March 21, 2010
Published: 29 Jun 09 09:28 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20342/20090629/
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Three of four reported hate crimes are xenophobic or racially motivated, according to a new report from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet).
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Next report they should attempt to find out if booze contributes to violent outbursts at a football match.
Question: Why aren't crimes against females, i.e. RAPE, not covered by Hate Crimes Laws?
.They should be included.
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never came across that term here in NY, unless you refer to italians from Rome.??
Oddly enough, like what jimmyjames said, there are several clubs at our school made by students for different religions and ethnicities, and interests from the Muslim Student Organization, to the Black Student Union and the Asian Pacific Islander clubs (unfortunately, the Martial Arts club was discontinued because it was "too dangerous" yet our Color Guard team is still allowed despite all the head injuries we got from dropping spinning flags on ourselves), but one of my acquaintances complained that he was not allowed to form a "white club" and that people fail to acknowledge discrimination towards Caucasians via reverse-discrimination and affirmative action.
Elcompadre: I undoubtedly assume that "the Roma" referred to in this article is talking about the ethnic Gypsies who are sent to refugee camps near lead smelters by the UN, and are unaccepted by any country, especially Serbia.
Such shocking revelations
I would like to have a shirt like the one shown with the photo.
Half a million un-employed in Sweden - how many of those are immigrants? Also how many immigrants are there in Sweden? Why let more in when there's not enough jobs? Any wonder why tax payers get fed up - more immigrants = more handouts.
I'm an immigrant and I have a job, so am also a taxpayer.
But then again I am white - so I look like one of you................thankfully I'm not as pig-ignorantly narrow-minded.
Racial and religious prejudice are both recorded as racism. Gender bias is usually reported as harassment or another crime and so these crimes fall outside of this report. No surprises here.
I am mainly prejudiced against stupid people who massage statistics and then still report the blindingly obvious.
Like this, any murder, robbery and child abuse would be considered a hate crime, by that diluting the stats of the real Nazi movement in Europe.
And if we already at it, why wouldn't we discuss the vague definition of rape in the Swedish law?
http://www.thelocal.se/19376/20090511/
Way to go Sweden! Highest rape rate in Europe, unemployment now three times that of Norway, murders, arsons, RPG attacks against apartment buildings, muslim idiots wielding automatic weapons on the streets, massive government debt due to supporting huge numbers of unqualified, uneducated people who prefer not to work etc. etc. ... The multicultural paradise!
Things are so bad now that you are coming over to Norway to work - there is no longer any future in Sweden. Personally, I think you deserve it. Don't come over to our country because you ruined your own. And we definitely don't want your politics and your other problems here.