May 26, 2012
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Unrest erupted in the Malmö district of Rosengård on Wednesday evening with police forced to seal off the area before regaining control of the situation.
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you don't get this yob culture thing do you, you burn down your council flat you get a better bigger flat, dhuuuuuu.
Don't worry, the way the global economy is going I'm sure you'll learn fast enough. If there is one thing I have learned in this life the reason why those on the top (ie Lower middle class etc...) are at the top it's because they are a lot more mercenary than those scrapping at the bottom of the barrel. Just because a man works in a bank wears a suit and has excellent manners doesn't make him any less of a thief, just because his criminality can be justified in a court of law.
Good manners & respect don't cost anything, these ignorant yobs should be birched, bring back capital punishment.
Better still send the offenders & their families back to where they once came.
Yep - these were Svenssons and Ericssons who rampaged through Rosengård... These swedes have no limits to their behaviour.
Immigrant muslims on the other hand, with their proper and tough education and upbringing would never burn cars, break stuff or beat people up... What a luck that these immigrants offset the awful behaviour of the swedes!
Yep I agree, you've only got to look in the towns & cities of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Kenya, Nigeria etc etc to see how well behaved, enviromentally aware, clean they are.
I know that segregation and poor integration is probably most to blame here, but in the end they can only blame themselves.
The traditional muslim societies are usually encredibly peaceful, democratic, environmentally friendly, tolerant towards other religions, women and minorities.
Whenever they do have a problem with a government or other cultures, they usually engage in productive dialogue and willingness to adapt to the other side point of view.
As a contrast, these swedes are uneducated barbarians, who resort to violence every time they are tired of their own poverty (which is almost always the case) or when someone does not respect their religion or the way of living.
Swedes always blame others in their own country and then flood other countries and blame others at their own constant misfortune... EVERYTHING because of faulty education in Sweden!
What a surprise, rioting in Rosengård!!
But it's all Sweden's fault, for giving asylum, welfare, opportunities, they are just not treating these people well enough. (Sarcasm, big time)
Shame that chemical Ally is dead, but all the same a great idea, put up a perimeter wall, seal it, throw in some of Saddams nerve gas, hey presto no more problem. If every solution could be that simple!!
in ALL your posts you spout illiterate gibberish. I suppose we should all feel sorry for you and your ilk, but there again who can feel for a maggot?
Carry on spouting your invective, it has no effect and those of us who reason are safe in the knowledge that you single celled amoeba with an IQ of -2 will never take over the world.
If you are so upset about the system in Sweden why not do us all a favour and LEAVE
To all the liberals slinging the word bigot. (you too Mr. Brown):
Q. What do you call a conservative winning an argument with a liberal?
A. A bigot.
See I caught another maggot.
The fish will like to see you dangling on my line
The maggot has turned, but is packing an Uzi. Good luck little fishy!
Name calling is generally representative of an unimaginative and lazy mind. "Maggot" is the best you could come up with? At least "bigot" would have been relevant from a liberal point of view
Thanks for the laugh.
FYI: Kenya is a christian state and does not have refugees in Sweden as compared to all the other countries you decided to lump it with.
And where will you deport them to? The majority of what you call Muslim foreigners are 2nd or 3rd Generation migrants (EU Nationals), and trust me they are not going to allow them selves to be drowned like rats in Seine without a fight.
Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Lebanon etc... was under Islamic rule for 500 years and never subject to Sharia Law, so how do you substantiate your statement? Forced conversions is something which has generally been applied by European colonists, please don't confuse our mentality with yours.
Just to look at the difference between these countries and Namibia, Mozambique, Rhodesia and even Colonial Rhwanda and differences in mentality are becoming clear.
The fact that you cannot actually force islam on people nowadays is not showing that you do not want to. God knows how many famous imams even in Europe are preaching to submission to "the one true God and Mohammad as his messenger" and "elimination of infidels". It only shows that you cannot do it.
When Europeans offered a carrot besides the stick in the form of education, medicine, infrastructure, industry, lower mortality, more free time etc, muslims offer reversed effects.
There are no musim countries that offer a high standard of living (including the Saudis and Emirates with their draconian laws and suppression of women and minorities). 100% of industrial progress in muslim countries is done by western hands.
Almost no Nobel prizes except for books about suppression and peace prizes. Islam brings stoppage of economic growth, dictatorship, burning of books and oppression of women almost automatically to any country that is officially becoming muslim.
Just comparing the ex-soviet republics, one could easily see the effects of even less suppressive islam.
So I would not disregard the threats of making Sweden more accepting of sharia.
