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Re: Why the petty sarcasm?
Posted by david j burke on Fri Sep 06, 2002 06:11:54 PM
In reply top Re: Why the petty sarcasm? posted by Kenneth on Fri Sep 06, 2002 05:39:00 PM
Kenneth - I actually made the quote 'having worked with Germans' not Andy and I am not about to appologise for it.
It's a fact that the Germans have a different temprement to the British and I for one wouldn't want to change it. I am sure that all the British holiday makers who complain about the attitude of the Germans abroad are countered by a similar number of Germans who complain about British yobs abroad drinking lager . Lets not try any make us all the same because we patently arn't.
I have no problem with the German's wanting their heritage but lets not get into denial that WWII actually happened. The facts of the NASM Dornier is that it went to Germany when it was West Germany - things have changed since then and I don't think Andy said that this rulling as such is in any way retrospective . A few years ago an executive in a large company lost his job for publishing a picture of a certain vehicle towing a Lancaster bomber in a company magazine - lets not get to the stage where we are not allowed to have free speech if it isn't offensive.