forgive my ignorance, then what do you mean by "collecting people and gas them?"

Are you aware of what Godwin's Law is?

It just means you evoked Nazism in an Internet argument that didn't start off talking about that subject.

Well . . . you did mention that, so yes, the Law has been invoked.

Sorry if that wasn't clear - you didn't invoke Hitler on all Germans, but you seem to be attacking Germans, in general.

You talked about Germans and then talked about collecting people and gassing them.

If you're not talking about Nazi oppression what are you talking about? I'm unaware of any other regime or period of history in which this happened.

It's incredibly distasteful of you.

My first dissection of your bigoted comments would be that it is hypocritical to say those two things immediately after the other.

This is a sweeping generalisation apportioning political views to an individual based solely on their nation of birth. At worst, racism, at best, narrow minded, in either event, incorrect.

You don't get to make offensive statements just because you're stressed - we're not kids, that argument cuts no mustard.

The only person with a warped and perverted view of the world is the man who's opinion of Germany is stuck in 1946.

The fact that you live in Germany for many years does not mean that you know anything about Treverus' political views. The only extremist statements are the ones you made in the quoted posts above, and Treverus has actually been pretty reserved and measured in reply.

Once again this is hypocritical / contradictory. In a modern society you do not get to spout whatever offensive statements you like, and then justify them by saying you " stand for your views even if they are non-PC". Particularly, you cannot do so and then assert that everyone else is being extremist by disagreeing with them. That is, unless you want nobody to take your points seriously (which, incidentally we don't.)

As requested, please see the above.

I was trying to give you a route out of this train wreck, but you clearly chose not to take it.

Childish response coming in 3...2...1...

A click on the scales is much quicker - and significantly more satisfying - than typing long responses to him.

Guys you can all relax: Hannu is just a Troll, do not take his post serious and do not comment on the rubbish. That only makes him happy.

Has any of you ever met a Swedish person who remotely thinks this way? I have literally met hundreds of Swedes and no, there is hardly anything like the SVP there. Let alone one who is so desperately attempting to **** people off. Absolutely not Scandinavian and so is his English. Been to various places in the EU? Why do you continuously use North American English terms then? I learned British English at school and the Swedes I worked with for years were all very much oriented to the UK, not the US. The aggressiveness and childish Nazi comparisons remind me of a certain banned user. The introduction post asking for affairs fits right in as well.

Welcome back, you still do not get laid?

I have to say I am quite taken aback by this response, I think its one of the most offensive posting's I've come across in all my time here. Do you work in IT ? And if so, for how long have you worked in it ?

It has been my career now for closing in on 20 years and to describe me as a man who has "commodity skills" and "needs to be told what to do" is both wrong and pretty insulting I must say. Can I ask what you do please ?

In the past 20 years, as I am sure you know as you are so knowledgeable about it, IT has changed immeasurably and in that time we have adapted to a consistently mutating business environment. It is the rather simple attitudes such as yours that are often the most frustrating to deal with, where a clear misunderstanding of the value of IT to the business is most seen.

So what you're saying is ... IT guys have all earnt enough by the time they're 40 to be able to quit the rat race and indulge in their hobbies and flights of fancy? Sounds good to me!

No advances in IT in the last twenty years?

Have you been living in a cave?

One with broadband ;)

I have to say of all the countries in the world to be unemployed, this must be one of the worst...except for the what I hear is generous unemployment benefit, but then it would have to be here, wouldn't it?

I don't see that the quota makes a lot of difference; instead of being able to get someone from India, they got me in. So I've my job to thank (can I call it thanks? I got paid today, wrongly, for the first time) for the quota - but I came from outside.

Having said that, it must be nice to work in one of these bulletproof industries and not have to worry about the unemployment that a lot of people in the real world in these enlightened, banker fuelled times worry about - unemployment that is 20% in Berlin, capital of the strongest European economy, that will rise steadily all over Europe over the next two years, resulting in 4 million + unemployed in Britain alone and 80s style riots.

A teacher. I should become one. Big holidays and the joys of working with the little people, job satisfaction. Or perhaps a banker. They're still getting big bonuses, despite being bailed out by, er, me. bankers.

Permit reduction is a good thing? Not necessarily.

http://www.20min.ch/news/zuerich/sto...iesen-11095874

Why do you think it's so bad to be unemployed here? Where do you think it's good to be unemployed?

I think it is never good to be unemployed, but the financial safety you enjoy here is pretty unique for 2010. It used to be common in Europe in the 70s, but has declined to some really low level in the neighbouring countries. So yes: If it does happen to you, you are still lucky to be in Switzerland...

LOL
I beg to differ
Cipolla's no.2 of the Five Basic Laws of Stupidity states otherwise

2. The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

Just kidding..

yeah this insulting indeed!. In fact, I take this very personally...