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Anti-Semitic attitudes in Sweden
Susanna Abramowicz
Published: 21.03.06, 12:10
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1. 'World's oldest hatred'?
(03.21.06)
I think the hatred for cold weather and theives and liars is a bit older. Get over yourselves.
2. #1
Arie   (03.21.06)
Typical nazi!
3. #1 &2
Adam ,   manchester   (03.21.06)
First, #2. How is this guy a Nazi because he disagreed with this statement? A really stupid comment Arie. Its statements like that that make people lose understanding and empathy with us. Is everyone who disagrees with a statement such as this a 'Nazi'. In that case I am a pro Zionist, self hating Nazi Jew with an Israeli fiancee.... Secondly #2 It is called the 'Oldest Hatred', as anti Semitism outdates hatred for hatred's sake against a particular race, religion or creed by hundreds if not thousands of years. No other religion/race have people have been persecuted to such an extent or has such a lengthy history of it. This is not to belittle the suffering of other minorities; blacks, native American Indians, Tibetans, Rwandans, Cambodians, Chinese, (depending on whether you were on the wrong side of the political sword of the day). I could name more....
4. Who cares?!
Efi ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (03.21.06)
Why are the opinions of Swedes on us so interesting? Also, why is it a headline when most people in a faraway are not "anti-Semitic"? Why have a headline saying that most people in a different country "don't hate us"?? This is supposed to be news? I mean who gives a ****, really!
5. That is the politically correct version.
MARK ,   USA   (03.21.06)
They are Anti-Israel. They are allowed to express Anti-Semitism indirectly by involving Israel. They embrace Anti-Semitism. They need a scapegoat. That is the real Swedish attitude.
6. #1 rmember the holocaust???
DR ,   Florida, USA   (03.21.06)
It's attitudes like yours that lets things like the holocaust happen. You are obviously not Jewish so you don't care, but we do. Get over yourself you ignorant idiot!!!
7. Harvard is looking for a few more racists!
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (03.22.06)
Harvard has a professor spouting the same horse manure to the students of its prestigious institution. The Jews supposedly pushed the United States into the Iraq War. The Jews control all the financial contributions to the Republican and Democratic Parties. The Jews control the News Media--Washington Post and New York Times. David Duke was on the Oreilly Factor tonight telling the whole world about how the Jews were the cause of all of our problems, cheering on Harvard's professor. Maybe Y-Net needs to do a story on this statement from Harvard, and its affects on their student body immediately. Upper crust ,upper class college, teaching Hitlers views. Classic! I want to send my kid there!!!!!!! Send them some Taliban members like Yale. Swastika's might be in order also.
8. stolen jewish gold
dana ,   us   (03.22.06)
Germany has much coal but lacks iron ore for steel. During WWII , Germany needed iron ore for the Werhmacht. Sweden was its biggest supplier. Swedes have defended their actions by saying this prevented the nazis from invading a neutral nation. However when the Germans lost at Kursk the outcome was a fait accompli and the Swedes could have stopped feeding the Wehrmacht. They traded until the wars end. The Swedes traded the iron ore for GOLD. Germany was low on Gold and where did the gold come from? You guessed correctly -from Jewish camp victims -and the Swedes knew. They are war collaborators of the worst kind. Much of their current wealth stems from Jewish blood and a class action suit should be established to return it. This is the true colors of the Swedes. Oh by the way , the Wallenberg family profitted handsomely from the bartering.
9. Norwegians are worse. And another word on Sweden...
Tahl ,   Israel   (03.22.06)
Recenlty, a Norwegian teacher (a Christian) was fired from his school, because he insisted on wearing a necklace with the star of David. According to the school's board, this action is seen as a "provocation against the Muslim students" in the class. In another incident, another Christian man, who defines himself as a "Christian friend of Israel", was not allowed to enter the Nowegian Parliament, because he was wearing - you guessed it! A star of David! Again, they said that this is an act of "provocation". Add the recent boycott of Israeli goods by a certain region of Norway, and you're left with a strong uneasy feeling of anti-semetism. By the way, the findings about Sweden are not surprising, after this Israeli "artist" made this exhibit in the museum, depicting a Palestinian woman homicide killer, who had killed about 15 people in a restaurant blast - as sweet and cuddly as snow white.
10. Everyone is missing the point
Pro-reason ,   Australia   (03.22.06)
No one has pointed out that the survey isn't actually about anti-Semitism. See http://pro-reason.info/index.php/2006/03/22/anti-semitic-sweden/ for in-depth discussion.
11. Old Testament Vengefulness?
David ,   Jerusalem   (03.22.06)
If our national policies were actually based on old testament common sense we'd have put this problem to bed a long time ago - without having to kill our enemies en masse. Instead we play-pretend we're enlightened modernists and wallow in the quagmire that thinking creates.
12. #8 & #9
Intedi Nensak ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (03.23.06)
First of all this is very much exaggerated. the problem lies within the muslim immigrants here, they're the worst antisemites. of course a little group of swedes are like that too, but the reason to why this reached such high numbers is because the large amount of immigrants here (we got around 600-700.000 immigrants from eastern europe and the arab world here). And yes we sold iron to Germany. big deal. we sold it to everyone, we supplied the allies aswell, remember? sure we knew where the gold came from. do you know what would have happened to us if we refused to accept the gold as payments? it would mean an invasion. and why are we expected to sacrifice our entire country just to make a point like that? Don't forget that we were the last hiding place for jews in northern Europe so it would have annihilated the jewish population completely if we had been invaded. I do believe you mix up Sweden and Switzerland when you claim our wealth is built on jewish gold, because we didn't get even close to as much as they did. our economy is built up on our vast forests. we're the number 2 exporter of timber and paper products after Canada. I'm not really sure what the word bartering is but i'm sure you're just full of shit, it's not like they earned any money on saving jews in Budapest. They're very rich yes but they were like that before the war too. And Tahl, i really don't see how you can blame Dror Feiler's work of "art" on the Swedes. He's an israeli jew, and just because we allowed him to display his work doesn't mean we agree with him. We've allowed tons of art works offensive to every group imaginable, for example just before the snow white incident, a museum here put up a painting portraying Jesus as a homosexual. Christians were not amused :) The snow white installation was very offensive and appauling yes, but we have to let assholes be assholes. Otherwise we're not real democracies. It's really not as bad in Norway either actually, but it's the "bible belt" of scandinavia. so they're kinda conservative there. i mean porn was illegal there up until just a couple of months ago:)
13. sweden
jon jakeoff ,   uas   (03.23.06)
Anti-Semitic attitudes in Sweden.the sweds hate anti -semites almost as much as they hate the jews.
14. so muct for harvard
jon jakeoff ,   usa   (03.23.06)
your right but who cares .so much for harvard. howq much money did theyy get to print this "story"
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