Posted on 10/02/2003 1:34:51 PM PDT by anotherGerman
There's a big difference: we're not going to a German discussion forum to complain.
He should be voicing his complaints to other Germans, not to us.
But evidently he isn't finding a receptive audience among Germans, so he's coming here to sing the blues.
My point is that Germany had made it's own bed and now it must either lie in it or do something about it.
The have made their collective opinion of Ummies (the German nickname for Americans) abundently clear so I say don't come whining to Uncle Sam any more, you're on your own now.
Says you. I say different. This is an online community and that poster is a member.
There's a big difference: we're not going to a German discussion forum to complain.
I didn't realize FR was only limited to Americans. Perhaps we should only discuss American news as well? Just do away with Israel topics, German topics, UK topics? That's the beauty of the internet and cyberspace. Here I am in the UK carrying on a conversation with people in different countries as if we were near each other.
But evidently he isn't finding a receptive audience among Germans, so he's coming here to sing the blues.
How do you know this person isn't finding receptive German audiences? Perhaps he/she also likes discussing the issues here in addition to whatever audience he has at home? And for what it's worth there are some other German Freepers on the forum and at least one that I noted on the thread and a couple more who live in Germany.
My point is that Germany had made it's own bed and now it must either lie in it or do something about it.
The same could be said for the US, the UK, Israel or any other country. Abortion a problem in the US? Don't whine about it- do something or lie in the bed you've made.
The have made their collective opinion of Ummies (the German nickname for Americans) abundently clear so I say don't come whining to Uncle Sam any more, you're on your own now.
Ummm. Free Republic is not Uncle Sam. And Germans call Americans Ammies not Ummies. Ammie is simply short for Amerikaner. It's not a bad word at all.
And I don't think one can say they've made their collective opinion on anything clear (other than they are a nation that doesn't like war). Germans are as deeply divided in opinion as are the citizens of the US. Schroeder didn't even get a majority of the vote in the last election. Barely 40%. And the SPD is fairly far to the right of the Greens with whom they've formed a coalition. The SPD without the Greens wouldn't be nearly so unpalatable as they are now. The Greens make up about 10% of German voters.
It's vastly more complicated than "all Germans hate America" or all Germans are opposed to American plans in the Middle East. Vastly more complicated.
Yep. And you know what's funny? I know this but decided to spell it the way I did so nobody would confuse it with Amy (like the girl's name). Silly actually but before I thought it through, I pushed post and sent it. Figured somebody would police me up later (on a German thread)- and here we are! LOL. ;-) Thanks for keeping me honest.
A normal common sense seems to be a dying breed nowadays.
These are trying times. People are worked up. Need an outlet. I just think it's good to try and keep some perspective...
Yeah BOT...the citizens must realize what is being done to them. The islamic malignancy is in our country to exploit our free institutions to destroy us. We need a constitutional amendment or presidential order specifying that constitutional rights do not extend to individuals or groups wishing to destroy the constitution and the penalty is immediate imprisonment without bail.
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