Yes everything described in the article is true.
To those who are brought up already in school into the social democratic... [MORE]
Jan
Feb 10, 2008 17:11
I live in sweden and I think I'm a reasonable intelligent individual and I don't recognize a single thing said... [MORE]
Mikael
Dec 22, 2007 17:36
Dear Bruce!
I am a strong admirer of your book "While Europe Slept". It was just the kind of book I... [MORE]
Magnus Nordlänk
Nov 13, 2007 07:09
The Govts of Europe want a Federal State, the People Do not, Solution, Wipe out the Peoples of Europe, their... [MORE]
BritishPatriot
Jul 26, 2007 18:15
Indeed the author of this article has a few points, although I must say, once again bias has proven its... [MORE]
Joe
Jul 16, 2007 16:35
In the whole och western Europe it´s a similar story. If you voice an opinion of concern about immigrants not... [MORE]
Joe
Jul 20, 2007 04:10
People who criticise the Swedish immigration policy are treated worse than criminals by media in Sweden. Murderers and rapeists earn... [MORE]
Eric
Jan 28, 2007 07:45
i might approach this debate a little late but i would still like to post some of my words and... [MORE]
tobias
Jan 9, 2007 13:36
I´m from Sweden, and I have to say that it seem like the US should not kriticis a land that... [MORE]
Caroline
Dec 21, 2006 07:59
You are obviously a victim of the Orewellian propaganda fed to you by the politico/media establishment which Mr. Bawer describes... [MORE]
adam
Dec 23, 2006 02:39
Sweden has 22 p.c. most foreign immigrants of which 18-20 p.c. (of the whole population) descent from muslim dominated areas... [MORE]
Sonia
Dec 17, 2006 05:17
"Sensational statistics — but in all of Sweden, they appear to have been published only in a daily newssheet that... [MORE]
Roger
Dec 16, 2006 22:04
I hate the fact that whats said in that article is truth, but not all swedes belive in all the... [MORE]
Anders Swede
Dec 16, 2006 21:31
On Ideology and why it goes wrong
The ideological elite(s) strives for total control. In doing so it has to have... [MORE]
Joern E. Vig
Dec 16, 2006 16:57
It surprises me that you pass liberalism along the same path as other ideologies. If you knew what you were... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Jan 3, 2007 07:30
I know, because I live and work here in the middle of Sweden.
The crime rate rises and the welfare is... [MORE]
Knorr
Dec 15, 2006 06:48
It`s ridicoulous seeing such a teardripping speech in order to defend the Sweden Democrats. Their agenda are full of prejudice... [MORE]
Fredrik Andersson
Jan 28, 2007 09:38
it's horrible what people do to each other we all sit here and act as if we care when all... [MORE]
candice
May 22, 2007 13:50
Your comment is ridiculous. You just have to travel all around the world and watch other countries, societies and cities,... [MORE]
Jonas
Sep 15, 2007 11:57
The Scandinavian countries have the greatest spending power per capita, or real income as it is commonly called. So that... [MORE]
Daz
Dec 14, 2006 02:07
What's wrong with Norwegians eating sandwiches? It's how they have lunch and more of a traditional thing! For your information... [MORE]
Victoria
Dec 13, 2006 09:30
"I am getting tired of the constant debates" in the Swedish media about immigration, writes Victoria. And the topic is... [MORE]
Anders Smeds
Dec 13, 2006 14:24
So how are we supposed to debate it? Should we say let's kick them all out? What do you mean... [MORE]
Victoria
Dec 14, 2006 04:23
Well when immigration are up for "discussion" on Swedish television they're only trying to convince us it's good for us.... [MORE]
Convict
Dec 17, 2006 09:37
I hope you will enjoy the machines that will treat you when you become old ;)Sweden needs it's immigrants since... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Jan 3, 2007 07:24
"I'm simply critizising the article authors claims that ALL media is controlled and subsidized by the government. That claim is... [MORE]
Anders Smeds
Dec 12, 2006 11:16
Not all swedish journalists goes to "Journalisthögskolan". To claim that is to lie. There are several different educations, and you... [MORE]
Putte Kock
Dec 20, 2006 07:48
The information in this article is obviously incorrect. Here are the correct figures:
Murder rate (per 100,000 people)
United States 8.40Canada 5.45Denmark... [MORE]
Paul
Dec 11, 2006 19:28
The figures (at least some of the figures) in this comment are not correct.
