So you don't believe there's a tendency for nations to behave in a certain way? Not a

collective national identity? Tolstoy would have disagreed with you. So would Bertrand Russell.

These are not fixed for all time, & arose as a consequence of the unpredictable interplay of cause & effect we call history.
Germany didn't even exist in the 19th C. Much of modern German outlook was formed by the WW1 & its consequent humiliation which resulted in Hitler & the aftermath. No nationality (or does such a concept not exist) takes kindly to being humiliated - especially when they are as able as the Germans undoubtedly are.
We are where we are. And I'm still wary of the Germans - particularly when it comes to the EU.

Posted By: dennis moore on January 30th 2017 at 20:43:49

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I'm always wary of Germans. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 19:12:53
- herr blauen himmel (General Chat) - earthleakage, Jan 30, 19:55:38
- Especially if you scratch them (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 19:37:04
  - it's an itch that needs to be scratched though OG. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 30, 19:42:10
- They don't like it up 'em (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jan 30, 19:31:48
  - Some of them do (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 19:32:55
    - I've seen video evidence of that. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 19:42:49
- Beware Germans bearing Geschenke (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 30, 19:30:38
- Sorry, but yes I am. they are the best at what they do, & believe they should thus be in (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:21:59
  - AND they fucking BOIL sausages. BOILED SAUSAGES. Seriously. Sausages. BOIL THEM. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jamie Oliver, Jan 30, 19:35:40
    - Brattys (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Jan 30, 20:10:35
      - Bratwurst is fried, Bockwurst and Weisswurst are usually heated in water. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 30, 20:34:41
        
        Sausagemeister. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 30, 20:43:39
    - mmmmmm.....sausage (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jan 30, 19:38:44
      - mmmmmmm.weener (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 30, 19:54:46
  - Incidentally, for completely different reasons I'm wary of Trump. But do (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:31:46
    - How do you feel about dolphins? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 19:34:01
      - Dunno, some reports of them being reelly nice. But others that they're vicious little bast (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:38:02
        
        except Germans, they're all the same (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 30, 19:44:29
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 19:53:41
        
        No, they're not. They're a nation made up of individuals, like any other. They've (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:52:52
        
        Right. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 30, 20:26:57
        
        So you don't believe there's a tendency for nations to behave in a certain way? Not a (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 20:43:49
        
        Bizarre. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 30, 21:11:43
        
        How about German dolphins, though? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 20:25:35
        
        You can't be collectively on your own, it don't work. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 30, 20:23:30
      - I prefer them to tuna (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 30, 19:37:09
  - Who else are you wary of? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 30, 19:27:53
    - Members of The People Who Hate People Party. (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 30, 19:50:51
      - men are from mars women are from swindon (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 30, 19:55:36
      - People who think that all cats are girls and all dogs are boys. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 19:52:26
    - i'm guessing he's ok with Austrians (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 30, 19:42:17
      - Mozart was rather good (though apparently not Austrian). Mr. Shickelgruber ... (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:56:47
    - Geese. Dogs with paws that look too much like hands. Heavy metals. Fish that are older tha (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 19:31:44
  - Oooookay. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 19:26:47
    - Soo .... (n/m) (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:28:16
- 19:11:50 vvv (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 19:13:27
  - That's quite a statement. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 30, 19:15:04
    - Extreme fucktardness if you ask me (n/m) (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Jan 30, 19:19:26
      - The infantilisation of the population continues apace. (n/m) (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:33:46
        
        Yep (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Jan 30, 19:34:27
        
        And they said Oscar Wilde was dead! (n/m) (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 19:35:51
        
        Well at least he wasn't German, I spose (n/m) (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Jan 30, 20:31:49
        
        Effing Mick, wunt 'e? (n/m) (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jan 30, 20:45:13

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