German Indology

[Ulrike Niklas]

On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Robert J. Zydenbos wrote:

> ...                   Hence, outside Germany, we grow up learning
> that villains (as in cheap movies and novels) have German names and
> speak with German accents and listen to Wagner's music, and we do not
> want to hear anything that can be construed as being remotely positive
> about anything German. German people have had enough of this and
> occasionally fly into a rage, with good reason. (Please do not leave the
> list yet, Ulrike.)
> 
   Dear Robert,

thanks for making so clear what I actually meant (because I fear, that I 
might have been quite "misunderstandable") : it was just one of these  
"Having-Enough-Of-It Rages" - which, by the way, has evaporated more or 
less by now. 

Best wishes, ULRIKE