White Sheep and Black Sheep

Switzerland is famous for its democracy. Nowhere else on this planet the population is solicited so often to pronounce itself on issues that concern the community: the funding of infrastructure projects, tax and welfare issues, but also foreign policy questions, such as should the country be a member of the UN and the EU? When I look out of my window at work I can see the posters and slogans. I would like to share the one which caught my eyes:

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What I am showing is a xenophobic poster which calls for the expulsion of "criminal foreigners": Law abiding white sheep from Switzerland kick-out a black one. Someone wrote "HONTE" on this blatantly xenophobic and racist campagne poster. It is this one single word "Shame" that gives hope.

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 21:03 by Registered CommenterKarl Steinacker | Comments3 Comments