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In vinyl, you notice it right away. The sky and the cloud are one photo, the dogs and the sea another... they are glued one on top of the other, and there remains a bit of space between the sea and the sky, so much so that a small piece of the second sun peeks out.

Stoney, what you say is true and it is one of the reasons why I hold a deep respect for the Germans... which I cannot say for the "Italians." Never forget, and for this there are thousands of museums, photographic exhibitions, monuments, and ceremonies, and it is something I totally admire. But the other side of the coin is a people that wants to play the role of the executioner and wants to remember being the executioner, which seems foolish to me, not from a human point of view (indeed, quite commendable), but on a factual level. Beyond the superficial history taught in schools, where there is the mask of the good and that of the bad, all well delineated, there is a whole underground history made up of correspondence, private letters, and petty interests where all of Europe agreed to support Hitler and his revisionism because it was the least harmful to their interests... unlike Italian revisionism, which was opposed by all. What I mean to say is that in light of the deceptions and the hidden events that have finally come to light, the blame for so much barbarity should be fairly divided among England, France, and Germany... the only nation, so small and provincial, that did not pave the way for Hitler was Italy, entirely focused on its own interests. And this is history. Another story is the posturing of a people, the Germans, who have become tolerant of everything simply out of fear of being barbaric once again... better to remember, never forget, but also to develop, digest, and understand.

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No single, and they also played it very little live... they played much more the songs from New Day Rising. They knew they had made one of those records that can even make Sgarutti wet his pants. The cover is beautiful, but on vinyl, the error or the intended graphic mistake becomes glaring. I vote for I Apologize and 59 Times the Pain... but they're all beautiful.

And yet these Germans are always the same old romantics who suffer. Enough with the German guilt. Seriously enough... I don’t know if anyone has seen The Reader (not great, but certainly good) where Bruno Ganz, once again, is entrusted with the part of the German collective memory through the role of a university professor, conveniently in law. In short, it's better to remember than to forget, but flagellating oneself? No. Digest, digest. Anyway, I’m not surprised that a theme like this is tackled by a German... it’s just part of their Bildung... perhaps too much.

Okay, I'll find out (or in-form?). An Ideal for Living, right? Better.

I didn't vote. Bam!

It's from 1984. Only Sgarutti says it's from '85 and what do you write? '85! The usual little Sgarutti... may Haynes be able to screw you!

"To say that unjustified violence is necessary is typical of those who interpret politics and history as a matter of stadium fandom." No, it's typical of those who have an enlightened or at least comprehensive view of politics. Have you ever read the speech given by Robespierre at the General Assembly regarding the possibility of trying Louis XVI? Well, Robespierre argued that you cannot try the sovereign because to do so means considering the possibility that the sovereign is in the right; it means putting the revolution itself on trial... Kant, who criticized the ways in which power had come into the hands of the people (both the process and the violence inherent in the process), liked the revolution... it was a symptom of the modernity he adored, the new light, and he too said that it was impossible to try the sovereign. And what the hell do you want from me? Socialism or Barbarism, someone once said... you cannot consider any politics without a barbaric component because that component is man. Right? Man is the end and the means of every politics, and as an imperfect being, he renders politics imperfect. Did they kill a considerable number of fascists? And what do you want from me? I imagine that in those days "life" really counted for very little, and you want justifications from me? At the end of the war, entire cities in Eastern Europe were found with people crucified on trees (a symptom of the Germans' passage), and you, today, 60 years after all this mess (useless anyway since in the end, those who won the war are the same ones that all of Europe at the beginning of the 1900s fought against), want my relativization on what was right or wrong? Stay out of it. I won't stoop to that. Let those who cannot grasp all the nuances summarize. Haloa.

Imene, take a breath. You're starting to throw commas around like a dog does.