Can we talk about Germany for a bit?
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k that. Why should they?Fat Fairy said:
jjlynn27 said:
It's not 'superseded'.
'The Old is old, because there is Now a better Covenant.'"But now hath he [Jesus] obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away". Hebrews 8:6?-?10?, ?12?-?13
(King James Version)
FF
PS, I'm not a god botherer, but this looks like superseded to me. At the very least, new and improved.
Matthew 5:17 said:
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
To my non-religious eyes that doesn't look like superseded at all. jjlynn27 said:
As everything in any religious books, you can look at it in any way that suits you.
I agree, most religious books can be read in a number of ways. It must be admitted though that cranky Christians are reviled and derided openly (ie Westboro Baptists (spelling?)). The west has even gone to war against some of them (ie in Bosnia/Kosovo) to make them behave.Matthew 5:17 said:
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
To my non-religious eyes that doesn't look like superseded at all. FF
Mykap said:
How bizarre - by chance I had to fly to Bremen yesterday and take a train to Emden. Exactly the same impression. Bremen railway station was exactly as you described above.
Emden on the other hand is an example of German order and cleanliness.
Just to add some context to this older bit of discussion --- but since I'm in Düsseldorf often, see the same thing and the topic really goes on my nerves... Emden on the other hand is an example of German order and cleanliness.
Problem with this and many other stations as well as the lack of punctuality of the train service is directly related to the half arsed privatisation attempt of Deutsche Bahn.
Since that silly decision was taken, DB management did the usual thing -- save on infrastructure spending as much and as long as possible. Gave them a bit of short term profit over the years, but now the rolling stock isn't in the best shape and many tracks need work. They finally got the message, but unfortunately that creates a lot of construction work, delaying trains which are already later than usual due to the state of the rolling stock which takes a while to order / modernize / recommission.
And depending on how much they are milking the stations themselves, that also results in the mess one sees in e. g. Duesseldorf.
First they started plastering every possible inch with ugly advertisements (there's a nice piece of classic/modern art on the ceiling of the main hall, now totally eclipsed by the "$$"§ ad junk). Then they rented out every possible spot to e.g. food stalls (main square in front of station e.g.). That attracts the not so savour able folk one can see -- and since they also started saving on station staff (guards etc.) they are not shepherd off of the property as it was previously done.
Rest of Duesseldorf is doing fine thankfully, just as much of the rest of the country. But don't judge by train stations or service at the moment.
Really hope they reconsider the stupid privatisation. They are much better at running the train service directly than they are at outsourcing things, just need to accept the infrastructure cost for the country and done. Not like Germany could not afford it...
Cupramax said:
I wonder how the bedwetters on here will explain this one away?a) Mental illness
b) Traumatised childhood (blame the wet)
c) Whities do this too.
Other options are available.
to be fair there are places in the UK where that could easily happen... has happened. Look at Brady and the Soham murders. What is worrying (if the daily nazi are to be believed) are the underlying figures and the culture of silence about the breakdown of people responsible for crime
Tom Logan said:
Cupramax said:
I wonder how the bedwetters on here will explain this one away?a) Mental illness
b) Traumatised childhood (blame the wet)
c) Whities do this too.
Other options are available.
However importing more murderers into the country does seem to be odd, and the fact that there are German murderers is a very bizarre justification for importing Afghan ones.
This has been going on for a while, unfortunately the mainstream media in a number of countries have stayed silent for far too long. It seems absurd that countries' governments want to cover up the increase in violent crimes committed by immigrants, and continue to pursue of policy of letting them in without comprehensive vetting. Germany and Sweden are leading the rest with their complete irresponsibility.
And letting prisoners out early (be they immigrants or natives of that country) makes even less sense. Commit the crime, do the time.
And letting prisoners out early (be they immigrants or natives of that country) makes even less sense. Commit the crime, do the time.
del mar said:
Tom Logan said:
Cupramax said:
I wonder how the bedwetters on here will explain this one away?a) Mental illness
b) Traumatised childhood (blame the wet)
c) Whities do this too.
Other options are available.
However importing more murderers into the country does seem to be odd, and the fact that there are German murderers is a very bizarre justification for importing Afghan ones.
One is a fellow citizen. The other is a convicted violent criminal that had no business stepping foot on German soil, and likely would not have been there if not for Germany's political choices
Another "sexual emergency" in Germany, this one raped 2 disabled men and then killed a female witness.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4374836/So...
The animal should be put down.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4374836/So...
The animal should be put down.
dudleybloke said:
Another "sexual emergency" in Germany, this one raped 2 disabled men and then killed a female witness.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4374836/So...
The animal should be put down.
Yep a tight knot and short drop would be perfect. There was the animal immigrant who raped a camper in front of her other half not too long ago, starting to get fed up with the "but they're rapist everywhere" well noncing kids at swimming pools was something I'd rarely heard of happening in Europe till post 2014/15 to be honest.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4374836/So...
The animal should be put down.
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