It's sad...

Yeah, the last two posts are just sad and another example of how swiss mentality works. Showing with the finger to a few issues that are happening around the world and they feel like super heroes because they didn't search for the facts in their own country. These other countries pointed out for the racism problem examples are by far larger than the aprox. 7 million habitants Switzerland has. Let's take a look at formal reports abuot racism in Switzerland shall we:

http://www.humanrights.ch/home/en/Switzerland/Policy/Racism/Studies/idart_3866-content.html

You can find there studies, not sensasionalist newspaper articles, about racism in Switzerland. Altho if you want some newspaper articles about this I can give you some so you can read about them:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Switzerland_defends_anti_racism_stance.html?siteSect=105&sid=9485021&rss=true&ty=st

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/international/newsid_6993000/6993034.stm

http://orvillelloyddouglas.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/is-europe-really-safe-for-people-of-colour/

I won't touch North American press since this has it's own databank of news against switzerland, including banking, racism, indiference under other topics, and it's more criticised over there than here. These are just small examples of how racism is manifested in switzerland. Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in population and area and still it manages to have more racist news, coverage and people in a proportion that it truns it to an everyday situation. Because of this, swiss think it's normal to be racist, to be indiferent. This kind of things are spread even among the swiss families. I know a person whose daughter died from a heart disease. On the same time the family of this person were not even there to show condolonces, they weren't at the funeral; they only continued with their lives, because that's the swiss way of thinking. Even death from 14 year old girls are indiferent.

Once again, this are just examples of things that happens on a daily basis. What's more sad is that in switzerland there are institutions that are working and "making aware" that the swiss are like that. These institutions are from goverment or are instructed by the goverment to do so, any yet they are unable to achieve their goals.

Changing subject and getting to suicide rates. Doesn't matter if you are in first place, second place or the 14th place or even the 19th place. Switzerland is one of the countries with highest rates still. And it's sad that a person doesn't have a better argument to say other than: "But we are not number one, we are number 14 in the list". This is just to show how square-minded swiss really are. Someone like this person comes as one of the best examples we have here posting at the moment. This person just got a few links from google and posted them here. Withought even thinking of he was posting about. As long as you have to say something, doesn't have to be smart, it has to be organized and somewhat defensive towards an absurd argument. It's like the person who wants to get an apartment but is not in an economic position to get one. This persons asks for help to the Real State Agency and the lady at the counter replies to you: "Please understand, you can't get an apartmanent. Please understand our investor's position." This is really ironic, because the person that was asking for help has a deadline to get a new flat where he can live or else this person will because home-less. Once again, the rule applies: No Apartment means no decent job, no decent job means no decent apartment (if any). This example just shows how someone is desperate to get a place to live, 4 Walls and a roof, to have shelter for the winter and be able to withstand the cold weather. The counter lady is just the indiferent one that is charged with representing the other's racism, indiference (aka her boss).

I know there are always 2 sides of the same coin, but people just can't ignore one side forever and people can't hide on the other side long enough. At the end, you will only have to answer to one and only one person. You may call it God, Allah, Jehova or something else. One thing is true, what you sow it's what you get.

Sadly this persons that make a critic to anti-swiss people don't bring up good arguments to justify the happenings in their own country. Their only concerns are to work from 8 to 17, which is the new mobile I'm going to buy, what's the new ski or snowboard equipment I'm gonna get, how long can I do trecking or how much time I can spend at the lake. It's like having the modern Amish (google it if you don't know what they are).

As always, saddened by square-minded people.

AnotherSwiss 18 Aug 2008, 11:33 - Report