What's wrong with being German?

noodles · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:43 pm

Fingon wrote:

Husker wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Carnifex Umbris wrote:

Zad wrote:

I remember smiling to myself recently when reading in an Orthodox Jewish newspaper (don't ask) a complaint about some article where the author praised the Germans for the efficiency of their World Cup side, bringing back the Holocaust and everything. How long can they hold onto it? A lot of Jews won't buy German products such as cars. Maybe I'm a traitor to my adopted race, but :roll: .

No, it's gotten silly at this point. It's like reparations in America; I never owned slaves, none of my family ever owned slaves, I don't owe African Americans anything. It's history that should be learned from and never forgotten, but it is in the past now. I say this as someone of Eastern European Jewish descent from one side of the family and German (among other things) from the other.

my mother (who's jewish) can't help looking at an old person in germany without going "and what were YOU doing 60 years ago?"

wow wtf.

You're worse than noodles.

how can you even say that? :shock:

:o

Carnifex Umbris · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:40 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Zad wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Carnifex Umbris wrote:

Zad wrote:

I remember smiling to myself recently when reading in an Orthodox Jewish newspaper (don't ask) a complaint about some article where the author praised the Germans for the efficiency of their World Cup side, bringing back the Holocaust and everything. How long can they hold onto it? A lot of Jews won't buy German products such as cars. Maybe I'm a traitor to my adopted race, but :roll: .

No, it's gotten silly at this point. It's like reparations in America; I never owned slaves, none of my family ever owned slaves, I don't owe African Americans anything. It's history that should be learned from and never forgotten, but it is in the past now. I say this as someone of Eastern European Jewish descent from one side of the family and German (among other things) from the other.

my mother (who's jewish) can't help looking at an old person in germany without going "and what were YOU doing 60 years ago?"

and look at all the neo-nazis. that sucks. anyway, it is in the past but... ah well...

altough kayla, indirectly you probably do owe afro-americans something... your job maybe, or something like that...

There's neo-nazis everywhere, Fridge, not just in Germany. Any political gains they make will naturally be in the spotlights.

And she's right about the blacks; why does she owe them her job?

i don't know, there's probably something she uses today that was done by slaves... and I know there are neo-nazis everywhere, i'm just closer (geographically) to the german neo-nazis.

Uh....right. The buildings that the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Board owns and rents to various performing arts groups were built over a hundred years ago by African slaves. Not to mention all those mics and cables that were produced on plantations. :roll:

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:43 pm

Carnifex Umbris wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Zad wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Carnifex Umbris wrote:

Zad wrote:

I remember smiling to myself recently when reading in an Orthodox Jewish newspaper (don't ask) a complaint about some article where the author praised the Germans for the efficiency of their World Cup side, bringing back the Holocaust and everything. How long can they hold onto it? A lot of Jews won't buy German products such as cars. Maybe I'm a traitor to my adopted race, but :roll: .

No, it's gotten silly at this point. It's like reparations in America; I never owned slaves, none of my family ever owned slaves, I don't owe African Americans anything. It's history that should be learned from and never forgotten, but it is in the past now. I say this as someone of Eastern European Jewish descent from one side of the family and German (among other things) from the other.

my mother (who's jewish) can't help looking at an old person in germany without going "and what were YOU doing 60 years ago?"

and look at all the neo-nazis. that sucks. anyway, it is in the past but... ah well...

altough kayla, indirectly you probably do owe afro-americans something... your job maybe, or something like that...

There's neo-nazis everywhere, Fridge, not just in Germany. Any political gains they make will naturally be in the spotlights.

And she's right about the blacks; why does she owe them her job?

i don't know, there's probably something she uses today that was done by slaves... and I know there are neo-nazis everywhere, i'm just closer (geographically) to the german neo-nazis.

Uh....right. The buildings that the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Board owns and rents to various performing arts groups were built over a hundred years ago by African slaves. Not to mention all those mics and cables that were produced on plantations. :roll:

who started the carpentry business? did they use slaves? i expect that in a very indirect way, you're connected...

Shuten Doji · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:43 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:

although germans have less sense of humour than most people, i find...

i think there's also a funny image of the german traveler. I see them down here all the time and you can tell immediatly if they're german or not. They're pale, also in pizza places, at the beach, very organized. same with americans. shorts, sneakers and t-shirts with some product advertised. and I must say I really have to snigger when I see these stereotpes. maybe you look particularly german. are you pale or do you have red hair?

I am pasty-white, and I wear a lot of black... that probably does it.

I'll stick with the threat of my good buddy Chuck...

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:45 pm

Shuten Doji wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

although germans have less sense of humour than most people, i find...

i think there's also a funny image of the german traveler. I see them down here all the time and you can tell immediatly if they're german or not. They're pale, also in pizza places, at the beach, very organized. same with americans. shorts, sneakers and t-shirts with some product advertised. and I must say I really have to snigger when I see these stereotpes. maybe you look particularly german. are you pale or do you have red hair?

I am pasty-white, and I wear a lot of black... that probably does it.

I'll stick with the threat of my good buddy Chuck...

yeah, that might be it... also if you're really formal and kinda stiff... anyways, threaten everybody with chuck. even if they didn' do anything. but just be carefzul that chuick doesn't kill you for misusing his name.

Carnifex Umbris · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:47 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Carnifex Umbris wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Zad wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Carnifex Umbris wrote:

Zad wrote:

I remember smiling to myself recently when reading in an Orthodox Jewish newspaper (don't ask) a complaint about some article where the author praised the Germans for the efficiency of their World Cup side, bringing back the Holocaust and everything. How long can they hold onto it? A lot of Jews won't buy German products such as cars. Maybe I'm a traitor to my adopted race, but :roll: .

No, it's gotten silly at this point. It's like reparations in America; I never owned slaves, none of my family ever owned slaves, I don't owe African Americans anything. It's history that should be learned from and never forgotten, but it is in the past now. I say this as someone of Eastern European Jewish descent from one side of the family and German (among other things) from the other.

my mother (who's jewish) can't help looking at an old person in germany without going "and what were YOU doing 60 years ago?"

and look at all the neo-nazis. that sucks. anyway, it is in the past but... ah well...

altough kayla, indirectly you probably do owe afro-americans something... your job maybe, or something like that...

There's neo-nazis everywhere, Fridge, not just in Germany. Any political gains they make will naturally be in the spotlights.

And she's right about the blacks; why does she owe them her job?

i don't know, there's probably something she uses today that was done by slaves... and I know there are neo-nazis everywhere, i'm just closer (geographically) to the german neo-nazis.

Uh....right. The buildings that the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Board owns and rents to various performing arts groups were built over a hundred years ago by African slaves. Not to mention all those mics and cables that were produced on plantations. :roll:

who started the carpentry business? did they use slaves? i expect that in a very indirect way, you're connected...

I was being facetious. The buildings are a couple decades old at best. They wouldn't have used slave labor for carpentry, anyway. Teach them skills? Are you nuts?
Even if I was descended from slaveowners, I still wouldn't owe anyone anything. As I said, fuck the Bible, the sins of the father are not visited upon the son in our legal system.

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:47 pm