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Re: German politics is very smart
by HAP
Kreuznacher:

As Fitzpatrick mentioned, most of what you have written is frankly indecipherable, however think this reflects an attitude I have come into contact with numerous times among those who live in countries that were part of the German Empire pre-WWII, namely that the Germans are constantly trying to regain what was lost (to both the country and to private German citizens) after the war. While there may be a few nutcases such as Erika Steinbach out there who would advocate that Germans displaced from what is now Poland be able to assert their rights as property holders, etc, I frankly think those people are largely ignored within Germany and will for the most part be gone within 20 years at the most. Younger Germans are quite satisfied with the current borders and have no interest in digging up the past.

What continues to astound me if that every single time an article on Germany appears in this forum, no matter what the subject, the attrocities committed in WWII by Germans are inevitably brought up. Can we not have a discussion on modern Germany without the Holocaust playing the major role? Angela Merkel was born after the end of the war (as was even Helmut Kohl!).

In my study

Distilled spirits

I thought your post a thing of beauty

As I nosh upon a strudel

Thus it is my solemn duty

To sit and study on a poodle

No matter what the cost

This window seal seems to be broken

I have sealed up the chimney flue

The Word no longer shall be spoken

Do this in remembrance of you

Forget the Holocaust

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