yeru,
i find it silly to be overly proud of ones heritage since one has nothing contributed to it. one simply cannot pick ones ancestors. equally idiotic is it to be ashamed for ones ancestors because of what some individuals in a huge population have done.
if germans have to be ashamed of their heritage than so do americans, russians, japanese, chinese, british, french, and so on. no major country is free of committed atrocities.
I'm ashamed for the human race.
i was very tempted to agree with it. but rationally speaking there is no reason to be ashamed. human do what they do. it would be just as silly to be ashamed for what lions do.