Please stick around and listen to the answers, as they may surprise you.
During the 1970s, I proudly served with the American Army protecting your borders. During those years, I fell in love with Germany and the German people and they are still dear to my heart.
Unfortunately, things have changed since I was living in Germany and it saddens me to watch it happening.
In many ways, the unification between East and West Germany has been very destructive. Today, we see Germany falling into the Socialist trap which has a long history of destruction. Instead of learning from the West Germans, the East has worked very hard tearing down their greatest achievements.
Anyway, I was thinking while reading the back and forth between y'all and parade. Is there any way we can have these give and takes between FReepers and foreigners on a scheduled and organized basis? For example . . . could it be organized where some FReepers met up with some relative German FReepers and thrashed things out back and forth?
If not, is there a website that has an "international flavor" like that where some FReepers can take their logic and reasoning skills to dispel all the misconceptions about America and Americans?
I don't know if all this was on the up and up . . . hell, parade could be from Muleshoe, Texas . . . but if he/she is from Germany he/she seemed to be learning from your explanations.
Maybe we oughtta just turn you guys loose on the world.