re: #279 der_ich

I don’t agree with the Swiss decision and I agree that the Swiss put much guilt on themselves when they did not help Jews and turned them away. But it is absurd and arrogant beyond belief to describe it as a “country that let everyone else in Europe do their fighting for them in World War”. Did Sweden fight? Did Spain fight? Did much of France fight? It is very easy to call people cowards from a distance of 70 years and 10.000 km. If your country was tiny and had a military power next to it, which could easily destroy your country and kill many people, you might not have decided differently.

Well there is a recent history of anti-Americanism in European and Scandinavian countries. You should expect some backlash when you make decisions like this minaret thing.