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I was chairman, the only not youthful participant.

Since attack serves to stimulate interest in broadcasts, I added to my opening statement a sentence in which I claimed that German youth seemed to lack the enthusiasm which is a necessary ingredient of anger, and might be classified as uninterested and bored rather than angry.

I was far from convinced of the truth of my statement, but could not think of anything that might evoke responses more quickly.