Mein Gott! America is the new Germany

The Times (U.K.) ^ | 06/21/03 | Matthew Parris

[anotherGerman]

See this is pretty stupid. Just because I am REALLY German, some people (here as well) assume, I would hate Jews. Frankly, I don´t really care about Jews, I neither particulary like nor dislike them, they are just as any other person and that´s the way it should be I think.

[anotherGerman]

And, as I had discussed with Freeper another German, I'm one of the few Americans my age who don't hold Germany entirely responsible for the First World War

Hi,

I just wanted to tell you that with my second posting regarding the beginning of WW1 I did not want to educate you, but to display some facts to the people not knowing them. Regards,

[anotherGerman]

And finally, many have not understood that English names do not necessarily mean British ancestors. Many German names were changed because of WW1 and WW2 - and many of them not voluntary. A Smith could have been a Schmidt, a Miller maybe was a Müller, and so on.

Maybe I should have read the whole thread before answering to some posts because this is exactly what I wrote now. Funny.

Did you know that we´d all speak German now, if the ONE missing German representative on the day the founders of the USA decided about the future language was punctual? So the Brits won with 1 vote... just imagine how the world would look like today if that many was punctual!

Actually, this is not entirely true, it is a myth that has been kept alive. The vote was NOT about the official language, but (I am not sure on this, but I am sure it was not the official language) about the question if the constitution should be printed in German AS WELL as in English. Too bad, I liked this story too :-)

[SunkenCiv]

In the 1990 federal census, the largest single ethnicity given in answer to that question in Michigan was German. I'm three-eighths, minus the Jewish ancestors (great-grandma's, hmm, grandmother? Great-grandmother? Can't remember) and some Irish ancestors (I'd figure out exact fractions, but it's too time-consuming and irrelevant). The rest is British Isles, other than whatever happened in Canada... :')

George W. Bush will win reelection by a margin of at least ten per cent.

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