March 12, 2010
Published: 20 May 09 13:36 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19568/20090520/
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Jimmie Åkesson, the head of the far-right Sweden Democrats, literally ended up with egg on his face during an election rally in Linköping in central Sweden on Wednesday.
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It would be even better if Sweden just stopped ALL immigration [note the spelling for future reference Playmaker] because that way there will be no more problems caused by those filthy immigrants.
Crime rates will drop as there will be no rape, sexual assualt, stealing, violence against firefighters or police, bank robberies, etc etc.
Birth rates will also fall substantially as we all know how foreigners breed like rabbits.
There will be no more ghettos.
There will be no more smuggling of drugs that poison Swedish people because we all know its the immigrants that do that.
So STOP ALL IMMIGRATION especially from the US, England, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, and Easter Island.
cheers
The Black One (from Australia)
Isn't it weakness? For both sides...
Btw, Sweden should stop selling guns all around, they can help reducing immigration that way...
cheers
The Black One
ps "almost"; "refugees"; "dropping"; "healthcare"; "don't"; "system" + several grammatical errors
Are u really from the states? U were an immmigrant there, werent u? For all we know, north america belongs to the great indian tribes. Your ancestors raped, pillaged, grabbed land and almost exterminated the indians. Centuries later, u've acquired residency status in sweden and u dare feel like the "righteous one".
U really think that would solve the problem in sweden? Just like in the States, most minorities in Sweden are just drug peddlers. their customers? The White Swedes. Without the high birthrate the immigrants offer, Sweden cant fill up the age gap that's missing to propel its economy and workforce in the coming 20years, presesnce of immigrants helps to correct the age-old inbreeding that has taken place in many caucasian societies. immigrants are here to take what the whiteman took from their forfathers. Life is a vicious cycle, aint it?
u want to live in an utopian society? Apply for residency in Neptune. They'll be glad to take u!
If we follow your trend of 'reasoning' (if we can call it that) we should be alarmed. Maybe if according to you immigrants are a negative part of society and leach Sweden's money wouldnt you say then that all immigrants should be subject to an IQ test? Because we all know that stupidity as staggering as yours would HAVE to be rehabilitated by tax payers money. Wouldnt you then be a leach to society?
Also too, people like you shouldnt say that they are from the states...it just perpetuates the generalisation....