Current affairs in Sweden

biko · 09-09-2019 1:36pm #1

Swedish man is prevented from having vanity plate with "TRUMP" on it. Swedish authority says it's offensive.

"The sign combination you requested can be perceived as offensive," writes the Swedish Transport Agency in its decision in August.

Personal registration plates must not be offensive or inconvenient.
Therefore, signs that are deemed inappropriate are rejected, for example if they contain political messages or offensive words, says communicator Sofie Andersson at the Swedish Transport Agency.

https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2019-09-06---must-not-have-trump-as-number-plate-.HyMlTFXg8B.html
https://www.nyteknik.se/fordon/bilagare-ville-ha-trump-pa-registreringsskylt-uppfattas-som-stotande-6970898

09-09-2019 1:42pm

I'm offensive, and find that content religious. Another case of state overreach. Let him carry on as he pleases, and be subject to ridicule. No freedoms are impinged.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 09-09-2019 1:43pm

Sweden be Sweden.

09-09-2019 1:46pm

It seems the Swedish authorities have little to be occupying their time with.

Deebles McBeebles · 09-09-2019 1:49pm

Swedish guy wants to change his reg plate to show support for American idiot. They should actually just take the car off him.

Boom_Bap · 09-09-2019 1:51pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Swedish guy wants to change his reg plate to show support for American idiot. They should actually just take the car off him.

I read that as;
They should actually just take care of him.

and read it in a mafia boss 'take care of him' type way

suicide_circus · 09-09-2019 1:54pm

Sweden; home to gorgeous passive aggressive ethnomasochists.

JohnMc1 · 09-09-2019 2:13pm

Sweden? What's a Sweden? Oh. You mean Swedenstan?

omega man · 09-09-2019 2:26pm

JohnMc1 wrote: »

Sweden? What's a Sweden? Oh. You mean Swedenstan?

Yet another person who’s clearly never been to Sweden.

greencap · 09-09-2019 2:27pm

Not a trumpet but this is a bit much.

Bet 4llAH 4KBAR is just fine and dandy.

James Brown · 09-09-2019 2:28pm

Likely a message to Trump. Might even be a set up.
Trump has a thing for Sweden, an odd thing.

biko · 09-09-2019 2:28pm

Tbh, it's offensive a Swedish Authority would be so deep state it will prevent such a thing.

This was for a large black American SUV with a V8 engine - the epitome of Americanism

dodderangler · 09-09-2019 2:29pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Swedish guy wants to change his reg plate to show support for American idiot. They should actually just take the car off him.

Triggered much

James Brown · 09-09-2019 2:35pm

greencap wrote: »

Not a trumpet but this is a bit much.

Bet 4llAH 4KBAR is just fine and dandy.

Muzzlims, wha?

dodderangler wrote: »

Triggered much

'Triggered' is a word used to try shut down opinions. You can only disagree or be annoyed at certain things it seems. For example, you felt the need to shut him down because you didn't like what he said so you use 'triggered' to make him seem like he's over reacting. Seems like he 'triggered' you into action

Montage of Feck · 09-09-2019 2:37pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Swedish guy wants to change his reg plate to show support for American idiot. They should actually just take the car off him.

Maybe he's the top trumps champion of Sweden.

Deebles McBeebles · 09-09-2019 2:42pm

dodderangler wrote: »

Triggered much

Lol

This is what I get for clearing my ignore list this morning.

jaykay74 · 09-09-2019 2:48pm

Are you allowed to have other political labels on car reg plates ? Doesn't seem like a big deal to be honest.

Therefore, signs that are deemed inappropriate are rejected, for example if they contain political messages or offensive words, says communicator Sofie Andersson at the Swedish Transport Agency.

greencap · 09-09-2019 2:55pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Muzzlims, wha?

'Triggered' is a word used to try shut down opinions. You can only disagree or be annoyed at certain things it seems. For example, you felt the need to shut him down because you didn't like what he said so you use 'triggered' to make him seem like he's over reacting. Seems like he 'triggered' you into action

Yeah, that ol' shutting down opinions game ... wha?

Deebles McBeebles · 09-09-2019 2:59pm

greencap wrote: »

Yeah, that ol' shutting down opinions game ... wha?

What opinion did he shut down?

All I saw was a question without a question mark. Leading me to believe its a rhetorical question. Can you shut down a rhetorical question?

09-09-2019 3:00pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Can you shut down a rhetorical question?

If you seal it off at both ends.

Ulysses Gaze · 09-09-2019 3:05pm

They are doing the community a grave disservice by not allowing this.

