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In reply to the discussion: Migrant fatally stabs Swedish refugee centre worker: police [View all]Response to coyote (Reply #2)
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How would you translate "Belegung der Sporthalle" in this instance? Is the following acceptable?
xocet
Jan 2016
#24
People could get too emotional to think critically and begin using logical fallacies
LanternWaste
Jan 2016
#7
Ah, you are in Germany? Good luck, I hope it works out, that there are resources available
uppityperson
Jan 2016
#11
Of course, there is already a protest planned tonight among the parents at the Rathaus (townhall)
coyote
Jan 2016
#75
Horrible but the culprit is one teenage boy out of 160,000 asylum seekers who entered
pampango
Jan 2016
#5
Can you substantiate your assertion regarding "islamphobia" or do you just jump to conclusions?
xocet
Jan 2016
#14
According to the prevailing opinion, any criticism of refugees or their behavior equals Islamophobia
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#18
Sweden has been taking in refugees/immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa for many years.
Akicita
Jan 2016
#22
I came across an article on Swedish feminists balancing combatting sexism and racism
pampango
Jan 2016
#27
I doubt they would agree. Simple answers are elusive when a liberal society tries to balance
pampango
Jan 2016
#34
Simple solutions should not be elusive when the rape rate skyrockets to 2nd in the world,
Akicita
Jan 2016
#36
Swedish feminists seem to care deeply about stopping rape. They just don't want to join with racists
pampango
Jan 2016
#45
If professed feminists are willing to tolerate ever increasing rates of sexual assault
branford
Jan 2016
#56
"Feminism need not, and should not, yield to multiculturalism." Of course not.
pampango
Jan 2016
#62
It is now racist to try to keep women and girls from being raped? What a crock.
Akicita
Jan 2016
#57
Pretending that culture isn't relevant to the discussion is high folly, and
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#33
That is true but liberals have pursued the messy business of multiculturalism for a long time.
pampango
Jan 2016
#35
the problem is that RW populists are strengthened when liberals ignore the messy aspects of
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#39
Agreed. Letting these problems grow and grow while ignoring or downplaying them
Akicita
Jan 2016
#41
Multiculturalims is inherently 'messy' (IMHO) as opposed to the 'clean' RW populism
pampango
Jan 2016
#44
what is not being debated is the most important question--what is in the best interests
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#49
Indeed. And I leave it up to the Swedish government (quite liberal) to decide what is in the best
pampango
Jan 2016
#51
Youngster refugee stabbing someone to death? Maybe the refugee was from Palestine.
Akicita
Jan 2016
#20
I think you're jumping to conclusions and being unfair to the guy who stabbed her
PersonNumber503602
Jan 2016
#65
I'll be comforted when we apply the same contentions and criticisms consistently to our own country
LanternWaste
Jan 2016
#28