Word: swiss
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Your article was a character assassination of the Swiss people. Some people may have disputes with Swiss banks, but I cannot accept the tarnishing of the national character of an entire country. I am reminded of President James Madison's words: "Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations." CHRISTIAN D. DE FOULOY Richmond, Virginia...
Although Jewish groups may be justified in their campaign to recover funds from Swiss banks, their harsh tactics are breeding a new feeling of anti-Semitism. Dredging up the past and trying to forget it are both dangerous. KRYSTIAN DOMARADZKI Chicago...
Every country in the world has parts of its past that it would like to forget (for the U.S. it is the enslavement of an entire race, for South Africa the same crime), but it seems as if the Swiss think they should be excluded from international condemnation simply because they bought their way out of World War II. We should all recognize our crimes against the Jews and focus on teaching our children how to avoid spreading the ignorance that was rampant in the early days of the century. APRIL D. REAGAN Apex, North Carolina...
...little frightening that human beings are still so fond of black-and-white pictures, the binary digits 0 and 1 or the good guy and the bad guy. What technology achieved with fuzzy logic several years ago still seems to be the exception for human judgment. The Swiss are the same human beings as the Germans, the French or the Americans. They are not angels, but they are not devils either. Maybe everyone should start to think in shades of gray. STEPHAN LOEB Binningen, Switzerland...
...Some Swiss like the proverb that says the way you shout something into the forest is the way it will come back to you. So if you want someone to be cooperative, you have to show the same spirit. No aggression, no hostility. If World Jewish Congress head Edgar Bronfman had followed this behavior, maybe the Swiss would move mountains and perhaps even offer him a chair. CATRINA DENKER Zurich...