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I hate Norway, I’ve lived here all my life (I’m 15) and there are very few positive things about Norway.

1) The taxes and the government
We have to pay high taxes, sure we get free health care, free schools, etc., but if you need to get an operation at the hospital there are waiting list where you might have to wait up to 2 years. Norway has it’s own oil fund with X amounts of billion dollars in it. But instead of using that money to fix roads, schools, hospitals, etc., the government saves it in case Norway collapses at some point. So instead the government increases the taxes and the people have pay more… Also, the prisons in Norway are amazing. Inmates get a big room (that’s right, a room, not a cell) with their own TV, a comfy bed and a window with a view. Norwegian prisons are like hotels and many smaller prisons in Norway don’t even have a fence around the prison. In the stores we can only buy expensive and shitty Norwegian products, because the import tax is insanely high. And the reason is because if people start buying cheap but good quality foreign food, the norwegian farmers will not make money. Even though today 70% of all products in supermarkets are Norwegian, the farmers still complain they don’t make enough money, even though it’s pretty obvious farming isn’t exactly a goldmine anymore…

2) The people
(Not applying to all, but…) Most Norwegians are racist, greedy, arrogant, always mad and depressed. Norwegians believe they live in the best country in the world because they were awarded the best country to live in by people who doesn’t live in Norway. Racism and bullying is everywhere especially in schools. Kids are often bullied, and the teachers rarely react. One of my teachers was racist, he was standing in class talking about 2 of my classmates who weren’t white, simply talking down to them and about their “race” and how he believed they where worthless. It took the school almost 2 years to get him suspended from teaching after many other “incidents” as they call them. Another thing is they Norwegians can’t accept any changes in their boring lives. Norwegians are stupid, unsocial and care too much about money. If you make little money you’re looked down at in society, you’re worthless. If your parents make less then other parents you’re going to get bullied, that’s the truth, welcome to Norway…

3) The climate
Now, I hate snow and the cold, and there’s no escaping it in Norway (unless you do as typical Norwegians does, travel to a charter county). My schools believes it important to keep Norwegian traditions (cross country skiing) so every year we have a “ski day” which always ends up like hell. Primarily because the school and the parents think that every Norwegian kid was born with skies on their legs. In Norway it’s either snowing, raining or a 10% chance of sun. Therefore it’s always cold and wet. If you want to get depressed, this is the place to go…

http://amplicate.com/hate/norway/2484313-i-hate-norway-ive-lived-here-all-my-life-im/
 
Abraxas said:
I hate Norway, I’ve lived here all my life (I’m 15) and there are very few positive things about Norway.

1) The taxes and the government
We have to pay high taxes, sure we get free health care, free schools, etc., but if you need to get an operation at the hospital there are waiting list where you might have to wait up to 2 years. Norway has it’s own oil fund with X amounts of billion dollars in it. But instead of using that money to fix roads, schools, hospitals, etc., the government saves it in case Norway collapses at some point. So instead the government increases the taxes and the people have pay more… Also, the prisons in Norway are amazing. Inmates get a big room (that’s right, a room, not a cell) with their own TV, a comfy bed and a window with a view. Norwegian prisons are like hotels and many smaller prisons in Norway don’t even have a fence around the prison. In the stores we can only buy expensive and shitty Norwegian products, because the import tax is insanely high. And the reason is because if people start buying cheap but good quality foreign food, the norwegian farmers will not make money. Even though today 70% of all products in supermarkets are Norwegian, the farmers still complain they don’t make enough money, even though it’s pretty obvious farming isn’t exactly a goldmine anymore…

2) The people
(Not applying to all, but…) Most Norwegians are racist, greedy, arrogant, always mad and depressed. Norwegians believe they live in the best country in the world because they were awarded the best country to live in by people who doesn’t live in Norway. Racism and bullying is everywhere especially in schools. Kids are often bullied, and the teachers rarely react. One of my teachers was racist, he was standing in class talking about 2 of my classmates who weren’t white, simply talking down to them and about their “race” and how he believed they where worthless. It took the school almost 2 years to get him suspended from teaching after many other “incidents” as they call them. Another thing is they Norwegians can’t accept any changes in their boring lives. Norwegians are stupid, unsocial and care too much about money. If you make little money you’re looked down at in society, you’re worthless. If your parents make less then other parents you’re going to get bullied, that’s the truth, welcome to Norway…

