"15 is my limit on ‘Schwarzfahren’."
Posted on 07/10/2021 11:32:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Transport authorities in Austria and Germany have said they are phasing out the term ‘Schwarzfahren’ — which literally translates to ‘riding black’ — to describe fare dodging, over racism concerns.
Vienna transit company Wiener Linien said on Friday it had already begun phasing out the term ‘Schwarzfahren’ in order to avoid “misunderstandings”.
ÖBB, the company’s Austrian counterpart, said it would do the same.
In recent years, the term has become increasingly debated in Austria and Germany, with some saying it has a racist connotation.
Instead of using the term ‘riding black’, Austrian officials will use the literal ‘Fahrgästen ohne gültiges Ticket’ — meaning ‘passengers without a valid ticket’. …
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Politically correct nonsense happens in many other countries, not just America.
One off the most eye-opening things about the U-Bahn (subway) and all mass transportation in Munich when I lived there was that it was all on the honor system. Sure there were spot checks but they were very intermittent and very seldom. You were supposed to buy a ticket, or a day pass or a month pass or even a year pass. But again, on the honor system. If you wanted to ‘ride back’ and risk the fine, you could probably get away with it for months.
Ahnold best be ready to change his name.
Not all but some other Euro cities also use that system. What I am familiar with is in Toronto the subway has ticket takers and fare entry but the commuter trains do not using said honor system.
"15 is my limit on ‘Schwarzfahren’."
No more Schwarzfahren?
I wonder what Arnold Schwarzenegger has to say about this?
Political Correctness = Cultural Revolution = Maoist = Marxist
LOL! They hardly even have any black people and neither had enslaved blacks.
I guess the term “black market” has to go too.
How about Black Humor?
The German word for today kids is Bescheuert. That’s what the Germans and the Austrians are.
I think all the blacks in Germany are on their soccer team.
Why not just blame it on Whitey?
This is disgusting. One major reason why the AAs are poor and miserable is that they are not held to the same standard as other people. They are allowed to commit crime. If the problem is ever to be solved, first the AAs must be made to follow the same rules and laws that everyone else. Feeling sorry for them over something that didn’t happen to them 156 years ago will not help them. We can’t change the past. They have to get up and walk on their own two feet.
Seems the amish have established their reputation in Germany as well.
The MetroLink light rail in St. Louis, MO was also on the honor system.
Can’t say about MetroLink today, but the honor system was in effect in the 1990s when I frequently rode it from the airport to Union Station downtown.
There were spot checks on MetroLink trains. If you didn’t have a ticket, you received a summons on the spot. Saw that a few times.
Does this mean that Arnold Schwarzenegger is about to be cancelled?
I mentioned Ahnold but heck historical names will have to be changed like General Norman Schwarzkopf. The possibilities are endless.
Henceforth, to be known as Weissfahren.
I suppose the next fatality in the cultural cleanse will be the word “black” however it occurs in any language, with reparations to every person who use to be considered black, pending the new designation that will be applied.
Obviously, when the term for what we call “black” was created, with all the various negative connotations associated with the term, it was the progenitor of white supremacists who came up with the word.
seems schwarzfaren takes les time to say!
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