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contrails · 56-60, M
You really don't get it. Obviously this is not about "giving thanks for being defeated in a war and having your country destroyed". It's about celebrating the end of a nightmare. Think of it this way: the allies also celebrate VE day, and their countries were [i]also[/i] destroyed just the same (except the USA, but you get the point). The Allies obviously are not celebrating the "destruction of their countries", but the [i]end of the war[/i].
The war, the nightmare, the destruction, ended on VE day, for [i]both[/i] Germany and the allies. Imagine if Nazi Germany had won, the Germans would be living under such dictatorship. The "thanks" is for allowing Germany the free, prosperous, dignified future it has enjoyed post-war. That was only allowed by the defeat of Nazi Germany. That's what the celebration is all about.
Hats off to the Germans who have had the wisdom and maturity to see the things for what they are and not let themselves being carried away by childish, ignorant and simplistic nationalist views of "us" vs "them". This is much bigger than that. WW2 exposed the idiocy of nationalistic arrogance, something that sadly, is crawling back in some countries (including Germany)...
The war, the nightmare, the destruction, ended on VE day, for [i]both[/i] Germany and the allies. Imagine if Nazi Germany had won, the Germans would be living under such dictatorship. The "thanks" is for allowing Germany the free, prosperous, dignified future it has enjoyed post-war. That was only allowed by the defeat of Nazi Germany. That's what the celebration is all about.
Hats off to the Germans who have had the wisdom and maturity to see the things for what they are and not let themselves being carried away by childish, ignorant and simplistic nationalist views of "us" vs "them". This is much bigger than that. WW2 exposed the idiocy of nationalistic arrogance, something that sadly, is crawling back in some countries (including Germany)...
Cierzo · M
@contrails The allies won, that's the small difference.
Germsny could celebrate the end of war, that is understandable, but using the word 'thanks'???
Japan got free and prosperous too, but never thanked the US for the atomic bombs. They have dignity and don't spit on the memory on those who died.
Germsny could celebrate the end of war, that is understandable, but using the word 'thanks'???
Japan got free and prosperous too, but never thanked the US for the atomic bombs. They have dignity and don't spit on the memory on those who died.
contrails · 56-60, M
Sssslm · F
I think it s about giving thanks to people who worked together to end a disaster of the human race. And to thank the beginning of a promising future had come, and how the people there who work hard together to maintain the goodness consistantly for many many years so that the country still exists in good condition.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Most Germans are completely brainwashed. Even saying "Germany belongs to the Germans" is seen as a hate crime by many Germans.
It is one thing to denounce Hitler and the Nazis. It is something different to be so guilt ridden that you want to abolish your country and hand it over to strangers.
It is one thing to denounce Hitler and the Nazis. It is something different to be so guilt ridden that you want to abolish your country and hand it over to strangers.
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Feuerstern · 51-55, M