A comparison...

• Since I am here to discuss the topic and not to waste my time throwing around personal insults for no proper reason I shall do so and get back to the discussion. And here is a small comparison to illustrate why I think my position is not just "bullshit".
  
  I was in Ireland a few years ago, out in Dublin with friends on a saturday night, when all of a sudden we came across a drunk muslim who was going on at full volume about how much he hates Irealand, how it is an ungodly country and how the people there were all assholes... Now, as you can imagine, I did not agree with him. BUT (and this is the whole point) I understood him. And that is what this forum should be about, in my opinion. Not about who is right or who is wrong but about trying to understand oneanother.
  Unfortunately, people like the "doctor" and his "friends" just don't seem to get that. They have their opinion and think that anybody who's opinioin differs is simply wrong. Talk about being a hypocrite.
  And yes, Switzerland is a nice counntry (geographically) and has many upsides. It has a very good infrastructure, offers financial security etc. But that doesn't change the fact that many (not all) people from with an anglo-saxon cultural background seem to have issues with the swiss and stay away from them. Those with an anglo-saxon background who point out how wonderful everything is here funny enough tend to stay amongst those of their own kind and seldom interact with the Swiss. But they tend not to mention that when talking about the subject...
  And as I said, I'm talking about a general tendency towards certain values recognizable in the swiss mindset. This does not mean that it applies to each and every individual swiss person. I have merely been pointing out what seems strange to people from an anglo-saxon background and not what is better or worse. It is by pointing out the cultural differences and trying to explain them that, in the end, understanding can be reached. Understanding is more important than agreement, which is something some people hear just don't seem to want to get...

  Adam 21 jul 2009, 06:07 - Rapporteer misbruik

Switzerland sucks