Posted on 03/26/2007 1:33:49 PM PDT by WesternCulture
For decades, self satisfied PC politicians from Stockholm have refused to listen to local politicians from Malmö (third biggest city in Sweden and part of the Malmö-Lund-Helsingborg-Copenhagen conurbation of appr 4 million inhabitants) who've said the city just can't handle more immigration.
Now it seems to backfire, although the Stockholm IT consultant featured in the article below probably is rather innocent in this context.
Inner city/downtown Malmö is still a very nice place, I recently visited it. But it would be foolish to think the city can continue to absorb huge numbers of immigrants lacking the qualifications for a decent job.
In Malmö, even immigrants who ARE well educated end up as cab drivers and pizza bakers. Others turn to crime. Most politicians in Sweden seem to believe PC manifestations and multicultural celebrations will get rid of the problems.
Personally, I think bitterness among residents of Malmö (and twin cities like Lund and Landskrona) towards elitist people from Stockholm in connection to immigrant issues could be involved in the story below.
The article:
"Man turned down for job for being from Stockholm
IT consultant Magnus Ahlin has been refused a job in Lund in southern Sweden because he comes from Stockholm.
The employer saw nothing wrong with Ahlin's work experience, but his place of birth was a different matter. "A lot of people down here view 'Stockholmer' as a term of abuse," the manager in charge of the interview told Ahlin.
At the beginning of the decade, Magnus Ahlin worked as a technical communicator and project manager at consultancy company Semcon outside Stockholm. Like many others, he was made redundant as a result of the IT crash. Rather than seeking another job on a sinking ship, however, he moved to Trelleborg and opened a tapas bar.
On seeing that his old company was looking for workers in the neighbouring town of Lund, he submitted an application that included the valuable experience gained during his previous spell with the company.
"They were looking for a range of people, from newbies to technical communicators. I thought I was an ideal candidate," he told trade union newspaper Sif-tidningen.
But Magnus Ahlin had his application turned down. In fact, he wasn't even called to an interview. At first he was not given an explanation. But after he had written a second e-mail the answer finally came: "you're from Stockholm".
Semcom's group manager Linus Magnusson wrote to Ahlin, explaining that "the reason you only came second (or however you like to put it) is that you seem very much the Stockholmer, both in your application and on the telephone".
Linus Magnusson develops this line of reasoning for Sif-tidningen.
"There is no doubt that down here Stockholmers are considered arrogant and self-important. Lots of talk and little action so to speak. The dialect is of course part of that."
Magnusson is also from Stockholm but explains that he does all he can to tone down his origin and keep a low profile, which Magnus Ahlin failed to do in his application.
"It gave off an air of self-confidence. That's not appreciated here. Here it is considered preferable for people to be low-key and timid," said Magnusson.
According to the Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination (Diskrimineringsombudsman), Stockholmers do not constitute an ethnic minority and may be refused work on the basis of their origin.
Trade union Sif has no plans to pursue the case, even though it considers Semcon's behaviour to be extremely strange."
Inner city/downtown Malmö is still a very nice place, I recently visited it. But it would be foolish to think the city can continue to absorb huge numbers of immigrants lacking the qualifications for a decent job.
In Malmö, even immigrants who ARE well educated end up as cab drivers and pizza bakers. Others turn to crime. Most politicians in Sweden seem to believe PC manifestations and multicultural celebrations will get rid of the problems.
Large numbers of unskilled workers who balkanize rather than assimilate. Where have I seen this before...it's right on the tip of my brain...
Not just restricted to Sweden, IMO.
Even in the US tech field, management values obedience over competence.
Not a whole lot different than Mainers and New Hampsterite's feelings towards Massholes.
"Where have I seen this before...it's right on the tip of my brain..."
I also vaguely remember something to that effect. Let me think about it and perhaps I'll contact you after I have put my finger on it.
THE STUPIDITY OF ISLAM: (My input)
I received this by e-mail this morning (3/26/07)- I don't know the date of the article, unfortunately, but I had to share:
SPANISH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
KEEP IT FOREMOST IN YOUR THINKING THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A SPANISH WRITER ABOUT SPAIN AND EUROPE.
"ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ" By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez(*)
I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz.
We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world. The contribution of this people is felt in all ar! eas of life: science, art , international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned.
And under the pretense of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride.
They have turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime.
Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naive hosts.
And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition.
We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for hoping for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs.
What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe.
I would say, "What a FATAL mistake..."
Whoops! I meant to say, "THE STUPIDITY OF EUROPE!"
I am an American yet I certainly would love to see the Europeans construct a fortress and continue their great civilization. Of course, first there would have to be some "house-cleaning" of the human debris that has infiltrated the Continent over the last couple decades.
OP
Not a whole lot different than Mainers and New Hampsterite's feelings towards Massholes
That strong, huh?
Love this article speaks the truth.
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