RE: Really, Germany?
January 29, 2016 at 7:26 am
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2016 at 7:39 am by Excited Penguin.
Edit Reason: I wrote molested instead of sexually assaulted the first time around.
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(January 29, 2016 at 6:29 am)Alex K Wrote: The "national guilt " is mostly a matter of state protocol and foreign relations. Honestly, noone I know feels personally guilty about anything. Well, my 93yo Grandmother might have reason to because she was actually there, but she don't know what's going on anymore anyways. I'm rather proud of the culture of openness and sensitivity to these issues we have here, which is much better developed than in other countries who have committed atrocities on a smaller scale. Patriotism is considered suspect here at least in public discourse, and you know, I'm fine with that. The only problem I see is that we should not be too timid to communicate our values and standards to immigrants and refugees. I think most of them are eager to become part of something new, and they should know exactly what it is they are joining!
Aaand we get to the problem. You have a huge refugee issue right now, and it stems from trying to make up for what happened a century ago. At least that's how a lot of people see it, including me.
Were the people sexually assaulting your women to various degrees on New Year's Eve trying to understand your values? Just curious.
