The few do not represent the many ...
Lately in the news is the Austrian guy who shockingly locked away his own daughter away for 24 years. The repercussions of this have an effect on a whole country and it's people. Local radio stations in London and the BBC have been asking "Are you Austrian, and if so how do you think this latest abuse scandal will affect your country's citizens and Austria's reputation internationally? How do you think your country will cope with this in the long term?". I find it bizarre how you could link the actions of an individual who is not elected to a whole country. Granted there has been two other similar cases of people getting locked away in cellars but does that mean the whole country and everyone in it is at fault ?
We are seeing too much of this mass labelling, when it's only the actions of a few. It's unfortunate, it's life.
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i totally agree.
that crime won't have any affect on my love for austria (especially the capital vienna).
but: my next train rides to vienna (i gothere 2x / year) will be different from the ones in the past - the train always stops in amstetten...