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Subject: [Leica] German angst
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 06:55:11 -0700
References: <C7DC2682.2F054%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <C7DC48FC.60A10%mark@rabinergroup.com> <m2u19b6d42d1004022325xa8c3c3a6g96708299563fa544@mail.gmail.com>

It's still a conversation, with only a bump here and there. Once it become 
acrimonious, then it's out the door. 
I think Klaus KInski is to Herzog what Wayne was to Ford.
S.d.


On Apr 2, 2010, at 11:25 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:

> I can't believe we've been getting away with this thread for more than 13
> hours. Spencer scolded us before but the thing is Spence, its
> "inappropriate"-ness is part of why it's appealing.  You know how it has
> Organ Donor on yr license? Some of us have that, and some of us also have
> Permanently Innapropriate. (Often appears as *PermInn*).
> 
> So you like that Werner Herzog?  Man he's good.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>>> I've got that book, and his Berlin Diary too and I agree, he didn't think
>>> highly of them. Living there during Hitler's rise he likely saw the worst
>>> aspects of German culture and character though. I wonder if he felt that
>> was
>>> before he lived there or if he became anti-German after seeing what the
>>> Nazis did? The city I live in (Fort Wayne, Indiana) is heavily German.
>> 80%
>>> of the white people here are of German ancestry. Being of Spanish and
>> Scots
>>> ancestry, I felt kind of out of place and still do. I Miss New Mexico,
>> felt
>>> a home there. The Germans here are no different morally than anyone else
>>> though, I don't think they're bad people. A lot of people here speak
>> German
>>> in public and at home, like us Hispanics do in Santa Fe. The Newspapers
>> here
>>> published in German, not English, until World War I.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Chris Crawford
>> 
>> 
>> I have no problems with any group of people which is lucky because I
>> identify with being quite a liberal and they'd kick me out in no time.  I
>> have friends from all walks of life and cultures.  Some of them won't even
>> talk to me. When I visited Europe twice I liked everybody and they liked
>> me.
>> Now I'm learning to sing in Spanish in the choir and that's  a language
>> I'll
>> the least familiar with but its spoken a lot in NY where I am now.  So it
>> will be a good thing.
>> Anti Semitism is a European phenomenon for the most part. But I think
>> they're getting over it.
>> But to make generalizations which is  a mixed bag the Germans were some of
>> the nicest people I've met in Europe.
>> And they spoke German.
>> And made Leica's.
>> I brought home a tube of mustard.
>> 
>> And I like German Movies.
>> Those guys are funny.
>> And my favorite cake is German chocolate cake and my favorite potato salad
>> is German Potato salad.
>> Why do I like  this stuff? Becaue I'm the smartest and most tasteful guy
>> you're ever going to want to meet!
>> 
>> And German Tofu Bratwurst.
>>> From free range Tofu.
>> 
>> And I like gals with blonde hair and there are more of them in Germany 
>> than
>> there are in Sweden I read. So don't buy the wrong plane ticket.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [Rabs]
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] German angst)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] German angst)
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