If he was allowed, it would make it much easier for the community to identify the village idiot.

StupidLikeAFox · 09-09-2019 3:07pm

Should have went with 4ADKAR instead, much less offensive

spurious · 09-09-2019 3:10pm

Sumper Trumper.

Sonny noggs · 09-09-2019 3:13pm

omega man wrote: »

Yet another person who’s clearly never been to Sweden.

I have, and in the city I stayed in white Europeans were very much in the minority.

interactive · 09-09-2019 3:13pm

Chain of fast food shops over here called MAO, even have images of him in their establishments, the son of a bitch is responsible for millions of deaths and unimaginable suffering, the PC SJW folk have zero problem with this, now thats a strange one.
I wonder why?

Tombo2001 · 09-09-2019 3:15pm

Went to Sweden on holidays.

Beautiful country, lovely people.

What the hell is this thread about. People who live their lives through social media and online forums.

Losers!

Tombo2001 · 09-09-2019 3:18pm

Sonny noggs wrote: »

I have, and in the city I stayed in white Europeans were very much in the minority.

Get the violins out for this poor chap, he's had a rough experience.....

Deebles McBeebles · 09-09-2019 3:20pm

If we can keep the racism out of this thread, it may be the first to move from CA to AH.

hatrickpatrick · 09-09-2019 3:20pm

It's so, so unbelievably depressing how the left, which used to embrace cultural libertarianism as a fundamental core value, has become so unbelievably, gleefully supportive of ubiquitous political and ideological censorship over the last six or seven years. Truly depressing.

Tombo2001 · 09-09-2019 3:21pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

It's so, so unbelievably depressing how the left, which used to embrace cultural libertarianism as a fundamental core value, has become so unbelievably, gleefully supportive of ubiquitous political and ideological censorship over the last six or seven years. Truly depressing.

Whatevs.

You sound like a fairly tolerant chap yourself......great that you can lead by example.:rolleyes:

hatrickpatrick · 09-09-2019 3:23pm

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Whatevs.

You sound like a fairly tolerant chap yourself......great that you can lead by example.:rolleyes:

Honestly not sure what you're trying to say here

Care to elaborate? I'd absolutely call myself a tolerant chap, I'm a lifelong leftist of the 1990s / 2000s variety, before cultural libertarianism bizarrely switched from being a left wing to a right wing cause.

James Brown · 09-09-2019 3:27pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

It's so, so unbelievably depressing how the left, which used to embrace cultural libertarianism as a fundamental core value, has become so unbelievably, gleefully supportive of ubiquitous political and ideological censorship over the last six or seven years. Truly depressing.

Come on, 'the left' or at least as it's known today, is a construct of the fearful right IMO. Anything conservative and uncool, the left. Banning a licence plate is more of a classic right wing move than left, just because it's Trump?

Sonny noggs · 09-09-2019 3:42pm

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Get the violins out for this poor chap, he's had a rough experience.....

Not sure what your major defect is, son.

Raconteuse · 09-09-2019 3:44pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Muzzlims, wha?

'Triggered' is a word used to try shut down opinions. You can only disagree or be annoyed at certain things it seems. For example, you felt the need to shut him down because you didn't like what he said so you use 'triggered' to make him seem like he's over reacting. Seems like he 'triggered' you into action

And I saw that same member getting very annoyed at someone giving out about tattoos. Much more annoyed than Deedles got - Deedles didn't even get that annoyed at all, but because it's a view the poster didn't like, the auld "triggered" sneer.

Anyway, I didn't think vehicle registration plates could be just modified willy nilly? If the guy got into trouble for tweeting something pro Trump, I'd understand concern, but there are restrictions on licence plate modification.

notobtuse · 09-09-2019 3:44pm

Seems Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a worldwide epidemic.

HalloweenJack · 09-09-2019 3:49pm

interactive wrote: »

Chain of fast food shops over here called MAO, even have images of him in their establishments, the son of a bitch is responsible for millions of deaths and unimaginable suffering, the PC SJW folk have zero problem with this, now thats a strange one.
I wonder why?

Are you sure about that?

I assume you have been in touch with them to register your disgust and are trying to get them to change their ways, right?

mcmoustache · 09-09-2019 3:55pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Likely a message to Trump. Might even be a set up.
Trump has a thing for Sweden, an odd thing.

It's a general alt-right thing and has been for some time.

While it might seem weird to be so concerned with the internal affairs of a country in northern europe with a population of 10 million people, you need to remember that every time an immigrant commits a crime in Sweden, breitbart gets a new front page. These guys know more about Sweden than the Swedes themselves. It's really quite impressive.

