we're subject to the same laws Well, sure - I'm not denying that. But it doesn't have anything to do with our personalities, and I don't believe that we are that influenced by German "culture" (whatever that is supposed to be), either. By general "western" culture, sure. And of course there are things that are specific to Germany, like knowing certain TV shows, musicians, things like that. But that doesn't mean we have to identify with them.
i'll gladly wave the flag, but won't sing the anthem just because i'm cheering after a match, y'know? *nods* Me neither. But those seem the two biggest symbols of a nation - the flag and the anthem.
i'm only patriotic in the sense of 'whoo, my team won!' *nods again* Yes, me too - that was one of the things I was trying to say. Though I don't support the team because they're *German*, but because they play well and are likeable. And that's why I tried to differentiate, not sure if that came across in the entry - cheering for your countries team doesn't really fall under "patriotism" for me. In the end it's probably all just a matter of semantics.
are you going to be online sometime tomorrow? Yeah, I'm probably going to be home from 18:00 or so on. Will chat you up as soon as I'm on, ok?
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Date: 2006-06-15 11:03 pm (UTC)Well, sure - I'm not denying that. But it doesn't have anything to do with our personalities, and I don't believe that we are that influenced by German "culture" (whatever that is supposed to be), either. By general "western" culture, sure. And of course there are things that are specific to Germany, like knowing certain TV shows, musicians, things like that. But that doesn't mean we have to identify with them.
i'll gladly wave the flag, but won't sing the anthem just because i'm cheering after a match, y'know?
*nods* Me neither. But those seem the two biggest symbols of a nation - the flag and the anthem.
i'm only patriotic in the sense of 'whoo, my team won!'
*nods again* Yes, me too - that was one of the things I was trying to say. Though I don't support the team because they're *German*, but because they play well and are likeable. And that's why I tried to differentiate, not sure if that came across in the entry - cheering for your countries team doesn't really fall under "patriotism" for me. In the end it's probably all just a matter of semantics.
are you going to be online sometime tomorrow?
Yeah, I'm probably going to be home from 18:00 or so on. Will chat you up as soon as I'm on, ok?