Posts Tagged ‘Xenophobia’

ÖSTERREICH 奥地利 AUSTRIA

9月 29, 2024

ÖSTERREICH

Österreich ist eine stolze Provinz.
Ist Österreich dümmer als Sachsen?
Ist Österreich dümmer als Thüringen?
Ist Österreich dümmer als Brandenburg?
Dümmer vielleicht als die Slowakei?
Dümmer als Ungarn?
Nein, nicht ganz Ungarn!
Da ist ein Dorf namens Budapest
und hoffentlich noch ein paar andere.
Volkskanzler, Volksgericht, Volkspolizei…
Wo war oder ist das noch einmal?

MW 29. September 2024

奥地利

奥地利是个骄傲的地区
今天是奥地利大选
难道奥地利比德国更傻
比东德更傻
比东德哪个部分更傻
比斯洛伐克傻吗
比匈牙利傻吗
噢不是全匈牙利
有他们首都那个小村
还在反抗
也许还有其他的
先东德和纳粹用的词汇
人民法庭人民总理等等
奥地利极右党用的很多

2024.9.29

AUSTRIA

Austria is a proud province.
Today is a general election.
How stupid can Austria be?
Dumber than Germany?
Dumber than East Germany?
Dumber than each province there?
Worse than Slovakia?
Dumber than Hungary?
Budapest isn’t that dumb.
Any other places?
Probably.
What is the danger from the far right?
Nazis.
They are quite close to the largest party.

MW September 29, 2024

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Libya & Other Countries

2月 22, 2011

As rich European countries go, maybe Austria is just as bad as Italy or France. Only smaller, more provincial. Newest anti-foreigner laws package passed on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd, 2011. The protesters in Egypt didn’t really look to America or Western Europe, but to protest experiences in Serbia and such. At least that’s what I remember from reports in the NY Times, among others. A Chinese friend told me he was watching the Arab protests very much,while he was in Europe, because the pictures from Egypt reminded him of Beijing in 1989.

China has had too many so-called revolutions under Mao and a big failure with protests for civil rights and democracy in 1989. But there are many protests in China all the time. Labor unrest, land seizures, health hazards etc.. There may also be a big craving for stability, hence the hesitation to participate in larger protests. The op-ed in the NYT (IHT) by Daniel Bell, designated Western politics professor in Tianjin, was very academic. Or very wishy-washy. Civil rights are universal. No, China’s not so special. Reporters know, especially when they go to see the blind Women’s rights activist lawyer in Shandong and get waylay-ed and beaten. No, nobody cares about supposed academic discussions on why democracy might not work. Yes, people try to lead a good life, individually, for their family, and sometimes they notice the limits, and try to work around them, and many do talk about it. Sorry for the rambling. As I said, rich countries are no beacons. Maybe I am more politics-sensitive than before, since we moved back to Austria from China, after 10 years in Beijing and a few more in other cities. Roger Cohen is right, the EU doesn’t look very good at all these days.

Don't bother

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发表在 February 2011 | 1 Comment »