> Actually, there is a reason for Germans not being so picky with their > uniforms than their US Counterparts.
Hold it my dear friend, anybody in uniform here wears it with a lot of pickiness. Be it firebrigade, Schuetzenverein, Bundeswehr, Red Cross, you name it. You will never see anybody wearing his uniform in a sloppy way. The reasoning is the culture of the > people of the countries in question. > > Simply put, sticky adherance to uniform standards that result in a > military-esque uniform is an unspoken *verboten* in German culture. Where did you get that from ? > After the disastrous results of nearly a century of militarism and > fascism, anything resembling the military or militaristic tendancies is > shunned by the people as being fascist. We had only a time of 12 years of fascist rule by Uncle Adolf. Before that we had the Weimarer Republik which was strongly woven through with Kaiserreich thinking. Besides, it was only the people that lost their youth during the 2nd war that would refer to our Ranger uniform as : "We wore that in the Hitlerjugend". Every morning at camp we meet around the pole and will see to it that every Ranger that wears an unproper uniform will correct that on the spot. And during the entire day we keep an eye on proper dress. We might do this in a different way than the US because we see also the heart that beats behind that shirt. And shirt, that is all we have as uniform. No dress pants, no class A or B socks and the whole slue. We call the Scout uniform "Kluft" because this is an expression coming from the traditional scout movement here. Just the same as we mainly camp in black Kothen and Jurten. Contrast this with the American > tradition of lauding our military heroes and embracing the military > ethos-namely the ideas of duty, honour, sacrifice, and discipline (until > recently, that is ;)) and because of that the idea of a well-kept > uniform brings these ideas in a tangible way. With that said, the > reasoning for varying views of a uniform are cultural. You are not correct with that view in regards to Germany. Just because we lost a war or two does not mean that we disdain uniforms. Only if you talk with the 68-generation you will find agreement. Like our Chancellor or his buddies that refused at their swearing-in ceremony to use the words:" May God help me". Do not get me wrong in any way but I had to reply to that. We appreciate the Ranger idea that you sent our way. We just improved it a bit. ( I am wearing my asbestos suit) In Jesus Guenter -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ _______________________________________________ The Golden Rule is my daily rule. To send mail to everyone on the RangerNet mailing list, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only list members may post. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://lists.rangernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rangernet
