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>Subject: ///SAK/// GERMANY, Racism, Symphaty, Other Subjects.
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>     GERMANY, Racisizm, Sympathy and Other Things.
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>     It's obvious that, the degree of racist attacks against the minorities
>     in Germany has exceeded the critical threshold.
> 
>     Every day, there are a dozen of (reported) attacks, sometimes even
>     causing the death of the people being attacked.
>               
>     Important to notice that, these are the reported events, and very extreme
>     ones. Other than what we hear through the media, minorities in Germany
>     are facing much larger number of offences in their everyday life.
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>     In Germany there are a large number of Racist people.
> 
>     But, in the same Germany there are also a considerable number
>     anti-racist people.
> 
>     Everyday they organize anti-racist rallies, walk on the streets
>     with candles. They show their symphaty for the minorities.
> 
>     Some of them are anarchists, who are only interested in violance.
>          They are good at spoiling image of the rallies.
>          They could be on the Neo-Nazi side as well. They just happen
>          to be on the anti-racist side. They are not very many.
>     Some of them are radicals, They are good at critisizing the human
>          rights records of Spain for treatment of Bask People, or
>          Turkey for treatment of Kurdish People, or whatsoever. 
>          (New Caledonia?  Bosnia? they don't know where they are.)
>          They are good in philosophy and some organized mass activities.
>          They don't really take immigrants as "talkable" people, they
>          flirt with radicals, anarchists of the countries where the
>          minorities came from.
>          Some of them are the hangovers from the late 1960s.
>     Some of them are everyday people. They are humanists. They don't have
>          much contact with minority people. They are good people. They
>          don't harm anybody. They participate in the rallies in the 
>          weekends and, goto their office during the week. Part-time
>          activists.
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>     None of them are REALISTS.
> 
>     They show symphaty for the minorities. But they don't understand
>     their problems.
> 
>     When they walk on the streets, they don't cry for equal rights
>     for the immigrants. They only show their symphaty.
> 
>     Do they walk for the victims or for satisfying themselves or
>     for good image? Not known, Not sure.
>       
>     Do they know that (or do they care) 
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>     - There are around 4 million immigrants in Germany,  
> 
>       who or whose parents arrived in Germany on average 30 years ago,
> 
>       who can not vote even on matters effecting their fate?
>        (in South Africa or Kuwait, the people who can vote are less
numerous).
>         representation in the parliement? You're kidding.
> 
>       who, when married, can not bring their vives to Germany for at least
>        one year. (A Canadian, marrying an Australian? No problem, you can 
>        arrive today).
> 
>       who, when they are 18 years old, have to line-up in front of the
>        police department for getting residence permit for the country,
>        Germany, in which they were born. (with black hair perhaps, to
>        make things even worse).
> 
>       who are rarely accepted to German Citizenship, because they do not
>        have German blood. ( An article in German Constitution, allows
>        the ethnic Germans anywhere (e.g. in Russia), to be a citizen
>        in a moment. Even if they can not speak any German). Poor Turk
>        Ali, born in Berlin, grew in Berlin, Lived in Berlin, beaten in
>        Berlin, Died in Berlin as a Turkish citizen.(Does any radical know 
>        these??).
>        (Great man, late Willy Brandt once said, it is not enough to be
>         right. Is it really not enough???)
> 
>       who, 8 year old, when wants to visit a neighbouring country with
>        fellow students in the elementary school, taken out of the bus at
>        the border, because he needs visa?        
> 
>       who, when wants her/his relatives to visit her/him, has to run
>        after the Great German Consulate for months, for getting her/his
>        relative a visa (only if can...).
>        (hey radicals, have you ever heard about the Helsinki Human
>         rights aggrement? free movement???). 
>       who, when successfull in business and driving a Mercedes, is
>        promptly judjed as being involved in illegal business?
> 
>     Ask yourself, noone will hear, but you.
> 
>     How many of you walk for yourself? How many of you for the minorities?
>     or there is nothing else remained, wall is down, no ideology, no more
>     utopia?  
>     Do you really love them? 
>     Do you critisize the human rights records of Spain, Turkey, Greece
>     honestly, because they are (as a fact) not great, or is it a released
>     expression of not-liking (of those people) otherwise hidden? 
>     Do you really see them as equals? Or are they the people to take care of,
>     to philosophize over?
>     Do you dislike the minorities driving Mercedes cars? Not because
>     they are rich because you feel they are not on your side anymore? those
>     people you symphatized for so long, betrayed you?
>     Do you fancy the idea that, once you grant them the rights, they may
>     have different opinions than you? they may perhaps vote for another
>     political party?  
> 
>     Are you really honest? Or are we amusing ourselves here?
 
     Make your mind up.
 
     This time, you can not say, you didn't know.
 
 
     ///////SAK
 
 
These words are very interesting?
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