Nevertheless, I will answer your amazing argument about Saudis.
If you would actually read through the comment, the standard of living of women and minorities in Saudi Arabia and Emirates are pulling these "all rich" countries to the bottom of standard of living.
Son - go and Google "Standard of living" on that fancy computer of yours and you will start understanding that definition does not mean "Standard of living of young men only"..
So you do not see Saudi men in Stockholm because they indeed live good in their own country. You do not see women there because they are not free people per ce in Saudi Arabia and cannot decide on going somewhere abroad and start their own life.
Even if some CAN technically, they are educated not to do it. Besides the percentage of professionals among women in muslim countries is ridiculous and therefore they cannot offer any skills abroad.
I also do not see Zimbabweans, Chadeese, Congolese, BurkinaFaseese and Burmese in Stockholm. According to your logic - these are better countries than the evil Sweden with it's low standard of living eh?
On the subject of style and content of writing I just have to ask, are you on medication and if not why not???
and to clarify my earlier statement was addressed to:badgerknox
Yes and you also have a little thing called positive discrimination which ensures relative prosperity for minorities which is non existent in the EU, try reading a report on the subject written by the US military by a Major Perkowski, rather than ranting and raving with little substance.
Can we please look at this from the "big picture" standpoint? It's not just immigrants, and its not just locals. It's all of them, all of them in the situation they are in. I don't know what situation that is, but they clearly are at war with something. What is it? What are they at war with?
Human psychology isn't that difficult to figure out if you can peel the layers of the onion back and get to the core problem. The whole world is in global unrest. We are at war with each other and open borders and globalization has made it difficult to distinguish who is causing what and how to address it. The whole world is angry -- these kids are just finding this as the only means of taking matters into their own hands and effecting change they view as important and critical. But clearly it is the government's job to do that, not kids - or the people, in general. So what matter are they warring against, and what is the government failing to do about it to maintain peace? Nations are just like companies; government is just like the hierarchy of bosses and supervisors. And we peons are just the workerbees of society. When employees strike, it's the same as when "we the people" riot. Simple as that. And the only way to address these issues is via compromise. But what are the issues at hand???
It's like a dog chasing it's tail here, why are we always brought back to arguing about religion and race? WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS and we all have uniform needs, more or less. But our own ideals always get in the way. Always. Look at the big picture. What is the root of this problem? Time to treat the cause, and not just the symptoms.
The fact that so many agree about what islam brought to Europe, does not mean that it is one person who has nothing to do, but argue on forums with the entire world which apparently LOVES when muslims come with their wonderful way of living. Elections will show.
What women are you talking about, may I ask? What women from Emirates are enlightening the dark life of the French?
Also your quote "I am not here to defend muslim women" clearly shows your inability to understand the obvious - this is ME who is defending the muslim women in this argument. From muslm males like you.
And by the way - the borders of Sweden are not marked by kebab shops. Just for your info. Will save you to take a passport on your way to the competitive kebab shop.
Also, I hope that the computer that you are writing your pearls on has no marking "Intel inside" since it is a production and invention of the awful zionists... Remind me what did muslims invent lately? Even the suicide belt is an invention of Tamils. Good luck with that successful integration of yours.
mjennin2 - the root cause is the incompatibility of mentalities. Period.
You say: "Just because a man works in a bank wears a suit and has excellent manners doesn't make him any less of a thief, just because his criminality can be justified in a court of law."
Um... if you can justify something in a court of law, isn't it by definition NOT illegal? Or what part of your usually sharp reasoning have I missed here? And don't go off on a spiral, just answer my question, thanks.
To name a difference - Jews were hated because they were smarter and richer than the general society, while the mislims are poorer, less educated and more violent than the general society.
In addition, Jews were forced by Romans to Europe and their own land rased and given to others (like the slaves in US), while the mislims are coming to Europe in millions because of their own failing governments. Funny enough, since they do not know anything else, but their own failing governments, they would like to implement the style in Europe as well.
To name other differences, Jews were not allowed to own land, while muslims have all the rights of the europeans. Also the antisemitism was government level policy in many countries, while anti-islamism is a feeling of people on personal level.
Europe replaced a nation with the most Nobel Prizes per capita for nations with the mentality of 1000 A.D. Jews had 10 times more graduates Ivy league than any other nation per capita. 5 times more Pulitzer awards. 4 times Fortune CEO and more start-ups than any other nation in the world.
The only "per capita" stats that I found on the net about muslims - was the highest rape percentage. True - google it!
Freaking great trade.