February 9, 2010
Published: 20 Sep 09 10:30 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22184/20090920/
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Every third young Swede has been subjected to repeated harassment, threats or violence over the past year. Six percent of young girls have been raped, a new report from Swedish researchers shows.
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http://europenews.dk/en/node/25872
"Sweden needs to do much more to clamp down on rapists, according to reports from Amnesty International and the United Nations. Jennifer Heape examines the disparity between the country's high incidence of rape and its low conviction rate. "
But you want it exactly like this, don't you?
The Umia group findings may be self-serving. Harassment could mean "you throw like a girl" or it could be very troublesome in nature and tone. Rape was not defined. It may be a seven year old boy trying to simulate sex with a seven year old girl or a homosexual pedophile intent on doing what they do. I believe THE LOCAL should have provided more detail. But then again, I'm usually wrong.
Many of the cases that ARE considered a rape in liberal Sweden are not considered as such in many western countries.
In the case you imagine who is giving drugs or alcohol to underage people. It's illegal even in Sweden to provide alcohol to people under 18. 2nd in Sweden as in most of the west it's impossible for a person beyond a certain level of intoxication to consent .. so in this case Sweden is no different.
I am also aware of the same situation in Stockholm, they try to catch unaware immigrants to then claim money at forsakningskassan.
I still believe sweden should have bigger punishment and I don't want to underestimate awful situations that might be happening. But this other side of the story exists. Swedes can be corrupt as well.
@ThoreauHD
Have you considered that rapists would also get the gun. You should stay in USA (or any other country where you can enjoy your gun) and enjoy your gun which gives you so much peace of mind (and it might actually protect you if you encounter some criminal who is unarmed or worse with gun than you).
I doubt you can provide a reliable survey that proves guns reduce crime.
Just as every country there is a certain amount of currupt business which goes on and sweden is no different. I do also believe sweden were one if not the last country to stop incest so I think its so mind-boggling to say the least.
See Aftonbladet's article: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article5824723.ab
Do you really think when lets say a guy is about to do it think about the legal punishments that would follow him, maybe after finishing the crime but not before and putting some strict punishments i suppose just turn the number of raped girls to missing girls !
There they have all manner of special suprises for Terrorists who attack women or anyone else.
Vlad
Is it OK for migrants to harrass and rape your women? Do they deserve it? Do they have no Human Rights?
Have you NO BALLS.....
Why can't you speak out and name the communities and cultures that perpetrate these crimes? Why no action?
My ancesters were of Viking blood who came to England. I can you that it wouldn't be tolerated where I live.
Perhaps all the Vikings left Scandinavia and just left the sheep behind.
You face extinction and seem to be happy to embrace it.
Bizzarre..........
Get a burka and then you'll get peace. remenber that "miscreant" women got the "right" of bein raped by muslims...
Don't worry, it's nearly the same in all European countries having a big immigration from muslims countries... as they say, immigration is a fabulous chance for us....rapes, assaults, violences, robberies, attacks and anti-White racism...
Hooo lucky are we !
And everyone who modifies voluntarily his cognitive abilities by alcohol or other drugs is responsible for what he is doing while drunk. If you drive while being drunk and cause an accident, the fact that you were unable to control yourself is no excuse, and you can hardly blame the other person you were drinking with. And the same is with other things. Everyone has a chance to observe what alcohol is doing with him, and next time decide for himself whether to drink or not.
DreEstwd
Barbara Anne
Tancred
Vlad the Impailer
Erwin Mahnke
These people hide behind the anonyminity that these forums provide to say their ill informed, passionate rants. If you really feel like this, why dont you join in on the annual neo nazi demonstrations in Stockholm, carry a placard or something...at least people would respect you more if you publicly let your opinions be known. Ooops..they probably wont accept u either seeing that no matter how much romanticized viking blood you have...youre STILL an immigrant..taking their jobs and their women
and to the Local....reading the comment section of this paper depresses me. I am all for freedom of speech..but there must be more that can be done to encourage intelligent discourse in your user commentary section.
Comments from the aforementioned users cheapen the integrity of the paper.
Its sad that this is one of the major papers for the English speaking community in Sweden
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From what I know most rapes (73% in USA) are committed by people the victim knows and occur in their homes (> 66%, with ~ 40% in victims home) so it is hard to believe that situation in Sweden is completely opposite and immigrants are responsible for most rapes (at least when victim is native swede).
