At least 8 people killed in shooting in Germany....but...gun control? Europe has gun control?

[zaangalewa]

Those bars are everywhere.

I haven't gotten around much since the mid 90s, did not remember them from my time in Germany and I did not read German much then, except for road signs and menus. I was in and out tobak shops, but no shisha or hookah bars.

I live there. Times have changed.

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains, while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed this symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol on its own: it produces curiosity.

 

[White 6]

I haven't gotten around much since the mid 90s, did not remember them from my time in Germany and I did not read German much then, except for road signs and menus. I was in and out tobak shops, but no shisha or hookah bars.

I live there. Times have changed.

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed thsi symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol: it produces curiosity.

In my country it symbolizes the evil of Hitler's ruthless attacks on Jews and any other minority that did not support his evil attempt to purify Germany to his liking and his attempt to take of Europe, leading to WWII. I am old enough, that I still view it as an evil symbol. Most Americans view it this way, as does most of the world. What country are you from, and do you support NAZI fascism, totalitarian control and ethnic/religious segregation and bigotry? I don't.

 

[zaangalewa]

I live there. Times have changed.

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed thsi symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol: it produces curiosity.

In my country it symbolizes the evil of Hitler's ruthless attacks on Jews

In the USA it was a wide spreaded symbol used all over the USA before world war 2.

and any other minority that did not support his evil attempt to purify Germany to his liking and his attempt to take of Europe, leading to WWII. I am old enough,

And a bad thinker in the logic of time - but that's a wide spreaded problem. Very short: In 1927, 1937 and in 1947 the swastika was three times a totally different symbol with a totally different message in Germany and the USA.

that I still view it as an evil symbol.

Sure. And for you exclude the words German and Jew each other. Not so for me.

Most Americans view it this way, as does most of the world. What country are you from, and do you support NAZI fascism, totalitarian control and ethnic/religious segregation and bigotry? I don't.

Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. I'm a German with Jewish roots. And you are a good example why so many people in the world hate the egocentrism of the [people of the] USA and they often see in your national flag an imperial political symbol, which they like to burn down - similar to this, what you see in the symbol swastika.

 

[White 6]

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed thsi symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol: it produces curiosity.

In my country it symbolizes the evil of Hitler's ruthless attacks on Jews

In the USA then it was a wide spreaded symbol used all over the USA before world war 2.

and any other minority that did not support his evil attempt to purify Germany to his liking and his attempt to take of Europe, leading to WWII. I am old enough,

And a bad thinker in the logic of time - but that's a wide spreaded problem. Very short: In 1927, 1937 and in 1947 the swastika was three times a totally different symbol with a toally different message.

that I still view it as an evil symbol.

Sure. And for you exclude the words German and Jew each other. Not so for me.

Most Americans view it this way, as does most of the world. What country are you from, and do you support NAZI fascism, totalitarian control and ethnic/religious segregation and bigotry? I don't.

I'm a German with Jewish roots. And you are a good example why so many people in the world hate the egocentrism of the [people of] USA and they often see in your national flag an imperial political symbol - similar to this what you see in the symbol swastika.

The Nazi party in your country was pretty much wiped out or at least driven way underground. There is a resurgence, (I have heard) in your country. In our country we are looking at possibly rising number of Neo-Nazi and white supremacy group such a KKK. Most want it tamped down. I do not want the ideology to flourish here. Some states view the rise more dangerous than muslam extremism. I am against extremism of all stripes. Here is an article from the Guardian. : The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize
The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize

 

[zaangalewa]

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed thsi symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol: it produces curiosity.

In my country it symbolizes the evil of Hitler's ruthless attacks on Jews

In the USA then it was a wide spreaded symbol used all over the USA before world war 2.

and any other minority that did not support his evil attempt to purify Germany to his liking and his attempt to take of Europe, leading to WWII. I am old enough,

And a bad thinker in the logic of time - but that's a wide spreaded problem. Very short: In 1927, 1937 and in 1947 the swastika was three times a totally different symbol with a toally different message.

that I still view it as an evil symbol.

Sure. And for you exclude the words German and Jew each other. Not so for me.

Most Americans view it this way, as does most of the world. What country are you from, and do you support NAZI fascism, totalitarian control and ethnic/religious segregation and bigotry? I don't.

