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As a brown man who's lived awhile in Northern Europe, watching this saga unfold, I have to say the nimbyism shown by Denmark and Norway has been astonishing. On

As a brown man who's lived awhile in Northern Europe, watching this saga unfold, I have to say the nimbyism shown by Denmark and Norway has been astonishing. Only Sweden and Germany seem to still be able to hold their heads high, actually treating brown people as humans without prejudice. Norway and Denmark have shown small mindedness comparable to the likes of Poland and Hungary while being vastly richer and better educated. I've had to eat my prior words and praise sung in favor of N.Europe to my friends and family and restrict it to just Sweden, because the entire world can now see the reality of the actions taken in adversity by each of the countries and not just the words. It is a small matter of consolation that the iphones so many Danes and Norwegians love is the brainchild of a man with Syrian blood whom they would have refused to shelter while counting their nickels and dimes. They are welcome to deal with that cognitive dissonance as they fade into the twilight of history while hoping the names of their ancestors are not much tarnished by the actions of the current generation. It would take a long time for the world to forget these things.

im3w1l 11y ago
Some people will demand more and more. And when you finally say no, they will hate you. Only a fool helps such people (edited)
digi_owl 11y ago
For Norway it is a perfect storm. A right wing coalition government (with the "extreme" right wing party as member for the first time in history no less), a slump in the oil price, and therefore a slump in offshore related services and industries, and a influx of refugees, in particularly across the border with Russia. Its basically a very messy situation.
MIKarlsen 11y ago
You must be informed solely by the media.
tomp 11y ago
I find it unfair to compare Steve Jobs to the current wave of immigrants. Personally, I have nothing against immigration in general. However, I strongly oppose and rationally worry about any kind of mass immigration, especially to countries that haven't experienced it before. They don't know how to manage the flow of people, they might have no place to put them (i.e. houses), they don't know how to "integrate" them (enought to enable them to get educated and get jobs), they might simply not be able to handle a sudden 20% increase in population.

im3w1l 11y ago

Some people will demand more and more. And when you finally say no, they will hate you. Only a fool helps such people (edited)

digi_owl 11y ago

For Norway it is a perfect storm. A right wing coalition government (with the "extreme" right wing party as member for the first time in history no less), a slump in the oil price, and therefore a slump in offshore related services and industries, and a influx of refugees, in particularly across the border with Russia. Its basically a very messy situation.

MIKarlsen 11y ago

You must be informed solely by the media.

tomp 11y ago

I find it unfair to compare Steve Jobs to the current wave of immigrants. Personally, I have nothing against immigration in general. However, I strongly oppose and rationally worry about any kind of mass immigration, especially to countries that haven't experienced it before. They don't know how to manage the flow of people, they might have no place to put them (i.e. houses), they don't know how to "integrate" them (enought to enable them to get educated and get jobs), they might simply not be able to handle a sudden 20% increase in population.