Posted on 09/18/2015 4:49:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The largest influx of refugees seen in decades in Germany has run smack into what Munich calls the world's biggest popular festival, starting Saturday, creating a massive headache for security forces and leaving some locals nervous about an awkward culture clash.
Sipping a lager in a beer garden opposite the sprawling Wiesn grounds of the Oktoberfest, Stellenberger says she is "proud" of her hometown for welcoming war-weary Syrians and Iraqis with an outpouring of donations and hospitality.
"But I wonder where it's going to stop," she said, referring to the nearly 75,000 migrants who have arrived in the region since September 1.
"How many more are coming? Where will they all sleep, who will feed them? We want to help but there are also poor Germans who need help too."
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After complaints by local authorities that they were overwhelmed by the newcomers, Germany suddenly announced Sunday that it would impose border checks to stem a tide of migrants to Munich, where most taking the so-called Balkan route to Germany arrived first.
The same night, state leader Horst Seehofer let it slip that Oktoberfest -- now in its 182nd year -- had also been on his mind when he pushed for the policy change.
"I asked today for appropriate measures to be taken during the two weeks of Oktoberfest so that Munich does not remain the first port of call that it now is," said Seehofer, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition who has sparred with her on the refugees issue.
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“How many more are coming? Where will they all sleep, who will feed them? We want to help but there are also poor Germans who need help too.”
Yes, it’s time to wake up chickie.
How dare the Germans not cave to mussie sensitivities and their culture involving alcohol.
We are heading to Oktoberfest, we always go, this time 20 of us are going.
We are prepared for any and every eventuality, hopefully, it’ll just be calm, ‘um well as calm as one can expect at Oktoberfest.
If it gets out of hand use sedation darts and fly or bus them back to their own country.
Not just alcohol, what about the schweinefleisch?!
Considering that beer is a national food group in Germany, this should be fun to watch. ;-)
Brass ones and a beer mug are all any good reveler needs for this round.
...How dare the Germans not cave to mussie sensitivities and their culture involving alcohol...
I’ll drink to that.
Thanks for the warning Europe.
Trump 2016….send them home.
That is just....sick!
Wait'll they start yelling "Allahu Akbar!" and threaten to start lopping off heads for drinking in public next month. Let's see how "proud" you are when a head rolls past your table.
It’ll stop when Germans are no longer tolerated to drink beer in public perhaps even having a few biergartens bombed by radicals
and when swaths of cities like Munich become no- go zones for non muslims .
If you don't like beer and women showing their cleavage ... DON'T GO.
This is what is so infuriating about today's weak West. These neanderthals go to an event or a country where they are GUARANTEED to be offended, they get offended, then demand with threats that that country changes to suit THEM.
When is the West going to realize that these invaders are not offended so much as they are trying to CHANGE YOU INTO THEM? That's why they came to your country ... to change you into them.
I think all may go well for awhile, or at least long enough so more invade Europe and the USA. They have time to wait and even assimilate for optimal results also known as conquest and world domination.
Any muzzrats causing trouble should get a one-way boxcar ride to the Zyklon showers.
Yikes!
No wonder the Germans are so conflicted about the problem — the very thought that anyone would say such a thing.
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