March 16, 2010
Published: 22 May 09 15:07 CET
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Women are playing an increasingly active role on the Swedish neo-Nazi scene, a new book has revealed.
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Oi Darling! Fancy a kebabrulle?
"To feel and even think that the white race is inferior in every conceivable way is natural with regards to its history and current actions. Let the Western countries of the white race perish in blood and suffering. Long live the multicultural, racially-mixed and classless ecological society. Long live anarchy!"
Hardly a template for social justice.
I think it is sad that the people who practice the EXTREMELY SUPERIOR Swedish culture are constantly being told how they must accept other INFERIOR cultures as EQUALS! They are told that Swedish Culture has no right to say they are better than some of these ridiculously inferior cultures.
It has nothing to do with skin color and everything to due with equality.
So unless you are a Sami, you are as immigrant as anyone else immigrating to Sweden in present days. And if you think that Sweden will remain the way it is....I got some bad news for you! Just look around you!jejeje!
Immigration has been part of humnanity since the beginning and will remain a fact forever!
And ofcourse, the obligatory, right winger remark has to be made.
What kind of svedish kulture/tradition ?
Especially i "norrland" the history only get back at max. 300 Years.
People from Africa mm. have a history from at least 5000 Years.
So what the hell people here talking about ?
always knows what to do
as fast as she can blink the eye
she’s gonna scare the hell out of you
she’s my sweet little rebel queen
she’s the girl next door
she looks really hot in her tight blue jeans
she’s the girl I’ve been looking for.
Chorus:
She’s the most beautiful pearl
she’s my SKINHEAD GIRL!
Can’t even keep my eyes off her
she’s my SKINHEAD GIRL!
Everybody looks after her
she’s my SKINHEAD GIRL!
All the others are just the same
but my babe they can never tame
She don’t care what the others do
don’t care what they say
She’s the vagabond of these streets
that’s the way she lives today
No one can twist her mind
she just wanna make love with her life
When she come through the night I know
she’s the girl I’ve been waiting for!
"Pure individual cultures" never existed because WE ARE ALL HOMO SAPIEN SAPIEN's. We are all the same. So stop trying to keep Sweden for yourselves, not too long ago this land "belonged" to another culture and you pushed them out.
If you look at the problem you have with immigrants you will find its not the immigrants that are the real issue. It's population growth that is at the heart of the problems. Control population growth and we can all get along.
This country has some of the mos vocal racists I have come across yet they don't actually realise what they are angry at, just that they are angry about life and find it easier to blame someone else who has different colored skin... and that's just lazy.
The human species is thought to have originated somewhere in africa. Therefore everyone in sweden is of immigrant stock.
No, no, no just those of diffent skin colour or religion to them who they have a problem with. Modern day National Socialistic tendencies are scary... however these people are unable to see thier behaviour as resembling those of the Nazis... the product of a low intellect I would suspect.
Mind you that did make more sense that your xenophobic, ill-informed and plainly daft rantings. How you can, without a hint or irony, accuse immigrants of being uneducated when expressing such a staggering lack of knowledge yourself would be simply assusing if it were not indicative of the widespread klu klux klan type mentality which seem to pervade the forum these days.
only with no exceptions. T.A[/i]
Fear leads to the darkside,
anger and hate lead to the darkside, in that case, these people are siths.
Love does not claim love through sophisticated hypnotic possession or propaganda. T.A
Love is not controlled by fear, fear leads to the darkside, love is bold, love is endless, love is trust in times of loving. T.A.
Then those who are offered fear, don't be controlled by fear, don't listen to your boyfriend or man or government if they are fear mongering, our differences is what makes us beautiful. The human rights and constitutions of the world are commandments and are the source of people who recieve blessings.
Shocked and saddened
Thanks for the reminder of a classic Ska track. Those were the days, before the bonehead "master race" screwed it all up. Some good covers on You Tube I can recommend The Oppressed
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Swedes I hope you consider carefully how you address your Nations issues. WOuld you be willing to consider this advice? If immegrants can't live as useful, productive, and civilized members of your Country...simply deport them...Foreigners are in Sweden by invitation only...which can be revoked. If there are members of your Society ( Citizens ) who can't live in Civilized Society then exile them.
