> I don't steal from anyone.. Except for any time you use a govt subsidized service. > The social system in Denmark ensures that >everyone has an equal chance of succeding But why bother? If I dont make it, the gov. will take care of me.... > (on the contrary to US where the rich become >richer, the poor poorer). Not always, I'm better off that when I started out, and I didn't get help from my gov, or anyone else for that matter.. I did it _myself_. > We do not have security at schools, why? Because the culture is completely different. > Because everyone feels good and do not have to > walk around with guns because they are afraid >of being mugged. This is just not true. Out of all the people I know, maybe 1 in 10 posesses a handgun, and half of them are police officers... > Read the crimerate statistics in US and in >Denmark, Two things here. First, Denmark, is AFAIK, culturally homogenous (sp?). This makes a big dent in violent crime. Second, the drug laws in our countries are completely different. I dont know what you laws are, so I wont even try to comment. But I believe they are much more lax that ours... This creates a whole new set of crimes and sub-crimes... > where would you prefer to live? Here. The gov stays out of my life, for now... >The US spend twice as much money on police and >security than Denmark, I'll assume you mean per capita, if not then that comment is too ridiculous to reply to. >in Denmark we prefer taking care of people >economically instead of forcing them to commit a >crime, just to feed their families. Nobody in this country commits crime "just to feed thier families". Greed, hate ( if you dont get this one, imagine if your next door neigbors were bosnian, or serbian, and were really obnoxious about it.), or chemical desperation fuel most of the crime here. > We have a low crime-rate, people don't wear >arms and the government pays for everyones >education. personally the crime rate where I live is quite low. we have only had one homicide in the last two years( very tragic, domestic dipute gone horribly wrong, with hunting rifle. )muggings nil, assaults low, one attempted rape( the man was lucky, the cops got to him before the locals did ). minor buglury, and a few odds and ends...nothing really to speak of. As far as bearing arms go, most of us dont. we just like having the option.:) And just to clarify, I'm not rich. ( I made 11.5k $US last year) And I've never been on the dole.. and I'm proud of it...
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> I don't steal from anyone.. Except for any time you use a govt subsidized service. > The social system in Denmark ensures that >everyone has an equal chance of succeding But why bother? If I dont make it, the gov. will take care of me.... > (on the contrary to US where the rich become >richer, the poor poorer). Not always, I'm better off that when I started out, and I didn't get help from my gov, or anyone else for that matter.. I did it _myself_. > We do not have security at schools, why? Because the culture is completely different. > Because everyone feels good and do not have to > walk around with guns because they are afraid >of being mugged. This is just not true. Out of all the people I know, maybe 1 in 10 posesses a handgun, and half of them are police officers... > Read the crimerate statistics in US and in >Denmark, Two things here. First, Denmark, is AFAIK, culturally homogenous (sp?). This makes a big dent in violent crime. Second, the drug laws in our countries are completely different. I dont know what you laws are, so I wont even try to comment. But I believe they are much more lax that ours... This creates a whole new set of crimes and sub-crimes... > where would you prefer to live? Here. The gov stays out of my life, for now... >The US spend twice as much money on police and >security than Denmark, I'll assume you mean per capita, if not then that comment is too ridiculous to reply to. >in Denmark we prefer taking care of people >economically instead of forcing them to commit a >crime, just to feed their families. Nobody in this country commits crime "just to feed thier families". Greed, hate ( if you dont get this one, imagine if your next door neigbors were bosnian, or serbian, and were really obnoxious about it.), or chemical desperation fuel most of the crime here. > We have a low crime-rate, people don't wear >arms and the government pays for everyones >education. personally the crime rate where I live is quite low. we have only had one homicide in the last two years( very tragic, domestic dipute gone horribly wrong, with hunting rifle. )muggings nil, assaults low, one attempted rape( the man was lucky, the cops got to him before the locals did ). minor buglury, and a few odds and ends...nothing really to speak of. As far as bearing arms go, most of us dont. we just like having the option. :) And just to clarify, I'm not rich. ( I made 11.5k $US last year) And I've never been on the dole.. and I'm proud of it...