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June 10, 2004
Franz Ferdinand Rocks
ok so i never thought the archduke of the austro-hungrarian empire could play music so well. i mean he's been dead since 1914 when he was shot in Sarejevo. wow what a life, his assassination basically changed the whole 20th century. What if he had lived and WWI never occurred? Well germany might still have a kaiser (i'm sure it'd be much more ceremonial) and the whole german constitution would be different. and plus, the post-war inflation would not have occurred so Hitler probably would not have come to power, thus avoiding WWII. And without WWII the german mentality probably would not have been changed. Kids are taught nowadays to question teachers. It's important that someone like hitler never comes to power again -- no one questioned him. well a few did. but the point is that now everyone would question him. much opposite style for my dad. thus germans would still be that stereotypical war-mongering type i guess. who knows. but who knows, sometimes war is inevitable. the assassination of F.F. perhaps was just the spark people needed to go to war.
gosh am i tired! i stayed out way too late last night. coming up back at sunrise? tsk tsk...bad! and i have to work 2-9 at caribou today. that's in 2 hours. it'd be great if it were 3-10 or something...
Posted by piep0058 at June 10, 2004 12:10 PM | Society
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What brings Franz Ferdinand to mind?
I have been recently surprised to find how much divergence of opinion there is among historians as to the "inevitability" of WWI. (I blog often about this at Selling Sno-Cones at the Beach - q.v.)
Posted by: SnoCones at June 11, 2004 10:48 PM
the band i was listening to at the time was called "franz ferdinand"
Posted by: loverboy at June 12, 2004 02:16 AM
and while i'm at it--i should note that it probably was inevitable that WWI should happen. it seemed the austro-hungarian empire was just waiting for something to blame an invasion on. and an assassination is always a good reason. and we all know germany was really hungry for more resources. however the timing is the only thing that could be changed. but i don't think it all would have happened the way it did.
Posted by: loverboy at June 12, 2004 02:33 AM
Any more thoughts on what would have been different if ferdinand hadn't been killed? I'm doing a project on this in school and other perspectives would be helpful.
thanks
Posted by: james at December 7, 2004 09:32 AM
i think that the austro-hungarian empire would have invaded somewhere else. i can talk more but i'm gonna go tanning.
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