Irrespective of what the murderrate is for... [MORE]
Anders Smeds
Dec 13, 2006 08:01
Reading your table showing a murder rate of 8.4 per 100,000 for the US sent me scurrying around the net... [MORE]
Donald
Dec 30, 2006 21:29
After reading your comments about Sweden, which as a country, has never done anything for anyone, as far as I... [MORE]
Ken Muise
Dec 11, 2006 00:17
I first heard this ditty this past Dec. 24, 2006 Xmas eve TV here in Minnesota," I Remember Momma" 1948,... [MORE]
T Rolseth
Jan 5, 2007 20:00
The correct words are: Ten thousand Swedes came through the weeds at the battle of Copenhagen, ten thousands Swedes came... [MORE]
As a Swede living in the States, I have to, unfortunately, concur with the writer. Dissent is socially not accepted.... [MORE]
Caroline
Dec 8, 2006 15:57
With this view I greatly concur. The state television is strongly left-biased (compare with the right-biased views of Fox News... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 11, 2006 16:15
The UK also has a license fee, about a 1000 pounds a year (I lived there in 2000 so it... [MORE]
Victoria
Dec 13, 2006 09:10
I cannot comment on the factual accuracy of Mr. Bawer's comments on Sweden because I do not possess specific knowledge... [MORE]
david etherington
Dec 18, 2006 07:05
The UK does not have a licence fee of £1000. It is just over £100 per annum, and funds the... [MORE]
MarkyMark
May 28, 2007 12:43
Speaking as a Swede, this article by Bruce Bawer sadly gives a correct picture of Sweden.
(The reader who dismissed the... [MORE]
Anders Smeds
Dec 8, 2006 11:45
Anders Smeds asks in an ironic tone if I am perhaps paid by the ruling elite.No. I am not. In... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 9, 2006 17:38
Anders Smeds seem to take the easy route and blaming "the others" (read, immigrants) for the increasing crime levels in... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 9, 2006 17:51
"I'm simply critizising the article authors claims that ALL media is controlled and subsidized by the government. That claim is... [MORE]
Anders Smeds
Dec 11, 2006 16:22
ALL Swedish journalist go through a school for journalists (Journalisthogskolan) where they are indoctrinated and saturated with a socialist view... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 12, 2006 16:09
I am an "invandrare", living in Sweden for the past four years & as a result of the attitudes of... [MORE]
'invandrare'
Dec 12, 2006 23:32
Although I do not condone what your are doing I do somewhat understand that being in an extreme situation, not... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 13, 2006 19:07
Forty years ago when I visited Sweden, the crime problem was considered nonexistent. There just wasn't a great deal fo... [MORE]
DavidE
Dec 29, 2006 00:13
Anders Gardebring... You say we are in great need of immigrants. Are you insane? This year, our politicians will accept... [MORE]
Henrik
Feb 13, 2007 21:41
Bawer's article makes many very good and lucid points about the Swedish political debate and media. But I share Anders... [MORE]
R Mattsson
Dec 8, 2006 11:02
Al over europe you see countries following the ideas and solution to the immigrant problem that already are in place... [MORE]
A dane
Dec 8, 2006 17:26
The problem with Sweden is and HAS been for more than a century the constant will of being neutral. What's... [MORE]
G Dawg
Dec 17, 2006 14:55
I actually agree on you on the Afghanistan matter. If Sweden as a country has agreed to have a peace... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Jan 3, 2007 07:18
I don't quite follow your logic here.If you are a, as you put it, "anti-immigration party", does that not, by... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Jan 3, 2007 07:22
Does anyone know the immigration figures for Eastern Europe, do any of those countries have Immigration problems. I know Serbia... [MORE]
Brian
Oct 4, 2007 15:29
I feel that I have to correct some of the very serious errors portrayed in this column. Being a Swede... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 8, 2006 09:19
First of all: Are you claiming that control of the media is the only factor determining the outcome of an... [MORE]
Eric Persson
Dec 8, 2006 11:19
In order to rebut the assertion that the government controls all television stations, Gardebring points out that TV stations beam... [MORE]
Dan Marsh
Dec 8, 2006 14:41
Yes, there are certainly ballots spread out in everybody's view. From every single party that you can potentially vote for.... [MORE]
Trazan Apansson
Dec 8, 2006 14:48
Eric Persson had some comments on my comments to this article.No, I am not claiming that control of the media... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 9, 2006 17:24
I always have to laugh at any claim by the Swedes that they are somehow above the fray. The Swedish... [MORE]
j adams
Dec 10, 2006 00:38
Dan wrote:"In order to rebut the assertion that the government controls all television stations, Gardebring points out that TV stations... [MORE]
Anders Gardebring
Dec 13, 2006 18:48
After reading this article, I realize how fortunate I am for having a grandfather who had the wisdom to leave... [MORE]
Ean Erickson
Dec 17, 2006 01:50
If you are to say something about swedens acts during ww2 you should at least have a thought about it... [MORE]
Oscar Frick
Jan 6, 2007 14:01
the Swedes always use the old saw of "if we didn't help the Nazis they would have invaded and had... [MORE]
J Adams
Jan 7, 2007 14:58
It can clearly bee seen that you do not live in sweden, we do/didn't have much of military defence and... [MORE]
Oscar
Jan 8, 2007 00:58
I am glad that the truth has finally come out. The Swedes did it for the money. There are a... [MORE]
J Adams
Jan 8, 2007 07:56
" always have to laugh at any claim by the Swedes that they are somehow above the fray. The Swedish... [MORE]
Sven
Mar 23, 2007 15:44
compare sweden's relationship to nazi germany, and then consider finland's resistance to a much larger and aggressive soviet union at... [MORE]
josil
Sep 3, 2007 20:18
It seems to be coming here. The political left, the mainstream media, and the univesity inteligencia think we should be... [MORE]
