• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

So I discovered a very dark thing about my family's history...

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
My ancestors fought for the confederacy.

Everyone has skeleton's in their family's closet. There isn't anything you can do about it. There is nothing wrong with having pride in your ancestry either. There is a big difference in having pride in the type of people you are decended from and having so much pride that you think all other races are inferior and should be put to death.

R
 
i'm jewish. it's not about what is in your lineage but about who you are today.

don't worry about it. it's disturbing, yes, but it's not something you were able to control.
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Click to expand...

Ach, ja! Aber, nicht so gut. Um...Ich habe Schmerz in meinen hoden? ...JK.

Its been...holy sh*t, almost 4 years since my last geman class in high school...where the hell does the time go?
 
Originally posted by: Atomicus
My ancestors invented the powder people use to shoot bullets and kill people with. Doesn't bother me one bit.
Click to expand...

My ancestors were farmers. Doesn't bother me a bit. 😀
 
Originally posted by: Nik
Were you a Nazi? ARE you a Nazi?

No?

Then don't worry about it.

:beer: Germans rule. :beer:
Click to expand...
<--- 1/4 German, 1/4 Polish, 1/2 Russian

:beer:😀:beer:
 
My great-grandfather died defending his farm from the Bolsheviks. That doesn't make me any more of an anti-communist crusader or give me any right to claim the moral high ground when it comes to discussions of capitalism, but it does give me food for thought when discussing property rights. And that's about it. I'd feel no shame if my ancestors were Nazis (since half my heritage is German [greatgrandfather was one of many German settlers on the Russian steppes]) or if they were some similar group in Great Britain (1/4 Welsh) or Switzerland (1/4 Swiss).

Don't worry about it.
 
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I'm 1/8th German! My great grandfather left Germany for America before all the Nazi hullabaloo though.
Click to expand...

You mean your'e american.

Quit with the fractions.
 
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
History is written by the victors. Who knows what would have been written about him if things were different.
Click to expand...

thats the most idiotic use of that that ive ever seen. the blood of millions is on this mans hands, regardless of whether we know about it or not.


OP- dont sweat it, man. we dont blame the son for the sins of the father. very few people of recent german descent dont have a nazi ancestor.

my ancestors were on the receiving end of that particular bullet, so im going to use my holocaust sympathy points in absolving you of any responsibility. 🙂 now hurry up and forget all about this.
 
Originally posted by: LtPage1
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
History is written by the victors. Who knows what would have been written about him if things were different.
Click to expand...

thats the most idiotic use of that that ive ever seen. the blood of millions is on this mans hands, regardless of whether we know about it or not.


OP- dont sweat it, man. we dont blame the son for the sins of the father. very few people of recent german descent dont have a nazi ancestor.

my ancestors were on the receiving end of that particular bullet, so im going to use my holocaust sympathy points in absolving you of any responsibility. 🙂 now hurry up and forget all about this.
Click to expand...

So. I would wipe out every other race and country on the planet to better the human race. It wouldn't matter what race/nationality/religion I was. Quickest way to world peace. It will happen one day long before it can happen naturally.

That is what he thought he was doing. We frown upon it now but it could have been different.
 
My ancestry is all over Europe, I have no IDEA what my ancestors did...

That said, my grandpa DID work on the Manhattan project, so I guess if I really wanted to feel guilty about something my ancestors did, I'd have a place to start...
 
Originally posted by: jagec
My ancestry is all over Europe, I have no IDEA what my ancestors did...

That said, my grandpa DID work on the Manhattan project, so I guess if I really wanted to feel guilty about something my ancestors did, I'd have a place to start...
Click to expand...


If you believe that the Manhattan project was a bad thing, that is.
 
Wtf am I seeing in this thread, tolerance? 😕 This is ATOT, you kids are supposed to flame him incessantly while calling Jessica Alba ugly, all while typing one-handed...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top