I regret that I am not in a position to compare and contrast Der Spiegel with your Lady.

I did not belittle anyone in any way. I also strive to educate myself constantly and continually, every day, in various ways, which include reading the comments offered on this site by A.Charles. In other words, there was no need for your good self to feel offended because I used the word “educate”. Had I written “inform” instead of “educate”, you might have also been offended.

Ergo, please accept my apology, although I cannot perceive any offence in my remarks, which I offered in correct and proper English.

Try Google maps.

Thanks, Daphne.
@Leo Said
For me a magazine which is considered snob is something on the lines of “Lady”. Please, I do not need you to tell me to educate myself as the question I asked was on the use of “snob” to describe a journal. You must be living away from Malta, and trying to belittle the locals makes you sound very pompous.

Mmmm….we could replace it with, For Sale or For Fence Sitting, perhaps For Sitting on the Wrong side of History.

@ A.Charles

For intellectuals, as well as for pseudo-intellectuals, in Germany, Der Spiegel is a quality, informative, and I dare say (sometimes) influential, weekly magazine.

You may wish to educate yourself futher by having a look at following site:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/

What do you mean by “Der Spiegel, literally translated “The Mirror”, is a magazine, which, more or less, can be regarded as a snob, if not the snob, amongst German print media. It can therefore be no surprise that not all Germans enjoy reading Der Spiegel, let alone buy it”.

Does this mean that it is a quality newspaper?

[Daphne – Yes. The nearest equivalent in Britain would, I suppose, be The Spectator.]

And perhaps their GPS coordinates? They need someone to put a Storm Shadow up their arse. This snail’s pace kitchen-table politics is killing me.