low-level debates..

• here's one: after 2 generations living in germany, the german govt decided (2004) that turks could become citizens, although they had to give up their turkish passports. At about the same time a huge public debate was launched about "why turks are not integrated in german society, they don't speak german for example, oh dear those turks, what is wrong with them." But why should anyone "integrate" in a country where they only have a temporary visa? Can they vote? No. So they can't get politically organised. No other western country would seriously have a flawed public discussion like this. Of course the reason for this pathetic debate is not that germans or the german media are ignorant. Many germans and turks would happily say that the reason is that germans are racist, they don't want turks here. But the likely real reason is even more pathetic, straight of some billig-discountladen of the personality: envy. Look! those damn turks have passports just like us! That can't be right! Who do they think tbey are!

  the laughing foreigner 02 Apr 2009, 04:01 - Report

germany sucks