Icehockey world championship in Germany

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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.