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Legalize File Sharing, Say Swedish MPs
CrystalFalcon writes "In the past week, the file sharing debate has exploded in Sweden, with numerous mainstream politicians finally having understood the issue. Last week, seven Swedish MPs wrote a prominent opinion piece saying that fully legalized file sharing is not just the best solution, it's the only solution. Now their number has increased to 13, and the issue continues to grow. Good summaries at TorrentFreak and P2P Consortium. Original opinion piece in English here."
Wow I'm really starting to hate Europeans.
You'll have to deal with a lot of people who actually know the difference between "their", "there", and "they're". And you might even have to learn a whole new language to deal with those who don't.
It's pretty easy to get that right when you learn English from a (printed) textbook. If they were learning from spoken English, like everybody in the US does, they'd make the mistake just as often.
Don't plan to get rich - Even billionaires have to pay taxes here.
As opposed to the US, where the top 5% pay 58% of the total income tax collected, and the top 10% pay 71%.
http://www.hoover.org/research/factsonpolicy/facts/6771827.html
Gun-toting rednecks are few and far between, so don't expect much interesting company. And forget about monster trucks!
Yeah, the US has the South. But Europe has Greece, so let's just call this one a wash.
The Germans, Russians and Italians are just waiting for their chance - Don't let all this openness, good food/drink, and friendly faces fool you!
Germans, (most) Russians and Italians are all Europeans... so... yeah. But in the US column, we haven't had a war with any of our (immediate) neighbors since 1812, so we're doing pretty good on that front.
Most people prefer Belgian or Swiss chocolate to Mars bars, Belgian, Polish, German or Czech beer to Bud, and pasta, sauerkraut, fondue or smoked salmon to a Big Mac.
Too bad there's no gourmet chocolate in the US: http://www.ghirardelli.com/
Or good beers: http://www.nwmicrobrews.com/
And I forgot that Belgium and Switzerland don't have any McDonalds: http://www.mcdonalds.be/ http://www.mcdonalds.ch/de/Default.asp?flash=true
Smoked salmon? I live in Washington State, come on!
In rural places a lot of people don't even lock their doors, so naturally theft, rape and murder are rampant.
In rural places in the US, a lot of people don't even locks their doors. Hell, I'm in a city (albeit a small one) and I don't lock my doors.
The taxpayers' money is spent on lots of useless stuff - Schools, health insurance and those too lazy to work.
The US has all of those, sadly. I'd much prefer our money didn't go to those too lazy to work, and I'd also like it if the money currently going to health insurance did so in a more rational fashion. But at least I don't troll message boards and post about the US like our shit don't stink.
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