Talk:Ostalgie

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To use "suffering from Ostalgie" clearly shows an Anti-Ostalgie spin. Whoever wrote this had a quite laughably clear intent to show his view and not a neutral one.

[edit] obsolete brands

Quote: Now available are obsolete brands of East German foodstuffs... How can a brand be obsolete? A product can be obsolete, but a brand!? 86.56.0.159 21:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Odd sentence

There are however, many former East and West German citizens who deny the existence of these cultural divisions as well as the existence of separate East and West German perspectives.

Um, really? I mean, I'm sure there are people who think it's a bad thing, but does anyone seriously deny the existence of ostalgie? There are whole cottage industries based around it.

I'm tempted to erase this as uncited, but then, there isn't a single cite in the whole article, so that seems kind of unfair... --Jfruh (talk) 00:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I came to the talk page intending to comment on that very sentence, and ask what it's supposed to mean. It does seem very odd. What on Earth does denying "the existence of separate East and West German perspectives" mean? How can one deny that some East Germans do claim a specific perspective? And any sentence stating that "many citizens deny..." should definitely provide a source. Aridd (talk) 12:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)