I think you’re right about why this gets so much attention – maybe more than it deserves.

On the issue itself, I speak from a spectator perspective, I guess. But I have seen that kind of carts in India, where I think they work relatively well, considering the problematic gender relations that are prevalent in that…

A couple of weeks ago a guy was shot in the foot at an Osloer Str. Döner joint, so I guess it’s safe to say that Wedding luckily hasn’t reached Prenzlauer Berg gentrification hights yet ;) And the station’s still in its nice Norwegian colors, of course! Glad you had a good time!

I happen to live in Wedding, so cheers, former neighbor (if you also have fond memories apart from soldiers and the cold war, that is ;) ). And yes, unfortunately the image many Germans have of the US is pitifully one-sided and stereotypical.

You are mixing two things up there, though. The fact that 3 out of 58 were refugees from Syria or Iraq and most of the rest were of North African descent does not mean that the rest have just recently come to Germany in the wave of immigration. Many, many people of North African descent have been living in Germany for…

Without deciding for myself whether I think these carts would ultimately benefit or harm an equal society, I’d like to point out that the transportation company in question has issued a statement about this plan in which they say that there is no connection between the sexual assaults this article talks about and the…