3) The climate
Now, I hate snow and the cold, and there’s no escaping it in Norway (unless you do as typical Norwegians does, travel to a charter county). My schools believes it important to keep Norwegian traditions (cross country skiing) so every year we have a “ski day” which always ends up like hell. Primarily because the school and the parents think that every Norwegian kid was born with skies on their legs. In Norway it’s either snowing, raining or a 10% chance of sun. Therefore it’s always cold and wet. If you want to get depressed, this is the place to go…

http://amplicate.com/hate/norway/2484313-i-hate-norway-ive-lived-here-all-my-life-im/
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:palm: 15 year olds don't know shit about anything.
 
Rune said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...the-freemasons-to-corrupt-police-9054670.html

Secret networks of Freemasons have been used by organised crime gangs to corrupt the criminal justice system, according to a bombshell Metropolitan Police report leaked to The Independent.

Operation Tiberius, written in 2002, found underworld syndicates used their contacts in the controversial brotherhood to “recruit corrupted officers” inside Scotland Yard, and concluded it was one of “the most difficult aspects of organised crime corruption to proof against”.
The report – marked “Secret” – found serving officers in East Ham east London who were members of the Freemasons attempted to find out which detectives were suspected of links to organised crime from other police sources who were also members of the society.
Famous for its secret handshakes, Freemasonry has long been suspected of having members who work in the criminal justice system – notably the judiciary and the police.
The political establishment and much of the media often dismiss such ideas as the work of conspiracy theorists. However, Operation Tiberius is the second secret police report revealed by The Independent in the last six months to highlight the possible issue.
Project Riverside, a 2008 report on the rogue private investigations industry by the Serious Organised Crime Agency, also claimed criminals attempt to corrupt police officers through Freemason members in a bid to further their interests.
Concerns over the influence of freemasons on the criminal justice system in 1998 led former Home Secretary Jack Straw to order that all police officers and judges should declare membership of the organisation.
However, ten of Britain’s 43 police forces refused to take part and the policy was dropped under threat of legal action. In England and Wales, the Grand Master of the Freemasons is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. The United Grand Lodge of England declined to comment last night.
The Independent revealed last week that Operation Tiberius found that organised crime syndicates such as the Adams family and the gang led by David Hunt were able to infiltrate the Met “at will”.
Asked to comment on the Tiberius report, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “The Metropolitan Police Service will not tolerate any behaviour by our officers and staff which could damage the trust placed in police by the public.
“We are determined to pursue corruption in all its forms and with all possible vigour.”
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Is it this handshake?

 
Yurt said:
the stude is so fucking stupid he doesn't realize why most people in the UK don't have AC....i live on the central coast and most people on the coast there do not have AC

i'll let pot head figure out why
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You can't afford it, since you are an Internet only lawyer!
 
Abraxas said:
Shopping plazas, entertainment venues and cars have aircon but it is only really needed for at most 2-3 months a year. You have to remember in a humid fetid hellhole like Louisiana, without aircon it would be totally unlivable.
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That's right 2 to 3 months y'all sweat buckets and reject new world ease of living. Poor much
 
The Dude said:
That's right 2 to 3 months y'all sweat buckets and reject new world ease of living. Poor much
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It occurs to me that for a man of such alleged wealth and free time as you claim, we've never heard anything about any of your world travels.

I wonder why that is?
 
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Norway is the best place in the world to live while Niger is the least desirable, according to an annual report by the United Nations.
 
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[h=1]4 Lessons We Can Learn From "The Best Country in the World"[/h] By Natalie Jesionka, November 30, 2012

