Germany 2007: The idiot of the European family in the phase of normalization — the Walser Affair

Abstract

With reference to the German position in the light of the particulars and sentiments of 2007 it is sufficient to recognize the obvious. This country has entered a phase where it may start to reap the benefits of its metanoethical efforts. It has won back the trust of its neighbours — if we ignore a few poisoned depots in England and Poland where anti-German emotions reproduce anaerobically as it were — and there too, where forgiveness is beyond the realms of what is humanly possible, it has evoked a certain respect as to its metamorphosis. There is no better expression of this situation as the election of a German Pope. When on 19th April 2005 the cardinals in Rome elected Joseph Ratzinger as the new head of the Catholic church their main concern may have been expressing the continuity of the Catholic issues in the world, be that as it may, but from a neutral standpoint it is clear that this decision involved more. It set an example at the same time of overwhelming perspicuity which said: German ancestry does not have to be a reason for withdrawal of trust; a German name can signify integrity at the highest level.