Comments on: Never ending discussions about West and East Germany http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/ ¡soy yo! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:36:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MelvinXH http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-178 MelvinXH Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:22:59 +0000 http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/2008/05/12/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/#comment-178 Hi just off topic . just wanna ask anyone introduce what is a best identity theft prevention out there ? Hi just off topic . just wanna ask anyone introduce what is a best identity theft prevention out there ?

]]> By: Marjolein http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Marjolein Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:38:56 +0000 http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/2008/05/12/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/#comment-46 I agree with you, this discussion goes way much deeper than what I pointed out in my post. But I didn't want to write about just the past, what I think is interesting is the way how younger people behave between one and another. Why don't they look to the future? Maybe I should have been German to understand this.. But this is the reputation Germany has, a seperated country, still. I could hate germans as well, because of what they did to my parents and grandparents during the 2nd worldwar. But why should I? During the time I was living in Germany I was really enjoying it and I love german people. I agree with you, this discussion goes way much deeper than what I pointed out in my post. But I didn’t want to write about just the past, what I think is interesting is the way how younger people behave between one and another. Why don’t they look to the future? Maybe I should have been German to understand this.. But this is the reputation Germany has, a seperated country, still.

I could hate germans as well, because of what they did to my parents and grandparents during the 2nd worldwar. But why should I? During the time I was living in Germany I was really enjoying it and I love german people.

]]> By: westernworld http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-45 westernworld Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:49:04 +0000 http://www.marjoleinvanderkolk.com/2008/05/12/never-ending-discussions-about-west-and-east-germany/#comment-45 the east/west division goes much deeper then just having lived in the gdr oneself. east germany perpetuates many traits and mentalities that the 60' and 70' changed in the west in addition to differing social and economic structures going back as far as the days of the kaiserreich. the whole being the conqueror and being the conquered dynamic plays a huge part even for generations to come, because the easterners inherit the bitterness and resentment their parents feel, and quite rightly on occasion, towards the west. my generation, the so called generation golf, feels just disinherited … all the money that we could have spend on our lives our retirement was blown on the east, all our parents built … this topic is a bottomless pit and you really would have to be german to read the codes the nuances, the idiosyncrasies. you must remember that the popular opinion polls pre unification were 69% against in the west, for us the were always the unwelcome poor relations coming to stay. so social class , regional mentality and historic experiance form an intricate web of mutual dislike. the east/west division goes much deeper then just having lived in the gdr oneself. east germany perpetuates many traits and mentalities that the 60′ and 70′ changed in the west in addition to differing social and economic structures going back as far as the days of the kaiserreich.

the whole being the conqueror and being the conquered dynamic plays a huge part even for generations to come, because the easterners inherit the bitterness and resentment their parents feel, and quite rightly on occasion, towards the west.

my generation, the so called generation golf, feels just disinherited … all the money that we could have spend on our lives our retirement was blown on the east, all our parents built …

this topic is a bottomless pit and you really would have to be german to read the codes the nuances, the idiosyncrasies.

you must remember that the popular opinion polls pre unification were 69% against in the west, for us the were always the unwelcome poor relations coming to stay.

so social class , regional mentality and historic experiance form an intricate web of mutual dislike.

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