I'm a German with Jewish roots. And you are a good example why so many people in the world hate the egocentrism of the [people of] USA and they often see in your national flag an imperial political symbol - similar to this what you see in the symbol swastika.

The Nazi party in your country

The name is "NSDAP" (=national socialistic German workers party). The expression "Nazi" was a self-made nick name. "Nazi" was a short form of the name "Ignatius". People with such a name were seen as conservative, reliable and trustworthy. This name - and also the name "Adolf" for example - and lots of others - are not used any longer. I fear this is not real freedom but a kind of pressure and the Nazis still force us to do so with the might of their unbelievable hate crimes.

was pretty much wiped out or at least driven way underground.

The "renaissance" of the Nazis in public started in Germany simultaneously with the book "Deutschland schafft sich ab" from Thilo Sarrazin (2010 AD). It's an indirect result of the migrant streams, which are caused from real wars and economic wars. The only solution for all problems wordwide is the statement "migrants are the problem". Or with other words: A symptom of the sick mankind is seen as the sickness itselve. That's a worldwide phenomenon, comparable with the drunken driver, who looks for his lost car key in the light of a latern and not in the dark place, where he lost it, because there's no light to find it.

There is a resurgence, (I have heard) in your country.

The political party which is undermined from Nazis is today called "AfD" (Alternative for Germany). British and US-American politicians supported and support this party and other Nazi-movements all over Europe.

In our country we are looking at possibly rising number of Neo-Nazi and white supremacy group such a KKK.

"Germany and Nazis" is not comparable with "USA and Nazis".

Most want it tamped down. I do not want the ideology to flourish here.

From my point of view nearly all US-Americans are using cliches, which are not far from the cliches of the Nazis. Take the concentration camp "Guantanamo Bay" as an example. It still exists without consciousness of doing wrong of the most US-Americans.

Some states view the rise more dangerous than muslam extremism.

Terror attacks from Islamists are not a real problem for the western world.

I am against extremism of all stripes. Here is an article from the Guardian. : The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize
The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize

It's by the way a very ugly Nazi-like attitude of US-Americans to call every German a Nazi, who shares not the own opinion. An old German proverb says "Tell me who are your friends - and I [am able to] tell you, who you are!". The "great" USA under Trump made the autocrat of North-Korea to a "friend" (and other autocrats too) - while the USA betrayed for example the Kurds and lost lots of others. The people here for example start normally automatically to laugh, when a politician is using the word "Gott" (=god). I fear in the future they will also start to laugh, when someone will try to speak about "deutsch-amerikanische Freundschaft" (=German-American friendship).

 

[White 6]

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed thsi symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol: it produces curiosity.

In my country it symbolizes the evil of Hitler's ruthless attacks on Jews

In the USA then it was a wide spreaded symbol used all over the USA before world war 2.

and any other minority that did not support his evil attempt to purify Germany to his liking and his attempt to take of Europe, leading to WWII. I am old enough,

And a bad thinker in the logic of time - but that's a wide spreaded problem. Very short: In 1927, 1937 and in 1947 the swastika was three times a totally different symbol with a toally different message.

that I still view it as an evil symbol.

Sure. And for you exclude the words German and Jew each other. Not so for me.

Most Americans view it this way, as does most of the world. What country are you from, and do you support NAZI fascism, totalitarian control and ethnic/religious segregation and bigotry? I don't.

I'm a German with Jewish roots. And you are a good example why so many people in the world hate the egocentrism of the [people of] USA and they often see in your national flag an imperial political symbol - similar to this what you see in the symbol swastika.

The Nazi party in your country

The name is "NSDAP" (=national socialistic German workers party). The expression "Nazi" was a self-made nick name. "Nazi" was a short form of the name "Ignatius". People with such a name were seen as conservative, reliable and trustworthy. This name - and also the name "Adolf" for example - and lots of others - are not used any longer. I fear this is not real freedom but a kind of pressure and the Nazis still force us to do so with the might of their unbelievable hate crimes.

was pretty much wiped out or at least driven way underground.

The "renaissance" of the Nazis in public started in Germnany simultaneously with the book "Deutschland schaft sihc ab" from Thilo Sarrazin (2010 AD).

