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Sunday, August 06, 2006
Germany worried about Israel’s moral standards again Though long now a de facto atheist state, German Pope or not, Germany, primarily due to its relatively recent barbaric past, still clings on to its Christian value system. Das ist gut so (this is good thing, of course). But it does so in a very selective way. “An eye for an eye” is out, for instance. “Turn the other cheek” is in. Provided, of course, it’s never your own cheek that has to do any turning. Israel gets whacked daily by hundreds of rockets and responds accordingly and Chancellor Merkel has nothing better to do than to warn Israel not to “destabilize” Lebanon. Huh? If Lebanon were stabilized, none of this would be happening in the first place. And nobody here, other than me, I suppose, sees the humor in that. How could they? Over three quarters of Germans think the same way she does. And nobody here, other than me, I suppose, gets goose bumps when they hear statistics like that. Correct me if I’m wrong, but whenever three quarters (or more) of Germans have ever agreed about anything in the past, all it’s ever led to is heartache and perdition. Germans, it seems, would react differently to rocket attacks. A hundred plus rockets a day flying in from say, Denmark (don’t laugh, this is a serious and moral issue) would presumably be met with sit-ins. After burying their dead, the concerned survivors would light candles and sing “We Shall Overcome” while holding hands along the Danish border. They would hold open and guilt-ridden discussions with their Danish neighbors as to just why it is that they would like to continue existing if you don’t mind please etc. In other words, Germany would do it better – as usual. But alas, we don’t live in a perfect world and Hezbollah isn’t firing rockets at Germany right now. Who knows? Maybe someday they might, but not now. So until then, all these concerned and nervous Germans “up here” as in above, will just have to settle for lecturing all those others "down there" below about what is or what is not an inappropriate military offensive and/or exaggerated response. And this is no exaggeration. I kid you not. They really think this way. Come visit me at Observing Hermann... Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Clarsonimus at 12:37 PM |
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