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Originally Posted by hyperion2206
I know he did and I merely said that I as a German would never visit those sites. And please believe me that I don't believe that you or anybody else has anything to do with this NAZI crap and I'm sorry if I evoked this impression.
However I have to admit that I detest these sites because they keep those songs alive.
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I never been able to fully understand the reason behind Germany's stance on the Nazi's and the display of the swastika in Germany. I realise that Germans feel that this is part of their history that they would rather forget, but surely you have to accept that it happened and cannot be erased. Wasn't there some talk recently of widening the ban on the swastika and other Nazi related material to other EU member countries? I feel this would be wrong and would infringe human rights. Also, because you ban symbols it doesn't prevent extreme right wing views being expressed, or for that matter extreme right wing political parties gaining power. For example in Britain we have the British Nationalist Party which hold several Council seats in my area (I have never voted for them by the way) but they don't call themselves Nazi's nor wear the swastika.
I have a reproduction Kaleun's white cap and a knights cross which both display the swastika but I am far from being a Nazi. I also have a fur Soviet naval ushanka (like in HFRO) but that don't make me a communist either.
I am sorry if any of what I have said offends anyone it was not intended too and is merely a personal view.
Nemo