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A blog about me, my doings and everything I think deserves attention.

the foreigner issue

Making a step towards each other is sometimes impossible, but from my lifespan on this earth I’ve learned that by digging up a little patience inside yourself and showing it to your current enemy, it helps a great deal. Drawing lines is important, no doubt. Bending yourself is not an option, neither is being a hardliner with surrealistic expectations.

I live in a country that in general is very afraid of foreigners. In a public discussion you can be sure that a heavy crime that recently was committed by a foreigner is brought up. Often these discussions lack a person that says:

Okay, everybody come clear about that fact, that we can not generalise and transfer this to people of similar race or heritage.

The bottom line in Denmark more seems to be: Foreigners can be nice, but in general, they’re violent, criminal parasites. I’m an immigrant and bringing that up mostly triggers conservative or right-winged people to respond:

But you’re not one of them we’re talking about! We mean middle east, Turkey, Pakistan and that shit!

It’s not very comforting to hear, that the people I am talking to judge people by heritage instead of individual impression.

Humans are in my world to be judged after they have opened their mouth and not by their clothing, skin colour or where they lived before, or even which country their parents come from.

Presumption of innocence: innocent until proven guilty

This should never be forgotten by any country that decorates itself with freedom of speech, religion, or others.

I recently had a discussion about foreigners and companies from that country or run by people of a certain nationality were brought up, which very much reminded me of incidents of caricatures of Mohammed. Countries in the middle east were stopping to buy milk products from Arla, because the company is placed in a country, as the caricaturist. Even though Arla did not quite print the caricatures on all their packaging, they were facing a boycott.

In my opinion citizens, companies and politics are connected, but need to be approached differently. Neither of them can be blamed for the behaviour of the other 2, though their influence must be taken into consideration.

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You lose

Yesterday was spontaneous, sad and very impressive. You always know that something went incredibly wrong when many people below 25 and few above 40 gather around candles and flowers. A fistfight went bad a couple of days ago and craved a victim. Friends and family came to the spot where it happened. I barely took any pictures, because I did not want to disturb all his friends in their deep grief. About 15 minutes after the little remembering ceremony started, a young man went by and hugged one of the girls, which was crying. He was wearing a metal t-shirt that had the words You Lose scratched into a skull. It was very paradox and for me a very strong picture. He behaved very respectfully and I don’t think anybody else really noticed the t shirt which for me spoke a little truth. Sometimes you lose, may it only be out of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time.

you lose You lose

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Ungarn vs Merkel

Ungarn, ein Aufschrei, die Medien werden gleichgeschaltet. Unsere Bundeskanzlerin hat dazu ausnahmsweise auch mal eine Meinung. Bedauerlicherweise scheint sie dabei vergessen zu haben, dass ihre Handlanger Wolfgang Stasi Schäuble und Zensursula von der Leyen erst unlängst für eine Zensur des Internets in Deutschland und Vorratsdatenspeicherung eintraten. Hoppla, inkonsequent und inkonsistent.

Das Argument der Kinderpornographie erinnert ein wenig an das populistische Programm einer rechten Partei, weshalb ich doch stark darum bitten muss solche Ansätze zu boykottieren. Die Bekämpfung von Kinderpornographie ist ohne Netzsperren möglich. Bedauerlich ist, dass das BKA offensichtlich ohne die digitalen Maulkorbgesetze wenig Energie in die Kinderpornobekämpfung steckt.

Mein Vertrauen in die Kompetenzen der Regierung in Datenschutz- und Netzneutralitätsbelangen ist stark geschmälert. Hiermit rufe ich erneut zu einer konsequenteren Handhabung dieser Themen seitens der Regierung und höherer Sensibilität seitens der Leser auf, denn jede Stimme für Datenschutz und Freiheit zählt.

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Sehr geehrter Herr Wowereit

Sehr geehrter Herr Wowereit,
da Sie ja am heutigen Abend in hartaberfair berichteten, dass Sie immer noch zahlreiche Hasstiraden in Briefform erhalten, wollte ich Sie einfach mal als den mit der größten Vernunft gesegneten Menschen der Talkrunde betiteln. Vielen Dank für ihr Engagement und machen Sie bitte weiter Politik.
Hoffentlich freut er sich.
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