Not sure about that story, but the really famous one was the Afghan who raped a ten-year-old boy at a public pool and the charges were dropped because the judge ruled that, due to language and cultural differences, the guy probably didn't realized that the kid didn't want to be raped.
At what point do people stand up and say, “This is not acceptable. I will not tolerate this anymore??”
I’ve been to Austria. It was… Odd. Like, a really fucking weird place, seemingly frozen in aspic since the early 1900s…
I genuinely do not think Austria has ever gotten over the fact that they were, for a time, the most powerful empire in Christendom… Seriously.
Czech Republic, which is culturally extremely similar, albeit less religious, is better in pretty much every way, besides skiing. I would imagine being invaded by fucking Stalin maybe gives you a bit more perspective on things, but then again, Anschluss, so who fucking knows..? 🤷🏻♂️
One thing I will say is that Vienna is like… The “anti” Berlin… Perhaps surprisingly, perhaps not.
Berlin’s problems (now and during Weimar) stem from it being way, waaaay too liberal. Vienna’s problems, and Austria’s as a whole, stem from it being essentially a parody of moral busybody conservatism, like the rural Midwest/the Bible Belt, but with an added dose of extreme cultural arrogance…
You (as in, general “you”) might consider yourself “conservative”, but trust me, what you see in Austria, in particular Vienna and Saltzburg, is some weird form of extreme conservatism, like wanting to live in a fucking museum. In theory, cool, but in reality? You end up with this shit…
Not sure about that story, but the really famous one was the Afghan who raped a ten-year-old boy at a public pool and the charges were dropped because the judge ruled that, due to language and cultural differences, the guy probably didn't realized that the kid didn't want to be raped.
True story.
"Sexual emergency" was an Iraqi rapefugee.
Well, that’s enough internet for me, today…
At what point do people stand up and say, “This is not acceptable. I will not tolerate this anymore??”
I’ve been to Austria. It was… Odd. Like, a really fucking weird place, seemingly frozen in aspic since the early 1900s…
I genuinely do not think Austria has ever gotten over the fact that they were, for a time, the most powerful empire in Christendom… Seriously.
Czech Republic, which is culturally extremely similar, albeit less religious, is better in pretty much every way, besides skiing. I would imagine being invaded by fucking Stalin maybe gives you a bit more perspective on things, but then again, Anschluss, so who fucking knows..? 🤷🏻♂️
But yeah, Austria is fucking weird, man…
One thing I will say is that Vienna is like… The “anti” Berlin… Perhaps surprisingly, perhaps not.
Berlin’s problems (now and during Weimar) stem from it being way, waaaay too liberal. Vienna’s problems, and Austria’s as a whole, stem from it being essentially a parody of moral busybody conservatism, like the rural Midwest/the Bible Belt, but with an added dose of extreme cultural arrogance…
You (as in, general “you”) might consider yourself “conservative”, but trust me, what you see in Austria, in particular Vienna and Saltzburg, is some weird form of extreme conservatism, like wanting to live in a fucking museum. In theory, cool, but in reality? You end up with this shit…
Pleasantville, peak-Habsburg Empire edition… 🤦🏻♂️
See also: “Hot Fuzz”…
Vienna is very much like a giant version of the village in that, from experience. As is fucking Lucerne, in Switzerland.
Zurich is not. Zurich is where the chads are at, lol.
Possibly the only sane city in that region of the Alps, along with maybe Graz (in Austria). 🤷🏻♂️
Oh, and Basel was fun. I liked Basel. But that’s pretty much Zurich anyway, so… Eh.
Problem with Basel is it is where Big Pharma is based, so if we were to nuke anywhere..? That should probably be first choice… 😑