There is a resurgence, (I have heard) in your country.

The party which is undermined from Nazi si called the namne "AfD" (Alternative for Germany). British and US-Americans politicians supported and support this party and other Nazi-movements all over Europe.

In our country we are looking at possibly rising number of Neo-Nazi and white supremacy group such a KKK.

"Germany and Nazis" is not comparable with "USA and Nazis".

Most want it tamped down. I do not want the ideology to flourish here.

From my point of view nearly all US-Americans are using cliches, which are not far from the cliches fo the Nazis. Take the concentration camp "Guantanamo Bay" as an exampel. It still exists without consciousness of doing wrong of the most US-Americans.

Some states view the rise more dangerous than muslam extremism.

Terror attacks from Islamists are not a real problem of the western world.

I am against extremism of all stripes. Here is an article from the Guardian. : The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize
The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize

It's by the way a very ugly Nazi-like attitude of US-Americans to call every German a Nazi, who shares not the own opinion. An old German proverb says "Tell me who are your friends - and I [am able to] tell you, who you are!". The "great" USA under Trump made the autocrat of North-Korea to a "friend" (and other autocrats too) - while it betrayed for example the Kurds and lost lots of others.[/QUOT
Thse psirtfvichnasl poar6ty owth the namne "AfD". British and US-Americans politicians from the right wing direction support this party. I am not American leader, but have never heard of any that support AfD. Re-unification has brought bad influence for east Germany. Only Bavaria seems to resist the influence, as AfD has found ability for minor influence in many other parts, increasing toward East Germany.

Terror attacks from Islamists are not a real problem of the western world.
Our attack by Islamists was on 9/11. We are aware of the threat, but does not justify the rise of Neo-Nazism in America.

It's by the way a very ugly Nazi-like attitude of US-Americans to call every German a Nazi, who shares not the own opinion. An old German proverb says "Tell me who are your friends - and I [am able to] tell you, who you are!". The "great" USA under Trump made the autocrat of North-Korea to a "friend" (and oterh autocrats too) - while it betrayed the Kurds and lost lots of others.

Americans do not refer to all Germans as Nazi, but that does not mean that Nazi influence does not exist. It is that influence we reject. Trump is Trump. I did not pick him. We are a representative republic. The electors elected him. He lost the popular vote. Many regard him a fool for the false friending of North Korea. Yes. I am also aware he betrayed the Kurds and most people do not support the betrayal.

Talking with you is difficult, as you are highly challenged by English language, yet far better than I, if I attempted your language. One thing is clear to me. I distrust eastern german influence in your country, and hope it does not destroy the Germany I worked, enjoyed and stood ready to protect when I was stationed there, so many years ago.

 

[zaangalewa]

...

Americans do not refer to all Germans as Nazi,

You called me a Nazi. Reason: You are an extremist idiot on your own.

but that does not mean that Nazi influence does not exist. It is that influence we reject. Trump is Trump. I did not pick him. We are a representative republic. The electors elected him. He lost the popular vote. Many regard him a fool for the false friending of North Korea. Yes. I am also aware he betrayed the Kurds and most people do not support the betrayal.

What changes nothing and is no excuse for anything.

Talking with you is difficult, as you are highly challenged by English language,

The English language is not a challenge.

yet far better than I, if I attempted your language.

One thing is clear to me. I distrust eastern german influence in your country, and hope it does not destroy the Germany I worked, enjoyed and stood ready to protect when I was stationed there, so many years ago.

 

[White 6]

...

Americans do not refer to all Germans as Nazi,

You called me a Nazi. Reason: You are an extremist idiot on your own.

but that does not mean that Nazi influence does not exist. It is that influence we reject. Trump is Trump. I did not pick him. We are a representative republic. The electors elected him. He lost the popular vote. Many regard him a fool for the false friending of North Korea. Yes. I am also aware he betrayed the Kurds and most people do not support the betrayal.

What changes nothing and is no excuse for anything.

Talking with you is difficult, as you are highly challenged by English language,

The English language is not a challenge.

yet far better than I, if I attempted your language.

One thing is clear to me. I distrust eastern german influence in your country, and hope it does not destroy the Germany I worked, enjoyed and stood ready to protect when I was stationed there, so many years ago.

