Reply #16: Well, it is an interesting thought. [View All]

[txaslftist]

My distant ancestor fled Ireland before the colonies revolted against the king (I think to avoid a warrant). So certainly my ancestors were no strangers to "getting while the getting was good". OTOH, my great great whatever grandfather was a Union General, my great grandfather a sheriff, my grandfather fought in WWII and my father a career soldier. We've shed a lot of blood and invested many years in this nation. It would be as hard for me to leave as I imagine it was for my Irish ancestor to flee Ireland.

But who but a fool would have remained in Germany after 1938? Of course, if you can't see the storm coming, you can't know if you can weather it...

Which is why the thought is so interesting and complicated and scary.