Imagine a place where paternity leave for both parents is the norm, children get social security, healthcare is free, and the state pays for your wedding ceremony (at least the church and priest) and your funeral. From an American perspective, it sounds hard to imagine—but it’s the reality in Norway. A country of five million people, Norway has one of the highest standards of living in the world, and has been voted the best country to live in for nearly 10 years in a row.
As a human rights lecturer at a New York-based Norwegian institution, Gateway College, I teach university students who are experiencing New York for the first time. Many come from small villages or Norway’s capital city, Oslo, and New York is probably one of the most intense and eye-opening experiences of their lives. It’s been a blast to watch these students grow over the semester, and realize how many lessons they will take from America back to Norway.
But at the same time, we Americans can take some lessons from Norwegian society, too. There is a reason Norway is so successful (and not just because it’s just an oil country), and I would argue there are a few lessons we should take from this Scandinavian country and apply to our thinking and our daily lives.
[h=2]1. Learning to JanteLoven[/h]The concept of Jante Law is widespread around Scandinavia, but in Norway, it is known as JanteLoven; a code of social behavior emphasizing modesty, collectivity, and social equality. In essence, it suggests that no one is better than another person, and that we should not brag about our skills or be too proud.
It’s hard to imagine JanteLoven in an American context, because we are often so competitive and so focused on our individual accomplishments and goals (I did this, I built that, I achieved this). It took me an entire semester to realize each student's unique interests, because they didn’t even really talk about themselves for fear of coming off too forward about their work. Students would never say “I,” they would only say “we” to emphasize the collective and the community. And I have to admit, it took a little getting used to.
As their professor, I made sure students understood the American way of networking and speaking up about your accomplishments. But as I’ve learned from the Norwegians, being humble and modest has its place, too. For example, when discussing social problems, students would rarely use their personal anecdotes to relate—they would instead focus on ways of efficiently solving the problem for everyone. And so, when students did speak about their personal experiences, it would have a stronger impact.
[h=2]2. Celebrating Equality[/h]Norway is also one of the most egalitarian countries in the world—gay couples have equal rights in marriage and employment and Norway is currently number one on the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index. The workforce is made up of 75% women, women occupy one-third of the seats in Norwegian parliament, and in 2003, the parliament passed a law stating that 40% of all companies’ board members must be women.
It’s also the best place in the world to be a mother. Mothers can get 10 months of full pay while on paternity leave, and fathers help out, too—they get 10 weeks of paternity leave during the first year of the child’s life.
These statistics stand in stark contrast to American society, where women make 70 cents to the dollar of men, we rank the 55th country worldwide in political empowerment, and rarely a day goes by that you don’t hear about the gender gap. While this is certainly something that can’t be changed overnight, we could use to keep in mind Norway’s success in this area. Striving for equality makes it easier for the entire society to succeed.
[h=2]3. Appreciating What You Have[/h]As our own fiscal cliff is all over the news in America, I would also argue that we could take a lesson from Norway, which has a $660 billion Petroleum fund and no national debt.
Granted, it also has some of the highest taxes in the world (about 28% income tax), which support its great social programs. And the cost of living is the highest in the world (a car that retails for $30,000 in the United States would sell for three times the price in Norway). But one thing students often brought up was how poverty and hunger didn’t really exist in Norway, and how eye-opening it was to see the range of different economics and struggles here in New York. What struck me most is that the students genuinely understood their privilege and felt the need to use it for aid and development efforts around the world. And no matter how you feel about government or taxes, having a mindset of appreciating what you have and helping those less fortunate is a good thing.
[h=2]4. Ga Pa Tur (Take a Walk) [/h]Ga Pa Tur translates "to take a walk"—with no other goal then actually walking. In Norway, there’s no destination or no rushing—they love just walking, picnicking, or simply experiencing life outside. In America, the idea of doing things "just because" is something we often lose sight of in our constant connectedness and competitive work week. We could certainly adopt the philosophy of Ga Pa Tur—and I’m sure it would help us significantly de-stress and enjoy the little things in life.
While Norway has many great things about it, I also watched my Norwegian students gripped by America and our values—they were fascinated by the “American dream” and questioned whether or not it still held true. They wanted to understand and celebrate American diversity and innovation, they were struck most by the idea that you can be an individual here and do whatever you want, whenever you want.
My students have learned a lot from their experiences in the United States, but more importantly, they immersed themselves in diversity, stepped out of their comfort zone, and challenged themselves to understand a different model of success. And we can all benefit from doing the same.

https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-lessons-we-can-learn-from-the-best-country-in-the-world
 
Tom, I will say about that article (and in defence of the UK), that the author needs to visit southern Europe more often. Italy is notorious for the fact that absolutely nothing works, from an organizational and societal standpoint. Obviously, when it comes to material objects, British goods are well-known for breaking down all the time.

Most of the other gripes are probably correct. I would also imagine that while the author hates the Daily Mail, it is probably the only news source that is taking violent crime in England seriously...
 
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