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Is This Not Now The Time For Compassion?
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70 years, and several generations on, the German people are attempting to rid themselves from the sins of their forefathers, wouldn't a little empathy (despite their always beating us at football, and making the best cars) be called for ?
70 years, and several generations on, the German people are attempting to rid themselves from the sins of their forefathers, wouldn't a little empathy (despite their always beating us at football, and making the best cars) be called for ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Khandro...nobody seriously equates the Nazis of the 30's and 40's with the Germans of today. But as AOG has said, if you watch the excellent BBC Two documentary " The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler " you can see how an intelligent and highly cultured nation such as Germany was driven to racism and ruin ::::
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ program mes/b01 p0hn0
The rise of the extreme right across Europe ( although perhaps not in Britain so much) should be of concern to all of us. Its only by reminding people of the mistakes made in Germany, that we can guard against it happening today. As it has been said by many people "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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The rise of the extreme right across Europe ( although perhaps not in Britain so much) should be of concern to all of us. Its only by reminding people of the mistakes made in Germany, that we can guard against it happening today. As it has been said by many people "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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TTT; //dunno what you are on about mate, it is well known that many Germans also felt liberated after WW2. I think there is huge compassion and empathy already.....//
I'm not really on about anything, simply pointing out that after generations of guilt feelings on something that they have had no involvement in, people are struggling to move onwards, and I was suggesting that it might be good that this found sympathy (as almost everyone on here seems to).
I posted because before seeing this article this morning, I played golf yesterday with a 40 something German who told me about these speeches and he wanted to tell me about the 'liberating' approach to the past, it seemed very important to him. I have been surprised, and can give many examples of how bad some people of that generation feel.
I'm not really on about anything, simply pointing out that after generations of guilt feelings on something that they have had no involvement in, people are struggling to move onwards, and I was suggesting that it might be good that this found sympathy (as almost everyone on here seems to).
I posted because before seeing this article this morning, I played golf yesterday with a 40 something German who told me about these speeches and he wanted to tell me about the 'liberating' approach to the past, it seemed very important to him. I have been surprised, and can give many examples of how bad some people of that generation feel.