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| On a related note - charm wins more battles than insults. I almost wonder whether the Secondos asking for the Swiss cross to be changed was instigated by the SVP themselves, as it has made quite a few people, pardon the pun, cross enough to adopt a more SVP approach. Calling a country racist and backward by default will only bring out the stubbornness that is needed by the sort of people who make wine and apricots grow on mountain sides... | |
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Well, the man (it was NOT THE Secondos) did not ask the Swiss cross to be changed but just it to be re-considered and he did not call the country racist or backward. His mistakes were two ... A) he did not realize that the flag ages ago has become a symbol of the nation .... B) the "Helvetic Republic" as something forced upon people here has a very bad name here