Local Germans, from the small town of Arnberg, will not be allowed to shoot off fireworks this New Year because it might upset the refugees living in the area. Town spokesman, Christoph Söbbeler, said that there is a psychological reason behind the ban, so as not to frighten the refugees.
It seems that if posters were put up, in many different languages, forbidding them purchasing them for “security reasons”, then posters could have informed the refugees that it was a holiday tradition to fire off fireworks as a form of celebration and not to panic.
So the local inhabitants have to give up a tradition because of the new migrants.
A university psychiatrist spoke out to support the town’s decision, remarking that traumatised migrants would struggle to differentiate between a firework and a hand-grenade. Professor Markus Burgmer of the University Hospital, Munster said: “Sounds similar to the stressful event, the images can be used in a flashback cause of time again and cause panic and anxiety, nervousness and restlessness”.
Alive to the possibility that migrants may be confused by common new year’s traditions, other towns and cities have also taken action, although none as drastic as Arnberg. In Reichenberg, Bavaria the town council gave migrants a sample firework display earlier this week to teach them not to fear the sound of explosions in Europe.
Happy New Year, refugees. If one is going to move to a new culture, then one must learn to live within the culture, assimilate and enjoy the newness of the culture.
Source: Breitbart
No way
If you move to a country you fit yourself to the laws and traditions they already have