Posted on 09/27/2011 5:51:38 AM PDT by marshmallow
An immigrant group based in Bern has called for the emblematic white cross to be removed from the Swiss national flag because as a Christian symbol it "no longer corresponds to today's multicultural Switzerland."
Ivica Petrusic, the vice president of Second@s Plus, a lobbying group that represents mostly Muslim second-generation foreigners in Switzerland (who colloquially are known as secondos) says the group will launch a nationwide campaign in October to ask Swiss citizens to consider adopting a flag that is less offensive to Muslim immigrants.
In a September 18 interview with the Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung, Petrusic said the cross has a Christian background and while the Christian roots of Switzerland should be respected, "it is necessary to separate church and state" because "Switzerland today has a great religious and cultural diversity. One has to ask if the State wants to continue building up a symbol in which many people no longer believe."
In the interview, Petrusic said Switzerland needs new symbols with which everyone, including non-Christians, can identify. As an alternative to the current Swiss flag (see image here), Petrusic proposed the former flag of the Helvetic Republic (see image here) which was officially introduced in 1799 and consisted of green, red and yellow colors. "Those colors are similar to the current flags of Bolivia and Ghana and would represent a more progressive and open-minded Switzerland," Petrusic said.
The proposal to change the Swiss flag has been met with outrage across the political spectrum and is sure to fuel anti-immigrant sentiments in Switzerland.
Sylvia Flückiger a councillor with the conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP) said the demands are: "Totally unacceptable. With our Swiss flag there is nothing to change. The next thing you know, they will demand even more, that we change our constitution."
Marianne Binder, spokeswoman...........
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Personally, I think we all need less of the offensive Muslim immigrants.
Do not do that! Tell them to go back whence they came from like right now.
Switzerland needs to ban blond hair and white skin. Hair and skin dye required. It makes the immigrants feel uncomfortable and we can’t have that can we?
Always interesting that cowards and malcontents who fled their hellhole nation of origin feel entitled to tell their gracious new hosts how to run their country.
Does the word ‘gratitude’ ever appear in the Koran?
Words fail me!
progressive and open-minded?
The folly of some folk, if allowed to flourish, will eventually lead to the destruction of society and in its place.. a gelatinous form of living where we all meld together , give up our identities and sing Kumbaya as our anthem.. Hitler was working on just the very thing. Now his admirers are carrying on his ‘work’.. sick bastards.
How do you say, ‘F-ck off’, in Swiss German?
GET....A.....LIFE!
It should come as no surprise that Ivica Petrusic is a Bosnian who, as noted above, fled ethnic strife in his homeland yet wants to introduce same to Switzerland.
He is a - wait for it - Social Democrat political hack
http://www.sp-aarau.ch/cms/front_content.php?idart=232
which explains his position and so-called protest. He’s simply trying to get noticed.
In reality, it’s more of the same: leftists attempting to subvert societal order.
“How do you say, F-off in Swiss/German?”
From the article, “Sylvia Fluckiger, a councillor with the conservative SVP said the demands are “totally unacceptable”. (not in print) Then Sylvia told them to “Fluckiger themselves”.
A little at a time, but they are always pressing, relentless. Meanwhile, the liberal infection has the populace placid, and accepting of these demands.
One day, probably within the next couple generations, muslims will be demanding that Christians in Switzerland live in their designated areas, and stay out of the muslim “holy lands”.
It will happen, and the Swiss will be getting what the deserve, first, for allowing this craziness, and second, for turning their backs on God.
No matter how they justify it, in the end it’s always the same:
Me, Me, Me, You have to change to accommodate ME!
Anything else I have to say would just be profane.
The Swiss are becoming Cross and want immigrants removed.
But we’re not supposed to hate them, right? I mean, demanding that a Country relinquish its traditions because relative newcomers find them ‘offensive’ is a move totally designed to ingratiate, no?/s
An open, tolerant society is a TWO WAY STREET!
This is something progressives and their Islamo-facist allies seem to forget.
Right on.
Remover all crescents and the color green from every manufactured thing. (Yeah, and those mouthy "greenie" things also.;-)
Maybe it says the Dhimmis should show gratitude that they're allowed to live and pay the jizya.
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