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  1. Yeah, the thing is if I do some quick math, I come to the conclusion that I should now some people that have been kidnapped. I don't.
  2. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:[..]

    Well trust me when I say this. All American news networks are shit.

    The important thing is most conservatives, will admit FNC is biased, and has it share of dubious moments. Getting a lefty yo admit CNN/MSNBC is biased is like pulling teeth.

    This is why it's good to have good public service news that by law shall be unbiased always letting both sides in politics speak. In Sweden you can watch news that are largely unbiased, of course they'll never be perfect though.
  3. And BTW: Those parents got arrested for trying to flee the country when they had committed a crime. They were homeschooling their kids themselves without permission from what I've been able to find, not with permission like the article says. In Sweden every kid must go to school from the start of first grade at 6/7 years old, to the end of school in 9th grade at 15/16. This is a very important law. Homeschooling is allowed when there are special circumstances and must be tutored by a qualified teacher. These were parents who were conspiracy theorists keeping their child from going to school to teach it themselves. They were breaking the law and then tried to flee the country. The kid nowadays seems to have been placed in a surrogate family that he's been adopted by.

    That's what I've found. Believe me, if there was something weird for real in this story, there are newspapers here who'd have jumped on it. It would have been everywhere. As it is now, you can only find this story in the more obscure corners of the internet.
  4. Also, just one thing showing how crap the article is:

    "Socialist Ministry of Education"
    "Socialist Swedish Authorities"
    "...the Socialists..."

    Someone trying to make something sound like the Soviet Union or something? "Socialist" in everything, really? Actually it's called the "Ministry Of Education And Research" in English. The article is a blatant cheap shot. I can find you other stories of things going wrong with kids in care and that. Things sometimes go wrong no matter the system. Especially things that went wrong in the past. No kidnappings though, sorry.
  5. In other news:

    Great news today with the two Swedish journalists who have been pardoned in Ethiopia. 14 months after their arrest, they will finally be free tomorrow.
  7. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:And BTW: Those parents got arrested for trying to flee the country when they had committed a crime. They were homeschooling their kids themselves without permission from what I've been able to find, not with permission like the article says. In Sweden every kid must go to school from the start of first grade at 6/7 years old, to the end of school in 9th grade at 15/16. This is a very important law. Homeschooling is allowed when there are special circumstances and must be tutored by a qualified teacher. These were parents who were conspiracy theorists keeping their child from going to school to teach it themselves. They were breaking the law and then tried to flee the country. The kid nowadays seems to have been placed in a surrogate family that he's been adopted by.

    That's what I've found. Believe me, if there was something weird for real in this story, there are newspapers here who'd have jumped on it. It would have been everywhere. As it is now, you can only find this story in the more obscure corners of the internet.

    Just because they don't agree with the gov, does not mean there wrong.
  8. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Also, just one thing showing how crap the article is:

    "Socialist Ministry of Education"
    "Socialist Swedish Authorities"
    "...the Socialists..."

    Someone trying to make something sound like the Soviet Union or something? "Socialist" in everything, really? Actually it's called the "Ministry Of Education And Research" in English. The article is a blatant cheap shot. I can find you other stories of things going wrong with kids in care and that. Things sometimes go wrong no matter the system. Especially things that went wrong in the past. No kidnappings though, sorry.

    Do you deny that you live in a marxist country?
  9. Well in your world everything left of the republicans is Marxist

    Anyway, elections in 2 days in Holland. The left and right fronts are very close. Coalition could swing both ways.

    I haven't yet decided what to vote, might vote anti-EU this time. Can't explain why we lend money we dont have to countries who wont be able to pay it back. Might end up at Wilders, although he is a maniac I don't have much other options.

    Democrats would love to orgy all week in Brussels. And even though the Socialist Party has the only people I wouldnt mind to share a beer with, their ideals are just that, ideals.

    Liberals had their chance, they say they are for a smaller government, less overhead. But all they did is raise taxes and hurt the social system.
  10. Depends on the category, if I consider it marxist. Socially, I'm pretty liberal.


  11. You just perfectly described the way EU (and most of the western world) functions. And I don't see where it ends and how it could end well.
  12. Yep, me neither.
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