Europe is indeed kind of a "middle thing", at least that's my subjective point of view. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Parts of Europe are going into the "western" direction , while other parts are rather not, but I have the feeling as if even in a country there are different "streams" of that. For example, parts of German youth are actually fond of Irish Musik. Why ? I think it's because Irish Musik stands for earth, nature, handmade, and is in a way not so materialistic than other "streams", because the Irish Musik is - at least that's my own, personal point of view, outfitted with an underlying spirituality most people don't really sense.
Another fact is that Germany is often called "Land der Dichter und Denker" meaning "country of the poets and thinkers" - Immanuel Kant is one very prominent example (okay, he didn't live in Germany, but in Königsberg <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> , but he wrote in German, as far as I know <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ) .
Debates - especially debates of principles - are very difficult here, because - another subjective view <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> - we here in Germany are trying to be sincere, just what we are known of when people think of German cars. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
That's why things here are often different than in other countries.
Well, again, hat's how I see it. Other Germans might see it differently.
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