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The Nordic countries The next supermodel
The Economist ^ | Feb 2nd 2013 | unknown

Posted on 02/04/2013 5:50:35 PM PST by beaversmom

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To: CharlesMartelsGhost

You bad mouth multiculturalism. You should be bad mouthing Islam, Middle easterners.

The East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Phillipinos, Koreans, etc.) have shown very little inclination to rape, murder, theft, or any other crime. All they show is hard work, a dedication to education and family, and a desire not to rock the boat.


41 posted on 02/04/2013 8:05:32 PM PST by staytrue
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To: Eurotwit

Can you own rifles and pistols in Norway?


42 posted on 02/04/2013 8:11:46 PM PST by GunRunner (***Not associated with any criminal actions by the ATF***)
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To: Viennacon

The worm will turn, natural law will out in the end.


43 posted on 02/04/2013 8:21:10 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: beaversmom

“According to Egypt Today: “Tara Ahmed, a 25-year-old Kurdish woman, came with her husband to Finland seven years ago to work. ‘There are a lot of services offered to us here,’ she says. ‘Plus, during my seven years I haven’t had one single harassment, assault or discrimination case in any form.’ Like most immigrants, Ahmed and her husband took advantage of the free Finnish language lessons offered by the government, which pays immigrants €8 per day to attend. The government also provides immigrants with a free home, health care for their family and education for their children. In addition, they get a monthly stipend of €367 per adult to cover expenses until they start earning their own living. The government is able to pay for these services due to a progressive tax rate that can exceed fifty percent of a person’s income. Even so, officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed that Finland needs immigrants and that, in the long run, they are not a burden on society.”

Coming soon to a country near you!


44 posted on 02/04/2013 8:23:20 PM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: GunRunner
Yes, hunting and sports shooting are major passtimes here.

Norway has a large population of hunters.[3] Semi-automatic and bolt action rifles, as well as shotguns, make up the better part of the guns in civilian homes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Norway


45 posted on 02/04/2013 8:33:36 PM PST by Eurotwit ("Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.")
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To: Travis McGee

I know many Swedes. In private they are infact very racist - way more so than any Dane or Norwegian I have encountered.

Which just goes to show that the more government supresses the truth, they are creating a growing hatred.

Sweden is a pressure cooker, more so than the other Scandinavian countries.

Will the cooker explode?


46 posted on 02/04/2013 8:39:17 PM PST by Eurotwit ("Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.")
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To: Eurotwit
but get anyone of them to drink some Absolut

I always thought Absolut was considered cheap stuff rebranded and exported for Yanks college students to be the "cool" drink.

47 posted on 02/04/2013 8:50:13 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: Viennacon

“These people are demonic ...” The ‘soros disease is run anok in the Euro elitists.


48 posted on 02/04/2013 8:56:45 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Viennacon

“These people are demonic ...” The ‘soros disease’ is run amok in the Euro elitists.


49 posted on 02/04/2013 8:57:02 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Darren McCarty

It might be smart marketing, but Absolut is some of the most expensive vodka you can buy in the Nordic countries.

My preferred brand, Vikingfjord is slightly more expensive, but, hey vodka is vodka.

I am just buying “Norwegian” :P


50 posted on 02/04/2013 9:07:38 PM PST by Eurotwit ("Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.")
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To: muawiyah

You made me look up “fimbul winter.”


51 posted on 02/04/2013 9:14:04 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Eurotwit

In my day, it was $20 a bottle. Probably more now, but it was in the mid range. Popov was the real cheap stuff and it tasted like it. I’m not a big Vodka drinker. I’m more of an Irish Whiskey guy (Jameson) myself, but that taste runs through the bloodlines.


52 posted on 02/04/2013 9:23:42 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: thecodont; muawiyah; Travis McGee

Then you probably didn’t know that Norwegians troops are acting like death squads in Afghanistan under the warcry of “Valhalla”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uQcU92x2o


53 posted on 02/04/2013 9:25:31 PM PST by Eurotwit ("Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.")
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To: thecodont; muawiyah
You made me look up “fimbul winter.”

Thanks for pointing that out. Made me look it up too. :)

54 posted on 02/04/2013 10:00:11 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: Eurotwit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uQcU92x2o

Cool. Nordic men with Vangelis music!


55 posted on 02/04/2013 10:01:52 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: Eurotwit

Learn something every day.

I’d never heard of the Sami. Catching up via Wikipedia.

Thanks!


56 posted on 02/04/2013 10:15:46 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: beaversmom
You made me look up “fimbul winter.”

Ditto.

57 posted on 02/04/2013 10:19:51 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: beaversmom

I guess that is what we all need to learn.

“Nuance” as John Kerry thought us :P

Not all Norwegians are bed wetting liberals...

We truly are divided.

So is America.

The world is not black or white.

It is “nuanced”


58 posted on 02/04/2013 10:33:21 PM PST by Eurotwit ("Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.")
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To: Eurotwit

Very true ET. I was just talking about this very subject with the SIL over the weekend. How you might read about something tragic in the newspaper and form some terrible opinion about the person/people involved without knowing the back story. What happened before? What are the personalities involved? It’s so easy to judge other’s lives with a tiny sliver of information. And just reading your back and forths with other FReepers, it has reinforced in me that it’s impossible to know some of the truth unless you’ve seen these things up close and personal. You just can’t get all you need to know about anything from one news account or opinion. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your posts and insight tonight. It’s fascinating to get inside information from a different part of the world. Feel free to ping me to anything in the future about this general subject or whatever. Great stuff.


59 posted on 02/04/2013 11:04:13 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: Eurotwit
("Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.")

Love your tagline BTW.

60 posted on 02/04/2013 11:06:36 PM PST by beaversmom
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