Yes, your english was much better in this post, or possibly you just the time to realize how little of your language I remember and did not intersperse with word or phase that non native speaker would fail to understand.

You misunderstood, thinking I was calling you a Nazi. I asked you if you were one. Big difference. A direct question is the best way to find out, or at least get an impression of what someone's ideals are, whether you trust them enough be believe their answer or not.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Add another atrocity to the right wing battle flag.

Blame Merkel. Flooded the country with people whose only intent is to take over the country and submissive Euro trash like Tammy are fine with it.
I only blame Merkel

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I haven't gotten around much since the mid 90s, did not remember them from my time in Germany and I did not read German much then, except for road signs and menus. I was in and out tobak shops, but no shisha or hookah bars.

I live there. Times have changed.

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

I don't have any idea what to do with this words. You seem to think the swastika was made from the Nazis, but indeed the swastika was destroyed from the Nazis. Hitler positioned it on an edge to show dynamics - and he associated it with burning wheels rolling unstoppably down from the mountains, while bringing fire to the valleys, which burns down everything. Before the Nazis destroyed this symbol with their hate and aggressions it was just simple a symbol for friendship.

And as far as I know everyone tried in his life to paint a "correct" swastika. That's a kind of call character of this symbol on its own: it produces curiosity.

Kinda like homos destroyed the term "gay" so it now means fudgepacking

 

[Street Juice]

I live there. Times have changed.

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

Haha, no German kids were going to beat you up, though some of Merkel's migrants might. In any case, every American deserves to get beat up by a German for what we did to that country for our Jewish masters.

German kids never entered my mind. Neo-Nazis suck as bad now as they did when the lunatic Hitler gave them lethal direction. If that is who you are, just keep you distance and you will be fine.

Really? I've been wondering whst the hell they are all about. I keep hearing people talk shit about Neo-Nazis, but have never met one. Have you? What do they do that makes you say they suck now? Or are you just aping what you've been taught to say?

 

[Street Juice]

In Germany live lots of Germans with a migrant background from Kurdistan.

They aren't German. ...

It's not your problem whom a German calls German. You are not a German.

Silly person, I may call a cat a cat, and even though I am not a cat, I know it is not a dog.

 

[White 6]

Enjoyed it, but saw things spray painted of pedestrian underpasses that let me know nazis were alive and well even back then.

Did you ever try to paint a "Hakenkreuz" (a swastika). You did, isn't it? Why?

Made me wonder about my intelligence walking about alone at night.

The war of the sprayers from the left and right political spectrum shows only one thing: A lack of intelligence, creativity and aesthetics. Damn: this are three things. Difficult to paint in one word only.

No, not a spray painter of swastikas or anything else except lawn chairs or swings, if I get to it before my wife has me unloading new ones.
What struck me back then was the setting. We all know what bad neighborhoods look like here and avoid when possible. When walking down narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets of a small village with well tended terracotta roofed picturesque buildings, no litter in the village street after leaving a small German pub full of friendly half drunk Germans, you forget that you really don't know much about where you are or what kind of people you are moving about (on you own) through. See the swastika and death threats under an underpass were chilling. You can't understand many of the words and sometime symbols, but like looking at innocent snake on a creek bank vs a pit viper, you immediately know the difference, look around, pull the coat a little tighter and keep moving toward the light up ahead, thinking what the fk was I thinking, coming this way by myself, this time of night.

Haha, no German kids were going to beat you up, though some of Merkel's migrants might. In any case, every American deserves to get beat up by a German for what we did to that country for our Jewish masters.

German kids never entered my mind. Neo-Nazis suck as bad now as they did when the lunatic Hitler gave them lethal direction. If that is who you are, just keep you distance and you will be fine.

Really? I've been wondering whst the hell they are all about. I keep hearing people talk shit about Neo-Nazis, but have never met one. Have you? What do they do that makes you say they suck now? Or are you just aping what you've been taught to say?

Guess you should have watched the Charlotte demonstrations where the girl got run down by the nutball. On of the northeastern states just rated neo-nazis and white supremacist a greather threat than Muslim extremists. The Neo-Nazis suck, but at least they are home grown a$$holes.

