Posted on 01/06/2016 1:31:18 PM PST by posterchild
BERLIN — The mayor of Cologne has inflamed a debate in Germany about migrants and sexual harassment by suggesting that women can protect themselves from men on the streets by keeping them more than an an arm’s length away.
The remarks by the mayor, Henriette Reker, were made Tuesday to reporters after the Cologne police said they had received more than 90 complaints of robbery and sexual assault, including two accounts of rape, by groups of men who targeted young women in and around the city’s main train station in the crush of revelers on New Year’s Eve.
By Wednesday, Ms. Reker was being widely ridiculed by commentators and across social media for putting the onus on the victims of the attacks.
“It is always possible to keep a certain distance that is longer than an arm’s length,†Ms. Reker told reporters on Tuesday, suggesting that city authorities would provide guidelines for young women who find themselves surrounded by aggressive men attempting to grope them.
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Why doesn’t she just tell them to wear burkas?
I have been planning to visiting Cologne.
It’s been on our list for a few years but we put it off in 2014.
Then we cancelled a trip last fall because of the refugee problem
I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the world reject Germany As a vacation destination.
They came to the West because there is NO Law , Sharia Law that is
Some of the German men tried to protect the women but they were overwhelmed.
This was planned throughout Germany. There were about one thousand muslims in Cologne alone.
Is an arms length close enough to reach with a knife and castrate ???
Breitbart has several stories about this complete with interviews with women who were assaulted.
A girl can keep the heathen at arm's length.
I like to keep a small knife with me just in case. Also, the old roll of nickels in a bag is an old weapon.
Coming to a country near you. Women just bend over and grit your teeth for diversity.
Pray America wakes
“ “Myra Belle “Sally†Miller — the 195â€8 Miss Arkansâ€as who said in 19â€92 that she had â€had an affair with Clinâ€ton in 1983. â€She claimed†that she†had been â€warned noâ€t to go public by a Demoâ€cratic†Party official: “They knew that I went joggâ€ing by myself and he couldn’t guarâ€antee what would happen to my prâ€etty little legs.†“
Into this:
"Myra Belle "Sally" Miller -- the 1958 Miss Arkansas who said in 1992 that she had had an affair with Clinton in 1983. She claimed that she had been warned not to go public by a Democratic Party official: "They knew that I went jogging by myself and he couldn't guarantee what would happen to my pretty little legs."
Real easy here:
said the same. This was well planned by these muslims and now women have been raped and the German govt will still make excuses for these scumbags who they let in.
How about carry a .45 Kimber.
Some a hole rapist lke bill clintoon or some mooselimb savage accosts ya, blow them in to tomorrow.
I sure as hell would not indict or convict.
citizens cant have guns in Germany...
Yeah,
That is why Hitler was able to take over.
arm’s length with a gun in the hand maybe. i like the thousand miles idea better.
If you can say that anything good came out of this it is that the Merkle totalitarian machine cannot hide this one. This blew up in their fat faces and now ALL of Germany know what is going on and what their “guests” are really all about as well as their traitor politicians.
New growth industy in Europe—Chastity Belts.
LOL!
Yup, that looks like her (actually it does look like her).
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