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Im sitting on the station in Malmö after being abroad for a year. It's perfect.

sheraz 11y ago
I'd like to think there is sarcasm in this, but since you forgot to end it /sarcasm, I'll bite.... - Bombings and grenades this summer - https://www.rt.com/news/310757-sweden-malmo-blasts-crime/ - A long history of Anti-semitism (not unique to Sweden) - Anti-Muslim hate-crime (again, not unique to Sweden) - Anti-Roma (Gypsy) hate-crime - (again...you get the point) Malmö is one of the many powder kegs across Europe. You have entire neighborhoods where Fire, emergency, and law enforcement will not go ("no-go zones") [1] Sweden is not perfect. Malmo is no perfect. No place is perfect. To say so is a lie, or you have your head in the sand. [1] - http://swedenreport.org/2014/10/29/swedish-police-55-official-no-go-zones/ http://swedenreport.org/2014/10/29/swedish-police-55-officia...
- kryptiskt 11y ago
  There most certainly is no neighborhood in Malmö where law enforcement won't go. There was a time when firefighters wanted to be escorted by police when going to Rosengård because they were harassed.
  - sheraz 11y ago
    Harassment suggests they were heckled the way one might heckle at sports games. Emergency services were attacked with stones and bottles. ATTACKED.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
  Looking at that person's other posts, they're clearly a nutball.
- ZoF 11y ago
  I'm curious why you actually thought he meant it was _literally_ perfect? It was clearly meant as an idiomatic expression. Why not mention rapes, murders and crimes that aren't targeting a specific group? They're all valid reasons for you to object to the statement that some place is literally perfect. Your objection is entirely out touch with the parent posts intended meaning.
  - sheraz 11y ago
    Hence, my comment about sarcasm. Just what do you think was the intended meaning when someone calls a city perfect?
    - ZoF 11y ago
      About the same meaning I would derive from a native of anywhere saying their home-town/city/country is 'amazing/perfect/etc...' That they're(almost always) expressing a sentiment not making a statement of fact. Can you name many situations where 'perfect' is actually used literally? That cake was perfect? I think not; you're completely ignoring the non-locally-sourced flour. I'm not trying to say your point isn't valid it just seemed out of place and tangentially related to the topic.
      - sheraz 11y ago
        Point taken. And agreed -- this thread is way off from Norway handing Finland a mountain... Have an upvote form me :-)

I'd like to think there is sarcasm in this, but since you forgot to end it /sarcasm, I'll bite.... - Bombings and grenades this summer - https://www.rt.com/news/310757-sweden-malmo-blasts-crime/ - A long history of Anti-semitism (not unique to Sweden) - Anti-Muslim hate-crime (again, not unique to Sweden) - Anti-Roma (Gypsy) hate-crime - (again...you get the point) Malmö is one of the many powder kegs across Europe. You have entire neighborhoods where Fire, emergency, and law enforcement will not go ("no-go zones") [1] Sweden is not perfect. Malmo is no perfect. No place is perfect. To say so is a lie, or you have your head in the sand. [1] - http://swedenreport.org/2014/10/29/swedish-police-55-official-no-go-zones/ http://swedenreport.org/2014/10/29/swedish-police-55-officia...

kryptiskt 11y ago
There most certainly is no neighborhood in Malmö where law enforcement won't go. There was a time when firefighters wanted to be escorted by police when going to Rosengård because they were harassed.
- sheraz 11y ago
  Harassment suggests they were heckled the way one might heckle at sports games. Emergency services were attacked with stones and bottles. ATTACKED.
GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
Looking at that person's other posts, they're clearly a nutball.
ZoF 11y ago
I'm curious why you actually thought he meant it was _literally_ perfect? It was clearly meant as an idiomatic expression. Why not mention rapes, murders and crimes that aren't targeting a specific group? They're all valid reasons for you to object to the statement that some place is literally perfect. Your objection is entirely out touch with the parent posts intended meaning.
- sheraz 11y ago
  Hence, my comment about sarcasm. Just what do you think was the intended meaning when someone calls a city perfect?
  - ZoF 11y ago
    About the same meaning I would derive from a native of anywhere saying their home-town/city/country is 'amazing/perfect/etc...' That they're(almost always) expressing a sentiment not making a statement of fact. Can you name many situations where 'perfect' is actually used literally? That cake was perfect? I think not; you're completely ignoring the non-locally-sourced flour. I'm not trying to say your point isn't valid it just seemed out of place and tangentially related to the topic.
    - sheraz 11y ago
      Point taken. And agreed -- this thread is way off from Norway handing Finland a mountain... Have an upvote form me :-)