WD>>>> That can easily be explained by Bob's American background.
GK>>> He's with us for some -what?- 40 years or so now, so I'd think he GK>>> knows the scale to use.
RB>> Forty years doesn't mean I left my brain at the door. In contrast to RB>> you, I have experience with more than merely the German system.
GK> And this "experience" gives you some kind of higher knowledge?
Of course. After you've lived in the USA for 40 years, you can tell me about the system there.
GK> If you were referring to US-standards with your "leftist" comment, I GK> would perfectly understand what you intended to say. I just wasn't GK> thinking that you could mean it that way.
RB>> I consider you good-willed but politically naive, and would be more RB>> than happy if your way of thinking prevails in Germany. But I have my RB>> doubts.
GK> I have lots of doubts, too, when looking at what is going on. But I GK> won't let that cripple my mind and make me stop working for a positive GK> development in future.
That sounds like something a politician would say to avoid getting specific on concrete issues.