I was too general when I said things are easier today. What I should have said is that things are easier for for those who have the means of purchasing airline tickets. Now when you consider that refugees are fleeing from violence and not necessarily poverty, and that Sweden receives flights from Iraq, it is easy to see that a sufficient number of people likely have the option of flight. This however, does not encompass all immigrants. Your example of Africans drowning in the ocean further reinforces my point about geographical barriers making travel difficult, if not hazardous and possibly deadly depending on the situation.
You comments about differences between quality of life in countries and responsibilities regarding these differences pertain to a broad and somewhat different issue.
Things are not always fair in the world arena
The only two non white countries that have actually developed and own their own enterprises after WW2 are S. Korea and Isarel ---> reason is US interests
The only non white country in the security council --> China
which is also the only non white country in the nuclear six.
Islamic revolution in Iran, assinations in Egypt and Turkey --> CIA
Saddam, taleban ---> CIA
Sierra leone, Chad, Rwanda etc -- British and French mining interests
http://www.democracynow.org/2004/11/9/confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man
It has been rising as steadily as immigrants of all creeds and colours have been arriving.
I think, from discussions I have had with people (many) and articles I have read, the problem starts with the indigenous populations seeing their daily life and culture change with each huge immigration wave.
People emigrate to get away from war, famine, poverty and a great many also move for better working conditions, living conditions from across Europe the United States etc.
However, it does seem to be evident that those immigrants arriving from say African or Arabic lands seem to make more demands on their host nation to change how they do things to fit in with their culture and beliefs.
I am not saying that those who worship another God or eat only certain foods should not be catered to in their host nation, simply that these "changes" should not affect mainstream society but be kept to outside of work and at weekends.
Because of the liberal do-gooding leftish policies so pervasive these days it is a crime and a shame to be white, caucasian, Christian or however you wish to phrase white people and that we are all racist scumbags who put down, discriminate and hate all who are different.
That is simply just not true. What people and esp. those turning towards neo-nazi groups fear is that their own way of life and culture is slowly being changed and/or eradicated to allow other peoples cultures to come to the forefront and to be accommodated into mainstream life when it should be kept out of it.
I moved here six years ago and I don't expect Sweden or Swedes to change to fit my lifestyle, culture or beliefs. I keep mine inside my house and when family and friends visit. I have for example done a complete English Christmas for my Swedish family and they loved it - I have celebrated the Swedish way since moving here and accept that this is how society celebrates.
What right do I or any other single immigrant have in wanting mine or their own culture imprinted onto our host nations?
This country has put a roof over my head, fed me, clothed me, taken care of me when I was ill, helped bring my son into the world and asks nothing in return other than I respect how things in Sweden are.
It saddens me to see the problems in Swedens larger towns, the "ghetto-ising" of places and the constant whinging and whining about how non-white immigrants are treated badly, as second-class citizens, are the first to be targeted by police for crime etc.
The truth is that this IS a rise in crime amongst immigrant background youths - instead of whinging about how things are here why don't these same whingers try and fit in once and a while instead of demanding their civil human rights to have all of their culture pushed to the front in their host nations.
www.csulb.edu/~kmacd/books-immigration.html
Those of you that speak about a “SUPERIOR RACE" there is no such a thing!!
The reason some countries are in better economical conditions than others is not because their race is superior. In the case of the United States, where there is history of the KKK and many white supremacist groups, these groups fail to realize that the US was founded by immigrants and the land that we currently reside on was initially inhabited by American Indian, not white Nazis, and one of the reason why the country enjoyed good economical conditions was mainly because of the slave trading. Presently the immigrants in the US is one of the reasons why it is still a economic power house, has a lot to do with immigration.
It is a similar case with Vikings, which were the first to come to America. The Vikings went around the world conquering lands and robbing monasteries.
The point here is that no society is a pure society since in some how we have all being interconnected at some point. It is not far to discriminate against those with that have different background than you, because each country in one way or another has benefited from another.
On the other hand I see no need to forbid discrimination due to things one CAN change, such as political, philosophical or religious standpoints. I will never accept communism or nazism as equal to democratic schools, nor can I see any reason to accept all religions as of equal value.
In a society where many groups live adhering to different moral rules conflicts are impossible to avoid.
The human being is of course of the same value but his opinions are certainly not!