Icehockey world championship in Germany

[Dowly]

Go get them jarmins!

[Skybird]

Only because it is the organiser of this championship and is one of the major financial investors in international ice hockey events makes Germany participating in this tournament. The times when the team was potent enough to allow chances for positively surprising against stronger teams, are over since 15 years ore longer. Today, it is B if not C grade only, and in principle should not play in the international top league. That it is a world record to have 76200 people as a life audience for a hockey game will not change the most likely outcome: that the biggest ice cream parlor in the world will be just the scenery for the other teams just rolling over the Germans at will.

I'm supporting the American and the Canadian team. Want to see them in final again. The German matches I will not even watch.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The times when the team was potent enough to allow chances for positively surprising against stronger teams, are over since 15 years ore longer.

I do actually remember those times, when i was still living in Germany, watching them play with my Dad, they were a force to be reckoned with.

I'm supporting the American and the Canadian team. Want to see them in final again. The German matches I will not even watch.

Are you a German, sir? (living in Germany) Where is your parochial nature?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

I do actually remember those times, when i was still living in Germany, watching them play with my Dad, they were a force to be reckoned with.

Yes, they were good for surprises and on good days could compete with other teams. Add the internal competition with the Eastgerman hockey team. But those days are long over.

Are you a German, sir? (living in Germany)

Both yes.

Where is your parochial nature?

Non-existent. I don't feel strong on nationality alone, and flags and anthems leave me totally unimpressed. But I can become adamant in making hierarchical statements when comparing two people, nations, cultures on the basis of cultural, legal, philosophical, material achievements. where some people feel strong on issues of nationality, I feel strong on cultural, supranational contents. Just being accused for the sins of Germans two and three generations back then, makes me angry - not for reasons of present nationalism, but for reasons of this accusation being idiotic all by itself.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Just being accused for the sins of Germans two and three generations back then, makes me angry - not for reasons of present nationalism, but for reasons of this accusation being idiotic all by itself.

This i totally agree with!
I call it ignorance on the other's behalf.
Out of ignorance comes a lot of negative bad things.
So i take it you won't be following the Mannschaft at the World Cup in South Africa?

[PhantomLord]

Oh dear... 5,5 hours to go... lets forget this political and socioligical stuff... just watching the game, having a bud

Under the eyes of over 70.000 people in stadium (and god knows how many out there on tv-screens) we´ll hopefully see a good promotion for german hockey.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

So i take it you won't be following the Mannschaft at the World Cup in South Africa?

Oh I will, but not fanatically, more in a mood of relaxed entertainment and joking. After all, compared to the competition the German footballers are still more potent in their business than the German hockey players, so one might get more excitement from watching a football match with German participation, than from watching a hockey match that just sees the Germans getting plowed under.