Thank you for enlightening me about Veterans' Day.
But excuse me, I don't get your comment about not speaking German, or better *being" German. Does it mean that it's easier for an American and a British person to agree that WWII was necessary than for an American and a German person? What are you implying? What do you know about German people and their conscience? I've spend all of my teenage and adult years discussing WWII and still do it, especially with people who feel the need to forget. And I know that they do exist. Young people in my country tell me that they are sick of having to feel guilty. I say to them that guilt is not the issue but awareness. And then I happen to find a comment like yours. Think about your family and what they did for the safety of the world, if you want to. But also think about that in every war, the enemy isn't one homogeneous mass of "evil". We had people who fought Hitler from the inside, people who went into exile and died.
And excuse my tone, if I've been too rude. It's just that your comment left me feeling quite pissed. I'm almost sure that you didn't intend that, and I don't want to start a flame war over it. It's just that maybe next time you write something like that, please think about the whole picture.
I'm really sorry for every loss your family has experienced. And believe me, I'm very glad that Germany has lost this war, because we wouldn't be talking together at all if it were different.
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But excuse me, I don't get your comment about not speaking German, or better *being" German. Does it mean that it's easier for an American and a British person to agree that WWII was necessary than for an American and a German person? What are you implying? What do you know about German people and their conscience? I've spend all of my teenage and adult years discussing WWII and still do it, especially with people who feel the need to forget. And I know that they do exist. Young people in my country tell me that they are sick of having to feel guilty. I say to them that guilt is not the issue but awareness. And then I happen to find a comment like yours. Think about your family and what they did for the safety of the world, if you want to. But also think about that in every war, the enemy isn't one homogeneous mass of "evil". We had people who fought Hitler from the inside, people who went into exile and died.
And excuse my tone, if I've been too rude. It's just that your comment left me feeling quite pissed. I'm almost sure that you didn't intend that, and I don't want to start a flame war over it. It's just that maybe next time you write something like that, please think about the whole picture.
I'm really sorry for every loss your family has experienced. And believe me, I'm very glad that Germany has lost this war, because we wouldn't be talking together at all if it were different.