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To: ArrogantBustard

"Imperium" is Latin
It's also German. With some asking me how much German I know, that's how it got put into this discussion—and that's apart from the phrase Imperium Romanum Sacrum.

Attempting to gin up offense at any use of the word "Reich" just makes you look ridiculous
Not knowing the history of the successive Reiche makes one look ridiculous, actually. You do know how the first Reich was formed, I hope? Were you aware that we were fighting the Second Reich during WWI? Why would the leader of Germany from 1933-45 lay claim to the orb, scepter and sword of the aforementioned Reich? and why has the Reichskonkordat remained unbroken till this day? Add to that the resurgence of antisemitism across the continent. Doesn't take long to assemble this puzzle.
20 posted on 07/06/2011 7:40:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Not knowing the history of the successive Reiche makes one look ridiculous, actually.

The First Reich was the Holy Roman Empire, founded when the Pope crowned Charlemagne in AD 800. Not sure why you have an issue with that.

Were you aware that we were fighting the Second Reich during WWI?

The Second Reich was the Wilhelmine Empire, which lasted from 1870 to 1918, so that statement is correct.

Why would the leader of Germany from 1933-45 lay claim to the orb, scepter and sword of the aforementioned Reich?

The orb, scepter, and sword in the picture you previously posted belonged to the Austrian Empire, not the German Reich. As to why Hitler "laid claim" to the Austrian crown jewels ... since he considered himself to be the chief of state of Germany, considered Austria to a German province, and everyone agreed that the Austrian crown jewels were state property, I'd say the answer to your question is self-evident.

why has the Reichskonkordat remained unbroken till this day

The Reichskonkordat is more than just "broken," it's a dead letter, since one of the signatory states ceased to exist in May, 1945.

Doesn't take long to assemble this puzzle.

What puzzle are you assembling again, and why are you hijacking a thread about the death of a great man based on his comment that the the Holy Roman Empire was the model for the EU?

Incidentally, Otto von Habsburg, far from being a Nazi, spent most of the war running for his life from the Gestapo, which quite clearly wanted to put him in a KZ or kill him outright. He was also instrumental in the fall of the Iron Curtain.

21 posted on 07/06/2011 8:10:18 PM PDT by Campion ("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies when they become fashions." -- GKC)
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