 C. W. Newton 2004-04-21 . chapter 1I have hesitated very long if should ádd my comment, but I'll do it for two reasons.
At first, I would like to offer you assistance whenever you need help with German, because the German you used in you poem is not very correct, and sometimes it does not makle many sense. Perhaps you have used an automatic tranlsator, but I have noted that these engines can not be trusted. For instance you should really change the title, because "landvomsobefreit" is not an existing word. Do you mean the country freed by America (in WWII)? Or do you mean country freed from Hitler?
Whatever it is, if you explain me, I could offer you a better word.
And at second, I feel in the strange position that I have to defend Bush. I don't like him at all, and the American patriotism scares me, but I would not compare the situation of a country that certainly needs to be changed with a dictature, let alone Nazi Germany. Because if you really lived in Nazi Germany, you could not post a critic poem in the internet without fearing consequences. There would not only some people hostile towards alternate lifestyles, but they had not only the right to beat you, but the police would come to help them (not only some policemen) and they even could let you send in prison. In Nazi German, homosexuality was a crime, and people died in the concentration camps because of this. Please, keep your open eyes on society, but as long as you can speak openly, you do not live in that old Germany of 1933 to 1945, your family left.
Please, do not consider this as a flame, just as point of discussion. |
 Story-Teller's Aide 2004-03-28 . chapter 1wow. speechless.
that was truly amazing. on my favourite poems list. i loved that. i just can't say more; there's no possible room for improvement |
 AuroraRose 2004-03-21 . chapter 1very intense. But I am in a minority group also, and I do not feel the same way. I mean, yes, many Americans are racist, prejudiced, and often discriminatory, but you can't relate it to Nazi Germany. Religion and sexual orientation still matter, but not to the point of life and death. I don't see genocide, I really don't. There are people supporting each side of the fight for gay rights, the affirmative action issue, etc. Three million people are not killed merely for being Jewish, or Catholic, or gay, or black, or whatever in America. |
 Marauder Child 2004-03-20 . chapter 1this is good. sehr gut. I like how you used deutsch to capture the essance. Keep up the good work! |
 Shina Lian 2004-03-19 . chapter 1Hi. I'm not too entirely sure what to put here. America really isn't as it should be. Just look at the past. Those who are different are treated as little more than dirt, if that. Those who refuse to move with society's flow are trodden upon within an inch of their spirit's life. It is tragedy, and Hitler once again, though in a different way. It's all around. Yet there is a small amount of hope. Not everyone judges others based solely upon the shallow standards that the mainstream society does. They judge a person based upon their heart, their moral, their character. They're not just in America, but all over. True freedom is just a dream as long as people refuse to let go of their prejudices. But if we rise above that, we may be what sets the example for a better tomorrow for others, no matter their nationality, their gender, their sexuality, their skin colour, their beliefs. Keep the hope alive in your heart. They can't touch that if you don't allow them to. |
 High Sky 2004-03-19 . chapter 1my god i completely agree with you. i am learning german, and i dont know what the last word in ur title means. but u r right: america is another Nazzi Germany. |
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