Merkel brings Palestinian refugee child to tears

[Pull My Finger]

lack of emotion

Not true!

[Noradin]

Let's be honest: Merkel could only lose in this situation. All the options she had would have made that girl cry. What followed then was low-quality media pulling out clickbait titles. And she wasn't heartless. If you speak german and see Merkel in the news more often: She is not an emotional person. I actually believe she was sincerely sorry for the girl.

That was my impression as well.

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Then the girl should't have formulated it as a question.

Painfull honesty is a german cultural thing.

Yes, it can be jarring to those not used to it.
Translation is more than just litterally transcripting the words, there is a cultural component as well.

[cFortyfive]

So you'd rather have dishonest poiticans?

Well in case of merkel I'd settle for one with a position.

[Noradin]

Ja ist es. Warum denkst du heißt es Notlüge.

The german term for white-lie is Notlüge an emergency lie.
As a trend german people can be more blunt because just telling you the dress looks fine when you look like a fat cow in it is deemed dishonest.

And it sets the one asking the question up for later embarrasment/disappointment/harm, which is not ok even if lying could make you avoid seeing it firsthand. It is the cowardly way out to use a white lie in such a situation.

[Combatbutler]

Well in case of merkel I'd settle for one with a position.

Unfortunately there is no alternative, not to mention the politics won't change much anyway, since a grand coalition is the most likely result yet again.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10394985.html

Felt somewhat relative.

Wtf how can you construct a link?

[zephid]

Well nothing she said was wrong. Germany can't support all refugees.

why would it be impossible? you can build more

Because a country's economy can't support an indefinite amount of refugees, there will be an upper limit.

[Flutterguy]

I wish we had a leader that could say no to foreign pressure. Merkel should just tell them all to come to the US. Border's open.