On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
> Actually I think he's right (if not for the right
> reasons). The German Cult of Mitschuldigkeit is
> largely self-flaggelating ritual masochism.
It'd be nice if the U.S. went through a few guilt rituals for slavery and Indian genocide. What you call guilt-tripping has kept Germany on pretty good behavior for the last 60 years.
Doug