To the people who think that rapes do not occur in USA, ~16% of women in USA are sexually assaulted in their lifetime (maybe you should make punishments more harsh). You should also look at South Africa (women there are more likely to be raped than learning how to read).
in colombia (where i live) you rape someone and igf you get caught youll be dead in minutes. if you make it after the beating youll stay in jail for 40 years.
I searched 'Brå' site and according to one report there were 2261 rapes (which included penetration) in 2004, 3 times higher than two decades ago, increase is partly due to "legislative change introduced in 1998 has led to certain offences that would previously have been recorded as sexual coercion or attempted rape, subsequently being recorded as consummated crimes". It also mentions that in only 20% of rapes victim was committed by complete strangers.
It would be interesting to find how many victims are immigrants. If anyone knows please answer.
Where are the statistics that conclusively link the rise in rapes to the rise in immigrants? (except fjordman...everyone knows he is a spreader of neo nazi propaganda) Which brings me to my other point...people should check the integrity of their sources before they quote of source from their sources.
The local just wants to increase their readership which is why they print sensational news like this. They neglect to state exactly who comprised this study group. what a convenient deletion! Their study group was skewed toward troubled youths...which makes the incidence of this higher when compared to the national level. Thus it is not a good indicator of national stats. Additionally, I didnt call anyone racist...I called you guys RETARDED...there is a difference
Also...where in my section did I say or even remotely imply to ignore rapes? I am a female...I agree with everyone else that holds the view that sweden should have tougher sentences for their rapists...they talk about the human rights of the criminals...but I wonder if they think about the human rights of the victims. Rape is abhorrent regardless of who does it. Period. So what I dont understand is how come people dont stick to the topic...that is what I was commenting on. Its amazing how on the local anytime there is something about the general rise in crime...people often jump to the muslim immigrants...and thats a bit unfair
Where are the stats?
In the rare incidence that you do 'quote from somewhere, where are these stats that u guys use coming from?
Just because you THINK something is true..doesnt mean it is ACTUALLY true... you let your distaste for a certain group of people cloud your judgement..the same thinking of HITLER actually...he blamed the jews for the social ills...and eventually led people to exterminate millions of them
learn from history
elevate your mind
Do you have lemmings in Northern Sweden? Have you adopted the myth of mass suicide?
I will watch the disapearance of the Swedish race with interest.
Read "More Guns, Less Crime" by John R. Lott - it is well documented, footnoted throughout and makes a compelling case sampling statistics regarding crime and the distribution of firearms in all 3,054 counties in the United States between 1977 and 1994.
Also, those who do not wish to carry are vicariously protected by those who do.
I am level headed, a pilot and spent four years in the US Army. I've been round guns since my father taught me to shoot when I was seven years old and I carry a concealed handgun at all times and places the law allows. It's just a tool.
E.g. rape = 15 year old has sex with a 14 year old (underage/minor), or any adult touching an underage in ANY perceivable sexual way.
Most countries just consider rape a violent sexual assault on women.
Anyway, it's a shame for every citizen in Sweden that the country does such a poor job of protecting it's children.
The correlation is quite interesting.
grey = number of citizens in the municipality.
blue= number of people with foreign background in the municipality 2008/2009 (both parents born outside Sweden)
red = robbery total of 1996-2008
http://affes.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/ran-och-utlandsk-bakgrund-i-55-kommuner/
I have a couple burning questions.
1) What planet are you from?
2) If you have a couple bad apples in a bunch, does that make the whole bunch rotten?
In case youre confused about why Im bringing up apples here...its what you call an ANALOGY...let me break it down for you
You perceive muslims as the cause of rapes..and because of that according to u..they are all bad.
3) Show me these so called EU stats that fjordman and the other white supremacist websites sourced their prints from?
I challenge you..I really want to see where on any official EU sites would they print that there is a POSITIVE correlation between the rise of the moslem pop in EU to the rise in crime..thats the pedestal on which your whole bullshit argument is based
4) Do you have a job? or ANYTHING to occupy your time during the day other than to look up stats in FJORDMAN who said that the Bosnian war was blown way out of proportion by the 'establishment'. Seeing that this man is your idol..who is this 'establishment'...or the other mythical places he bases his arguments?
Its sorta like you read one blog...or one set of views and form your whole opinion on it
You said Im short on facts??? Quoting from Fjordman who is an anonymous blogger is like quoting from Daffy Duck..who is he..why is it that people who have these views cant have some BALLS and identify exactly who they are and say your opinions out loud
thus the reason why I said you should go to the nazi demonstrations because beside the factt that they are racist, they are also fiercly nationalistic and islamophobic...sounds like they are right up your alley..two out of three aint bad
Furthermore..you seem to think Islam is the problem...you need a lesson in comparison it seems...
what about the Christian euro descendants who are now in the middle east not only raping but killing thousands of people based on someone's bogus war...wasnt it the christians who also dropped the atomic bomb in Japan??
