> German citizens currently alive are obviously not personally responsible for the Shoah, but the state of Germany, a fictional construct, will carry this responsibility indefinitely.
Do you also think Italy should foverver be responsible for Roman conquest?
What about the other countries that have now claimed land previously under the control of the Reich? Why do you think the government of someone in Munich has any more responsibility than the government of someone in Gdansk?
This whole idea of holding nations forever responsible for supposed crimes of their forebeares becomes absurd pretty quickly. And absurd is also giving one group of people a special protected class - that means that yes, you have absolutely not learned the correct lession from the past.
> You may not agree with that policy rooted in the origins of the federal republic of Germany, but it is our policy. Accept that, our leave.
You don't get to tell people to leave just because they don't share your opinions.
Do you also think Italy should foverver be responsible for Roman conquest?
What about the other countries that have now claimed land previously under the control of the Reich? Why do you think the government of someone in Munich has any more responsibility than the government of someone in Gdansk?
This whole idea of holding nations forever responsible for supposed crimes of their forebeares becomes absurd pretty quickly. And absurd is also giving one group of people a special protected class - that means that yes, you have absolutely not learned the correct lession from the past.
> You may not agree with that policy rooted in the origins of the federal republic of Germany, but it is our policy. Accept that, our leave.
You don't get to tell people to leave just because they don't share your opinions.