z6 -> RE: busking in Europe (Jun. 19 2012 17:25:52)
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I live in Switzerland, and they sure do like their rules, no doubt about that. As for asylum seekers, I've met quite a few and the ones I met have been treated very well indeed. Enough money to live on. Jobs provided (not great jobs but the guys I know are happy enough to be working and it makes them feel like they're a part of things). They are given German lessons every afternoon and encouraged to become a part of the society. Some people do have a few problems from individuals but the society, as a whole, is very humane. And the Swiss people, while being very 'ordered', are friendly and, for the most part welcoming. There is a 'hard right' that is allowed to put up advertising that would be termed extremely racist in most countries (because it is extremely racist) but the democracy practised here, while difficult sometimes to fathom, is quite evolved. They have votes on almost everything, even legalizing drugs. (Heroin was, for example, legalized recently... with some caveats, while cannabis was not legalized but four Cantons already allow people to grow their own.) As for buskers, they have the best I've ever seen outside of Covent Garden in London. Really, some tremendous musicians. And crime is still low. The country reminds me of the UK in the sixties. Not perfect, but as safe as one might hope for. I love that list of rules. I cannot confirm but I have worked with people who claim they are not 'allowed' to flush the toilet after ten in their apartments. Where I live (Zug) they have music seemingly all summer long in the open air in the evenings, so it depends where you live. It' a great place to busk (if you obey 'the law'). Swiss police don't have much to do outside of busting people for not wearing bicycle clips so obey or be fined. Busking in some places in the UK you'd need a bodyguard.
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