Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
We already have trade deals outside of Germany.
You might think my war mention was poor, but I firmly believe that there are people who still see Germany as our enemy because of the war. In the same vein, last autumn during the rugby world cup, my next door neighbour asked me what I thought of one particular game. I don't watch the sport, so I said I didn't know. He was annoyed that Ireland had lost to Japan. This guy is in his early 60s. I said that I thought lots would have found that funny and asked if he was part Irish. He said no he wasn't, but he could never support the Japs due to what they did during the war (he's an ex-squaddie btw). Sadly I do see attitudes like that. Not often, thankfully, but there are cretins who do see the Germans still as an enemy, who won't buy anything Japanese because of the war etc.