To be fair, I can see where the obsession came from. Various Swedish governments over the years have leaned a bit to the loony side of social issues.

Overheal · 09-09-2019 3:59pm

Political plates routinely get rejected all the time, especially political plates or those that can be seen to misrepresent someone as an official - in this case TRUMP but in other cases eg. POTUS MAYOR GOVNR etc. get rejected too. Politically aggressive plates are even more regularly applied for and denied, eg. FKTRUMP, NOBAMA, etc.

NY State did at one time approve an OBAMA 08 plate but the driver found themselves constantly under threat of having the plates vandalized and stolen right off his vehicle.

Frankly I'm not sure what the fuss is here.

lawred2 · 09-09-2019 4:00pm

biko wrote: »

Swedish man is prevented from having vanity plate with "TRUMP" on it. Swedish authority says it's offensive.

https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2019-09-06---must-not-have-trump-as-number-plate-.HyMlTFXg8B.html
https://www.nyteknik.se/fordon/bilagare-ville-ha-trump-pa-registreringsskylt-uppfattas-som-stotande-6970898

Oh my god. I'm so angry. Somebody kill the world.

TuringBot47 · 09-09-2019 4:02pm

Simple solution: Have a normal reg plate and stick as many "Trump" political stickers as he wants on the bumpers.

James Brown · 09-09-2019 4:06pm

notobtuse wrote: »

Seems Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a worldwide epidemic.

TBF, Trump is deranged. They did him a favour

greencap · 09-09-2019 4:12pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

What opinion did he shut down?

All I saw was a question without a question mark. Leading me to believe its a rhetorical question. Can you shut down a rhetorical question?

Are you for real?
What are you smoking?

Gregor Samsa · 09-09-2019 4:15pm

Sonny noggs wrote: »

I have, and in the city I stayed in white Europeans were very much in the minority.

What city was that? By very much, do you mean like 25% of the population?

Raconteuse · 09-09-2019 4:29pm

Overheal wrote: »

Political plates routinely get rejected all the time, especially political plates or those that can be seen to misrepresent someone as an official - in this case TRUMP but in other cases eg. POTUS MAYOR GOVNR etc. get rejected too. Politically aggressive plates are even more regularly applied for and denied, eg. FKTRUMP, NOBAMA, etc.

NY State did at one time approve an OBAMA 08 plate but the driver found themselves constantly under threat of having the plates vandalized and stolen right off his vehicle.

Frankly I'm not sure what the fuss is here.

It's likely this is the reason, but of course it's being blown up as Trump derangement syndrome or a depressing example of censorship by the left. Exceptional dishonesty.

biko · 09-09-2019 4:45pm

Overheal wrote: »

Political plates routinely get rejected all the time, especially political plates or those that can be seen to misrepresent someone as an official - in this case TRUMP but in other cases eg. POTUS MAYOR GOVNR etc. get rejected too. Politically aggressive plates are even more regularly applied for and denied, eg. FKTRUMP, NOBAMA, etc.

In US I understand you cannot be driving around with POTUS, MAYOR etc, but this is a country on the other side of the world.

If US itself allowed a OBAMA 08 plate then for Sweden to reject a TRUMP plate is pure nonsense.

Deebles McBeebles · 09-09-2019 4:51pm

greencap wrote: »

Are you for real?
What are you smoking?

You lads are gas.

greencap · 09-09-2019 5:00pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

You lads are gas.

Good man.

Raconteuse · 09-09-2019 5:00pm

biko wrote: »

In US I understand you cannot be driving wound with POTUS, MAYOR etc, but this is a country on the other side of the world.

If US itself allowed a OBAMA 08 plate then for Sweden to reject a TRUMP plate is pure nonsense.

But aren't there restrictions in general regarding licence plate modification? I mean it's virtually non existent here.

Sonny noggs · 09-09-2019 5:02pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

What city was that? By very much, do you mean like 25% of the population?

Kista

Dr.Sanchez · 09-09-2019 5:04pm

Sonny noggs wrote: »

I have, and in the city I stayed in white Europeans were very much in the minority.

Really? Thats interesting, what city was this? Reason I ask is because I live in Sweden, and have been to every major city in the country yet I must have clearly missed out on something?

Suckit · 09-09-2019 5:08pm

Dr.Sanchez wrote: »

Really? Thats interesting, what city was this? Reason I ask is because I live in Sweden, and have been to every major city in the country yet I must have clearly missed out on something?

Lagos.

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