 

[zaangalewa]

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Americans do not refer to all Germans as Nazi,

You called me a Nazi. Reason: You are an extremist idiot on your own.

but that does not mean that Nazi influence does not exist. It is that influence we reject. Trump is Trump. I did not pick him. We are a representative republic. The electors elected him. He lost the popular vote. Many regard him a fool for the false friending of North Korea. Yes. I am also aware he betrayed the Kurds and most people do not support the betrayal.

What changes nothing and is no excuse for anything.

Talking with you is difficult, as you are highly challenged by English language,

The English language is not a challenge.

yet far better than I, if I attempted your language.

One thing is clear to me. I distrust eastern german influence in your country, and hope it does not destroy the Germany I worked, enjoyed and stood ready to protect when I was stationed there, so many years ago.

Yes, your english was much better in this post,

Pure coincidence. My English is more a kind of lousy German.

or possibly you just the time to realize how little of your language

That's a senseful English sentence?

I remember and did not intersperse with word or phase that non native speaker would fail to understand.

No idea what is your problem.

You misunderstood, thinking I was calling you a Nazi.

Did I?

I asked you if you were one.

What a stupidity.

Big difference.

No. It's an unbelievable impertinence what you did. And you should not forget that an average German shows never any form of humor in case of people, who try to justify their idiocies with defamations and propagandistic bullshit.

A direct question is the best way to find out,

Sure. The world is full of people, who are asking anemone fishs whether they are sharks - until they will ask a shark.

or at least get an impression of what someone's ideals are, whether you trust them enough be believe their answer or not.

Ask me and I will tell you something. Believe it or not.

 

[zaangalewa]

In Germany live lots of Germans with a migrant background from Kurdistan.

They aren't German. ...

It's not your problem whom a German calls German. You are not a German.

Silly person, I may call a cat a cat, and even though I am not a cat, I know it is not a dog.

You are right. A cat is not a dog. But for my dogs I'm a dog. And I bite no one has any right to attack my nice and friendly Kurdish neighbors. In some years their little children will speak a perfect German and perhaps they will take one day a look as tourists at every place in the world, which they like to see. Perhaps they will even try to find out what's really going on in the racist pigsty, which you call "my unabashed country".

 

[White 6]

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Americans do not refer to all Germans as Nazi,

You called me a Nazi. Reason: You are an extremist idiot on your own.

but that does not mean that Nazi influence does not exist. It is that influence we reject. Trump is Trump. I did not pick him. We are a representative republic. The electors elected him. He lost the popular vote. Many regard him a fool for the false friending of North Korea. Yes. I am also aware he betrayed the Kurds and most people do not support the betrayal.

You called me a Nazi. Reason: You are an extremist idiot on your own.

Talking with you is difficult, as you are highly challenged by English language,

The English language is not a challenge.

yet far better than I, if I attempted your language.

One thing is clear to me. I distrust eastern german influence in your country, and hope it does not destroy the Germany I worked, enjoyed and stood ready to protect when I was stationed there, so many years ago.

Yes, your english was much better in this post,

Pure coincidence. My English is more a kind of lousy German.

or possibly you just the time to realize how little of your language

That's a senseful English sentence?

I remember and did not intersperse with word or phase that non native speaker would fail to understand.

No idea what is your problem.

You misunderstood, thinking I was calling you a Nazi.

Did I?

I asked you if you were one.

What a stupidity.

Big difference.

No. It's an unbelievable impertinence what you did. And you should not forget that an average German shows never any form of humor in case of people, who try to justify their idiocies with defamations and propagandistic bullshit.

A direct question is the best way to find out,

Sure. The world is full of people, who are asking anemone fishs whether they are sharks - until they will ask a shark.

or at least get an impression of what someone's ideals are, whether you trust them enough be believe their answer or not.

Ask me and I will tell you something. Believe it or not.

Americans do not refer to all Germans as Nazi, [/Quote] True. They do not.

You called me a Nazi. Reason: You are an extremist idiot on your own. False. I did not. I asked you if you were a Nazi. You may consider it a rude question, (yes I do not mind being rude if it suits me) but it was a question, not a declarative statement.

I will skip the part where you repeated yourself, except to say, you never answered the question.

