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Is this not what has happened a lot in Britain and Denmark?


Hate crimes and bigotry are very common in those two countries. This is exactly how they treated enemy POWs in World War II. Denmark treated George POWs pretty much like that. Forced them to work in mines. I don't know about Italian POWs but anyways yes.
"MS Burning" is pretty much like what has happened in those two countries.

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Denmark treated George POWs pretty much like that
Did you mean to say German?

If you can cite any references to back up your claims then I'd love to see them, else I'm saying you're wrong. Hate crimes don't really exist as such in either country. Yes they both have nationalist political parties that have nationalist views, but they routinely fail to gain traction, and yes, in both countries there's a minority view that immigrants are a root cause of some social ills, but actual hate crimes? They're extremely rare. And it's equally rare for any politician to gain votes on an anti-immigration platform.

As for forced labor camps during WW2? That's just plain wrong. You do know that Denmark was actually occupied by the Germans, don't you?

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That's what I'm saying -- that Denmark and Britain were Allied Powers so naturally they were worse than Germany. Denmark conquered Greenland and mistreated them for years, and also we obviously know about Britain. After WWII, being the Germany was an enemy, many countries took the liberty to treat German POWs and civilians like s--t. Many were put in Danish hospitals and left to die.

I see no difference between that and "Mississippi Burning."

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Initially Denmark was neutral but they joined the Allied side once their colonial prowess (in Greenland) was threatened.

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I don't agree with you when you say that political parties don't tend to gain votes in the UK for anti immigration policies... UKIP have a rather terrifying amount of support at the moment - there is a lot of hate for immigrants. However, I do agree that so far as I'm aware, the hate crimes weren't to the same extent in the UK as they were in America.. That doesn't mean there were none (Stephen Lawrence proves otherwise) however you can't compare hate crimes with treatment of prisoners of war

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Denmark was never one of the allied countries.
Read a book or something.

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You seriously need a brush-up on your historical facts, because they're very much made up....

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What historical facts? lol

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Why not the made up fact that Denmark even has mines to begin with.

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What mines? I'm talking about their past imperialism in Greenland.

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