Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can't believe we've been getting away with this thread for more than 13 hours. Spencer scolded us before but the thing is Spence, its "inappropriate"-ness is part of why it's appealing. You know how it has Organ Donor on yr license? Some of us have that, and some of us also have Permanently Innapropriate. (Often appears as *PermInn*). So you like that Werner Herzog? Man he's good. On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I've got that book, and his Berlin Diary too and I agree, he didn't think > > highly of them. Living there during Hitler's rise he likely saw the worst > > aspects of German culture and character though. I wonder if he felt that > was > > before he lived there or if he became anti-German after seeing what the > > Nazis did? The city I live in (Fort Wayne, Indiana) is heavily German. > 80% > > of the white people here are of German ancestry. Being of Spanish and > Scots > > ancestry, I felt kind of out of place and still do. I Miss New Mexico, > felt > > a home there. The Germans here are no different morally than anyone else > > though, I don't think they're bad people. A lot of people here speak > German > > in public and at home, like us Hispanics do in Santa Fe. The Newspapers > here > > published in German, not English, until World War I. > > > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > > I have no problems with any group of people which is lucky because I > identify with being quite a liberal and they'd kick me out in no time. I > have friends from all walks of life and cultures. Some of them won't even > talk to me. When I visited Europe twice I liked everybody and they liked > me. > Now I'm learning to sing in Spanish in the choir and that's a language > I'll > the least familiar with but its spoken a lot in NY where I am now. So it > will be a good thing. > Anti Semitism is a European phenomenon for the most part. But I think > they're getting over it. > But to make generalizations which is a mixed bag the Germans were some of > the nicest people I've met in Europe. > And they spoke German. > And made Leica's. > I brought home a tube of mustard. > > And I like German Movies. > Those guys are funny. > And my favorite cake is German chocolate cake and my favorite potato salad > is German Potato salad. > Why do I like this stuff? Becaue I'm the smartest and most tasteful guy > you're ever going to want to meet! > > And German Tofu Bratwurst. > >From free range Tofu. > > And I like gals with blonde hair and there are more of them in Germany than > there are in Sweden I read. So don't buy the wrong plane ticket. > > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >