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The phrasing is definitely weird. "Germany's greatest challenge since the rise of Nazism" seems a lot more appropriate.
by mFixman 7y ago
The phrasing is definitely weird. "Germany's greatest challenge since the rise of Nazism" seems a lot more appropriate.
- einpoklum 7y agoThe rise of Nazism was a challenge to other countries, and to minorities and to Socialists in Germany. But - it wasn't a challenge to Germany. Don't assume the state is by default somehow benevolent, and "evil" governments are antithetical to that essence.
- 101404 7y agoIf anything, nobody has ever accused her of being a good public speaker. Also, this is what she said, only then NOT to implement any mandatory stay-at-home policies.
- l_davis 7y agoI actually thought that was a good speech. I can't comment on Germany's policies on this as I haven't been following them that closely.
- beatgammit 7y agoI still doubt it's as big of a challenge as rebuilding post-WW2. Mortality rate stayed above 20 for decades after WW2, and there was always the threat of USSR hostilities. This coronavirus is certainly causing problems, but this type of statement cheapens what Germans after WW2 went through.
- ramblerman 7y agoappropriate? In what way. You clearly understood the message, as did everyone else. The only weird thing is your need to rephrase it out of some "offense on behalf of another" reflex.