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No one pays close attention to S politics, perhaps because of the crazy number of referendums churned out every month, with "No cars on Sundays" the most ludicrous I've heard to date.

In the run-up to elections next month, the S Political Party has plastered appalling posters across the country, depicting stark messages via cartoons. Evinced, as one is drawn immediately to a black cartoon sheep being evicted out of the field by a white sheep. The movement refers to a campaign pledge to expel foreign criminals. The slogan translates to something like "Create safety." Amusingly, the logo accompanied on the lower right is derived from the guarantee logo on food products.

My L-permit. From what I heard at a gathering with sg-people, it's a notch higher than an asylum seeker! maybe it's because I'm staying here for a few months only, but then again I had to pay 85 CHF (close to $100) for this dumb piece of paper that can be shredded into pieces within seconds. what the heck? and worse still, it's the cumbersome size of my wallet which means I can't slot it into the wallet like my IC.

The slogan of S. Com, the largest phone service provider, translates to "We have massively sunken prices in Europe."

Don't you think there's seriously something wrong with this poster? A theory reads somewhere that neutrality - practised since 1815 after the Congress of Vienna - is the source of xenophobia or even a sense of Über alles (above all). From personal experience, I've noticed that in supermarkets, bookstores etc that 90% stocks are "Product of S". And more recently, a conversation with an Administrative Personnel from the Student Exchange Office left me slightly in disgust. While explaining why I chose to study here, she launched into a paroxysm of "Put down ALL Universities" campaign with strong concealment of Überalles, though in vain.

That said, I'm still happy. :) I'm not complaining, just relating my thoughts, interpretation and understanding. I may be downright wrong. Who knows? It takes a complete bouleversement in beliefs, a lengthy process of inoculation to be in a position to quantify. Bottomline: One need to go through it to understand it. And that's what an exchange is about.

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