Pure coincidence. My English is more a kind of lousy German.
Not coincidence. I met far more average people who were fluid enough for casual conversation in multiple languages, while I was in Germany or other parts of Europe, than you would ever meet over here. I think you finally picked up on the stated fact, I only knew enough German language to navigate and order food and that was between 30 and 40 years ago.

That's a senseful English sentence? Use "sensible" not senseful. I looked and saw I left words or words out, sometimes thinking ahead faster than I type. I am even lazy with my own language.

You misunderstood, thinking I was calling you a Nazi.

Did I? Yes. You did.

I asked you if you were one.

What a stupidity. Bullshit.

Big difference.

No. It's an unbelievable impertinence what you did. And you should not forget that an average German shows never any form of humor in case of people, who try to justify their idiocies with defamations and propagandistic bullshit.

A direct question is the best way to find out,

Unvelievable impertinence? Yes. Believe it, and I am totally unashamed or it. If you ask a direct question here, you are looking for a direct answer. This isn't some quiet bar in your country. It is a public message board, apparently an international one. I feel none of the restraints I would, if we were were sitting face to face, talking over a couple of local beers in your country. Furthermore, I put out no propaganda.

I do not know if you support a return to Nazi-like ideologies or not, including but not limited to isolationism, ethnic purity or totalitarian socialist control of German society. The minority political party you mentioned had no representation in the GDR government prior to the fall of the wall and reunification of your country. I wish the best for your country. I only hope your country does not tear itself apart and endanger the rest of Europe has it has, twice before.

 

[zaangalewa]

.... Unvelievable impertinence? Yes. Believe it, and I am totally unashamed or it. ...

Idiot.

 

[zaangalewa]

That's a senseful English sentence?

Use "sensible" not senseful.

Why?

 

[White 6]

That's a senseful English sentence?

Use "sensible" not senseful.

Why?

Comes up as a spelling error on my computer, although I knew exactly what you meant. Not sure "senseful" is a real English word, unless, maybe from English as spoke in Great Britain. Are you familiar with the old one-line joke, that America and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language?
Guten Morgan, Herr Zaangalewa

 

[zaangalewa]

That's a senseful English sentence?

Use "sensible" not senseful.

Why?

Comes up as a spelling error on my computer, although I knew exactly what you meant. Not sure "senseful" is a real English word,

It is. And everyone knows immediatelly what this word means. It is "deutlich" (sharp, clear).

unless, maybe from English as spoke in Great Britain. Are you familiar with the old one-line joke, that America and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language?
Guten Morgan, Herr Zaangalewa

In general I'm missing lots of German basic words in the English language. The German words I'm missing most in your language are the word "Mensch" (yiddish: mentsh, ) and the word "Vernunft". No! What you see in the dictionary is not a correct translation - it is only an English idea about German words. We make also always a difference between "Sein" (=to be, being) and "Schein" (=appearance). In your case means this for me: You are not essentially, what you like to be intentionally.

By the way: Here in Germany had a man tried to kill intentionally lots of innocent people with a car some days ago in the city Volkmarsen. The motivation of the wannabe-murderer (a 29 years old German) is still totally unclear. The last numbers I heard was 52 wounded persons - 18 of them are children - the youngest wounded person was three years old. More than 30 people are still in hospitals. Some are very seriously wounded. A big drama.

In case of this we will have to think about, how to exclude cars in a better way from urban celebrations in little cities.

And in case of sport shooters - that's the theme here, which lots of US-Americans like to misuse for their perverted ideas about weapons and the lack of weapon laws in the USA - we will have to create new laws. In case someone shows psychological problems, then we will try to find a good system, how to find this out - and we will in future retract in such a case a weapon license. We use a similiar system for people, who are driving cars with alcohol or drugs. It's called in public "Idiotentest" (=test for idiots) - real name "Medizinsch-psychologische Untersuchung" (MPU, medical-psychological examination). It's by the way a very difficult test. If experts find out with this test someone is not able to drive car - on whatever reason - then every German, who has to do this test because of an "Auffälligkeit" im Straßenverkehr (~abnormal behavior while driving car in traffic) is able to lose his drivers license for a while or forever. A similiar system we like to develope for weapon licenses.

Oh by the way, asshole, U.S.-American one: Why did you - or anyone else here - misuse my avatar name in your last post to give you the title "winner"? That's only ridiculous.