Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What an utterly silly remark Emanuel - here in Hannover the head of one of the opposition parties (liberals) in the State Parliament is an adopted Vietnamese orphan (very Asian features). His colleague is in one of the other parties (conservatives) is half Scots (very Scottish looking). Both were elected in with over 90% of their party's votes - BTW only German nationals or naturalised Germans with migration origins (ex-foreigners :-) ) can vote. Hannover is a very conservative patch of northern Germany. I've lived here for almost 40 years and have very seldom experienced excessive racism - and definitely not against people with Asian origins - neither in the South West or Northern Germany. If at all, it's directed at Africans and Turks and is predominantly perpetrated by the social(ist) dregs of what is left over from the GDR. Maybe ex-commies are hated so much that they have to take it out on someone else. :-) Cheers Douglas EPL wrote: > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > "Well, yes, by using the term Anglo-Saxon I simply referred to the US/ > UK business culture, of which clearly Mr. Lee was an exponent. > > His ethnic background is completely irrelevant." > > > Hardly. > > Knowing Leica's Solms/Wetzlar sub-culture, I can imagine their umbrage at > being berated by someone with Asiatic features. > > Germany = Racism R Us. > > > Emanuel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >