Originally Posted by
Jenns
In 1992 the rest of Europe was looking forward to travelling and trading without border controls and to the Euro. In a process that has no equivalent in human history we had successfully put the animosities of the past centuries behind us. Yet some idiots needed to erect a statue that symbolizes them more than hardly anything else? Weren't you ashamed?
Because the subject of that statue was a key enabler of the conditions that allowed freedom of movement without having to show your papers to any gauleiter who took an interest in your genetic, racial, sexual or political predilictions. There is no need to feel ashamed over what he and his peers achieved.