On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:11:34 +0200, "Markus Fuenfrocken"
<markus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Lawrence Glickman wrote:
>[...]
>> All the time...they maintain an enormous amount of humility, but do
>> not let that betray the genius that is in their minds.
>Wow, so much praises for my country - but i think you´re stereotyping a
bit
>here ;)
>This is getting quite OT in a photo group, but let me tell you this: I´m
>German, went to the Gymnasium (you remembered correctly) and then to
>University, and i would say the relative amount of lowlifes, dumb asses,
>normal people and really brillant people is similar to every other
country
>in the world. Due to our immense social security system we do not have as
>much social problems (homeless, really poor folks) here yet, but it´s
>getting worse here, too.
>And we´re defintely not all Albert Einsteins, and we´re not running
around
>wearing leather trousers, eating Schnitzel and quoting Goethe or Schiller
>all day ;) LOL
Except at Octoberfest ;-)
Some of my best and kindest friends are the one's I left behind when I
had to return to the USA from training in Munich. Even these many
years later, I still miss many of them. But just as I was leaving,
THE WALL separating East Germany from West Germany was coming down,
and there was social unrest about the burden on those in the west
supporting those in the eastern sector. There was trouble trying to
assimilate such a huge new population.
I don't know how things turned out. I've been away from that
beautiful country for so long now. Everywhere you looked, it was
clean, and scenic. I took a lot of photos in Germany.
>Cheers,
>Markus
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