The Olympic stadium was my favorite thing that we have seen so far on this trip. I thought the inside of the stadium was modern looking, because of all the technology and all of the different sporting events. Although the outside of the building was not really modern looking, because of how the building is built. It is built with stones and has many pillars outside of the building. I like how the building does not look too modern. I like the look of the building, how it is, because it kinda shows how long the Olympics have been around. The Olympics don’t feel like they have been around since the 19 century to me.
I think for the most part the Olympic stadium has emptied itself of it’s Nazi past. We did see a Swastika on the bell inside of the stadium. Although the symbol was very small and kinda covered up, so it was barely noticeable. I believe that the German’s have come to terms with their past. They know that what they did in the past with Hitler was very wrong. If you have a Nazi symbol or even hold up the Nazi salute, you will get arrested in Germany. My question is, do you think that it is necessary for the Germans to go to such extremes, as arresting people for doing similar things to remind people of the Nazi’s. Or do you think that it is a bad thing that America is not going to such extremes as the Germans with our past. In America we are allowed to make jokes and say horrible things about terrible things that we have done in the past. Meanwhile if you do the same thing in Germany, you could potentially get arrested on the spot.
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