PoA What I liked about Sweden was that there was never a big rush to cram everything into 8 hours and then some. They value time with their families and the workplace supports this. Not too many colleagues or managers were uptight if someone just took a day off to spend time with the family. The system worked okay and functional but not always expedient as one would need. The stores had shorter hours so that families could spend more time together if they chose.
I can't speak too much about the "law" in Sweden other than my own personal experiences and that it was abysmal at best. However, if you are Swedish and want to beat your wife and child and get away with it time after time after time-then their laws governing this are fantastic....Hence my decision to stay in the US-where in kind-a US judge sent my American born 29 month old back to his criminal father and I was denied any time for discovery to get what I needed for trial. So it is a real stretch to claim that I prefer either legal system. My ex got away with this every time even though he was arrested. An immigrant crapped on the floor of a store in Stockholm and was put in prison for 12 months. There is no justice here or there. They are clever with their wit and advertisement. They like to have block parties and be social with their neighbor so that was nice. They are ingenious with work place ergonomics and I have not seen anything come close to it here (would be great business venture if the dollar was not so low). There are several parties in Sweden and it is a parliamentary system. Interestingly, the parties will combine so that they can attain enough power to win key seats and positions in elections. The last election-the Nazi party (I I am not mistaken-combined with another that I can not recall and took some key seats from the ruling social democrats). There are many debate shows and many Swedes watch them. When you engage the average Swede in a conversation about politics and current world events, they are a bit more informed than one would normally expect. It was not too unusual to see and hear the college students talking about politics, ideologies and world events. Here in the US, I can't even engage my colleagues in these types of conversations and they are at a loss for an opinion for they have no clue what is happening in the world around them (this is mostly due to the nature of the job and time constraints). But it is good to be home-problems and all. Atleast I am not treated like crap because I am believed to be from the Middle East S On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:19 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > It is an interesting country and the culture is very different. > ---- > remember that culture in the US is unique - a heavy mix > we have a lot of cultural issues like most other countries > the law is subject to popularity > > Some things I really like, others I did not. > --- > expound please > > Their commercials are like the superbowl > commercials and they are so bloody funny. > --- > humor and happiness are popular > how important is you happiness? > > They are quite clever. > --- > the flavor of the day > > I do not know how long they will be able to maintain their "social > democracy" > --- > try to remember that we are a federal constitutional republic > the implication is that we are not subjects of a government > that said: we are in a war with those who want government to be a > provider > socialists want government, American want liberty and freedom > yeah, we want to be exempt from rule ... a utopian thought but worth > the struggle > > having happy thoughts for S, > poa > > On Jun 21, 7:42 pm, Sharon Fuentes <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is an interesting country and the culture is very different. Some > things > > I really like, others I did not. Their commercials are like the > superbowl > > commercials and they are so bloody funny. They are quite clever. I do > not > > know how long they will be able to maintain their "social democracy" > > > > S > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No religious censorship there. Bible thumpers and itenerant godsellers > > > rule tv here for the most part. > > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Sharon Fuentes < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > >> Funny...When I moved to Sweden I just about fell off the soffa when > they > > >> commonly use it in their English shows that are broadcasted there. > > >> S > > >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Travis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >>> It used to be 11, now it's 12. > > >>> The "F" Word > > >>> There are only TWELVE times in history when the "F" word has been > > >>> considered acceptable for use. They are as follows: > > > > >>> 1. "What the @#$% do you mean, we are sinking?" -- Capt. E.J Smith > of > > >>> RMS > > >>> Titanic, 1912 > > > > >>> 2. "What the @#$% was that?" - Mayor Of Hiroshima, 1945 > > > > >>> 3. "Where did all those @#$%ing Indians come from?" -- Custer, 1877 > > > > >>> 4. "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that." -- Einstein, 1938 > > > > >>> 5. "It does so @#$%ing look like her!" - Picasso, 1926 > > > > >>> 6. "How the @#$% did you work that out?" - Pythagoras, 126 BC > > > > >>> 7. "You want WHAT on the @#$%ing ceiling?" - Michelangelo, 1566 > > > > >>> 8. "Where the @#$% are we?" - Amelia Earhart, 1937 > > > > >>> 9. "Scattered @#$%ing showers, my ass!" - Noah, 4314 BC > > > > >>> 10. "Aw c'mon. Who the @#$% is going to find out?" - Bill Clinton, > 1998 > > > > >>> 11. "Geez, I didn't think they'd get this @%#*^ing mad." - Saddam > > >>> Hussein, > > >>> 2002 > > > > >>> And the new winner is! > > > > >>> 12. 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