The swiss were pretty rich and smug
before Hitler's time. It is a good example,
that if the society is effluent enough,
the ethnic strife becomes a thing of the past.
(Doesn't make them all that friendly
and guest-loving though...)
However, given our beloved capitalism, such
peaceful, prosperous times are transient;
insecurity and poverty will bring out all the
alienation and aggressivity wherever you are
whichever minority/majority is persecuted
as the alleged cause for all misery.
It could even happen to the swiss given an
implosion of the financial/tourist/cookoo
clock sector...
Eva
> >Funny, but here in Europe we don't have an army that has bombed 21
> countries
> >during the last 50 years (without having been attacked once). We also
> don't
> >have the high rates of murder and prisoners that your peaceful country has.
> >Nor do we need metal detectors in our schools to protect the kids from
> >each other, or security guards on our campus to prevent the kids from
> >massacrating their peers on Hitler's birthday. We also don't have
> >militia-men who kill dozens of civilians by blowing up a gov't building.
> >Geez, we don't even have racial riots in large cities after some state
> >officers have beaten up a citizen for his race.
> >
> >But I'm sure we'll have all that pretty soon if we follow the lead of your
> >peace-loving and tolerant country, Ray.
>
>
> How beautifully smug! I understand that your bankers made quite a lot of
> money from the gold and jewelry that the Nazis took from death-camp victims.
> Europe, if you read its history, was a cesspool of wars, repressions and
> mass exterminations. And it was Europeans who brought diseases and
> enslavement to the Americas, accounting for the destruction of civilizations
> and the deaths of perhaps 100 million people. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to
> get into this one, but on reading the above self-congratulatory puffery, I
> just couldn't help it. But perhaps I misunderstood. Perhaps you intent was
> some form of comic irony.
>
> Ed Weick
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> <DIV>>Funny, but here in Europe we don't have an army that has bombed
> 21<BR>countries<BR>>during the last 50 years (without having been attacked
> once). We also<BR>don't<BR>>have the high rates of murder and prisoners
> that your peaceful country has.<BR>>Nor do we need metal detectors in our
> schools to protect the kids from<BR>>each other, or security guards on our
> campus to prevent the kids from<BR>>massacrating their peers on Hitler's
> birthday. We also don't have<BR>>militia-men who kill dozens of
> civilians by blowing up a gov't building.<BR>>Geez, we don't even have racial
> riots in large cities after some state<BR>>officers have beaten up a citizen
> for his race.<BR>><BR>>But I'm sure we'll have all that pretty soon if we
> follow the lead of your<BR>>peace-loving and tolerant country,
> Ray.<BR><BR><BR>How beautifully smug! I understand that your bankers
> made quite a lot of<BR>money from the gold and jewelry that the Nazis took from
> death-camp victims.<BR>Europe, if you read its history, was a cesspool of wars,
> repressions and<BR>mass exterminations. And it was Europeans who brought
> diseases and<BR>enslavement to the Americas, accounting for the destruction of
> civilizations<BR>and the deaths of perhaps 100 million people. I'm sorry,
> I didn't mean to<BR>get into this one, but on reading the above
> self-congratulatory puffery, I<BR>just couldn't help it. But perhaps I
> misunderstood. Perhaps you intent was<BR>some form of comic
> irony.<BR><BR>Ed Weick</DIV></BODY></HTML>