If islam is bad..then using your reasoning..Christians are the root of all evil.
but now I wish to revise one of my ealier statements...I really think you are an unapologetic racist. You hide behind your ill begotten pseudo facts and this anonymous blog site to say your crap...
5) ( and this is the last question..I promise)...Did your mommy deny you a teat when you were young? why are you so angry? you have a chip on your shoulder for middle eastern people and so you say anything to discredit them as a people
Furthermore...I am done cheapening myself to argue with half brained, hairless chested 'men' like yourself
continue with your angry tirade..and to the local..I really am gonna stop reading your user comments...you have a bunch of islamophobe white supremacists subscribing to your site..which is abhorrent
I felt so depressed after reading your comment. I often forget that people with beliefs such as yours do exist. Man, you've got some serious stuff going on in your brain. Get some help. Btw, way to go, trinaican.
one thing i also noticed is that SOME OF THE GIRLS are asking for it. i watch so many swedish girls be the BIGGEST TEASERS in the world... and leave with who ever and then claim they didnt want what they got.
maybe sweden should legalize pepper spray or some common no fatal self defense mechanism. im in Nevada, USA ... and here my roommate carriers a knife AND ITS LEGAL.
defend yourself and stop being a tease...maybe it would lower the swedish rape statistics. AND.. remember... sweden is know for it liberal views. REMEMBER SWEDISH EROTICA????
JUST SAYING!!!!
thank you...the local needs to take a good look at this DreEstwd fella...and the rest of these chicken brained slimy maggots. Imagine this morning. I was peacefully reading another article...enjoying other ppl's intelligent comments until I came accross this baboon's babble.
Ruined my morning coffee
He is always in some strife or agument with another person with his bogus arguments and he is quick to jump from commenting on how bad the actual crimeis to try to guess and even betting that it was a muslim middle eastern immigrant that caused it
I read his rationale for saying it must be a muslim for a crime commited in Malmo ( Malmo, mercedes=muslim)
and he claims he aint a racist???
haha
and you know what is even more comical..if he lives in Sweden....he is an immigrant himself...I dont understand how some immigrants see themselves as better than other immigrants.
If you have a problem with immigrants..then why is he here?
If this racist had a problem with middle eastern people in general...and he obviously likes to check online for anti moslem stuff..he could have easily seen that Sweden has alot of muslims...and he probably...for his own peace of mind...should not have not come
Im sure his Google search for his racist shreiks goes something like this:' People who dont like moslems' or ' If you despise moslems..raise your right hand' or some crap like that
Im not a muslim myself...but I feel so sorry for them
If he ever stopped to talk to them he would realise that alot of them are normal people like anyone else...that they are equally not impressed by extremists and alot pf them have come here to make an honest living
Funny how another immigrant is trying to make another immigrant unwelcome in a country that aint even his!!!
Im sure he is gonna respond like a deluded parrot...shreiking as if by rote that 900% crime increases have occurred...and call us muslim apologists blah blah blsh...come with something fresh if you actually dare to respond and once again and expose the largesse of your stupidity for everyone else to see
In the UK the populace have had their right to bear arms taken away. Now only criminals have weapons and they can be certain their victims do not. Gun crime has spiraled and many inner city areas are "no-go" for the native British population..
Thankfully I now live in France where it is perfectly legal for me to own a variety of guns, some specifically for self defence, and the laws on my right to defend myself, my family and property are clear.
Crime is virtually unknown where I live as criminals know the risks they run.
If a moderator is needed here perhaps she or who could gently remind halfwits like Rick Methven that you can try to repress and hide the truth but it will come out in the end.
White Americans are both genetically weaker and less diverse than their black compatriot…[/quote]So, do you have some civilization in Africa? I expect some painters and inventors, when blacks have so strong genes. Do you have black da Vinci, Tesla, Newton? What are minorities doing in Sweden? Who call them in Sweden? Are Swedish people need immigrants?
/quoteColorless people didn't make ANYTHING in this country better. You have destroyed EVERYWHERE you have roamed./quote
Idi Amin, Rhodesia, black bruthas raping children to "cure" AIDS in Africa...
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If muslims, arabs, blacks, and other immigrant scum don't like Sweden and Swedish people and can't integrate in swedish culture, GTFO.