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- Jul 30, 2003
The old thread on Kat and her childhood nastalgia has been archived, but here is a related article that I found interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/international/europe/13GERM.html?8hpib
Truth be told, I still don't get why people here have such a problem with Kat. I certainly wouldn't want to be told that all of my childhood memories had to be publicly condemed just because Vietnam was a big mistake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/international/europe/13GERM.html?8hpib
"It's a very nice place when you want to remember your childhood," Thomas Blechschmied, a 29-year-old visitor, said the other day. "My parents still have those egg-holders," he continued, pointing to a bright yellow object inside a case of plastic kitchen utensils from the early 1970's.
All this has given rise to a sort of East German post-mortem feeling that maybe the East had its good aspects after all, especially a certain economic security and stability, even if your best vacation option was Bulgaria.
Truth be told, I still don't get why people here have such a problem with Kat. I certainly wouldn't want to be told that all of my childhood memories had to be publicly condemed just because Vietnam was a big mistake.