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stereotyping germans
My first post has generated a degree of controversy. There are a couple of points I would like to make I do not share any of the views expressed in the song 'I've never met a nice South African'. I've a few and it nearly always been a pleasure. I mentioned the song to highlight how offensive...- zip
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stereotyping germans
I find your comment 'so you have a few thousand Horst Schlämmer tourists from Germany looking for a cheap holiday with free accommodation and a bit of cheap (or free!) action on the side' to be quite offensive Where is your evidence that there are thousands of tiresome, booze addled, womanising...- zip
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stereotyping germans
Whilst walking the Camino I must have the term 'typical German' on numerous occaisions. I would then be told of an episode where a couple of middle-aged German 'tourists' (they were never pilgrims), who had read Hape Kerkerling's book (they've all read it), got up at 5.30am, turned all the...- zip
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New York Times article on Hape Kerkeling
I recently completed the Camino and I was suprised by the general level of negativity expressed towards German pilgrims. There was a lot of stereotyping going on and on a couple of occaisions it bordered on hostility directed at individuals. I did feel that I met what amounts to the population...- zip
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