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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dale00" data-source="post: 2797356" data-attributes="member: 688">My son went to a German school for 2+ years before he started high school. One of the classes he was required to take was ethics. They would discuss what was right and wrong for many different situations. I think this national school requirement is an outgrowth of a tremendous sense of guilt that they carry because of the Holocaust. Of course there are many differences of opinions between people in Germany so it is not a uniform thing. I am told that in general, rural people do not like most foreigners. Guilt explains their willingness to bend over backwards to try to help in this situation. The desire for cheap labor is another. It is a complicated situation and we are trying to analyze it using opinions from commentators.</blockquote>