OT: Re: pretty interesting mainstream linux piece

[Roger Oberholtzer]

Sweden does have a concept of human rights that extends to kids. After
all, kids is human too. I always felt that the social services in the
U.S. were more likely to take a kid away. I think whatever you heard
about Sweden is not fully accurate. It probably stems from the fact that
a kid does have the right to protection if their parent beats them. I
have never heard of a case of a kid being taken away. I am sure it has
happened, but not so very often. Sweden really wants kids to stay with
their parents.

As to skiing to Norway, well, I guess it could be done. As long as you
like cross country skiing. Sweden is quite a flat place. When you hit
the border to Norway you finally hit the mountains. Without these
mountains I think Sweden and Norway would have developed as one country.
The best skiing in Sweden is near the Norwegian border. This year,
during the sport break, when just about everybody goes skiing, we are
going to Norway. Followed closely by a Brinks van...


On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 21:57, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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> Ahhh yes.  I hear they can take away your kids for some pretty strange
> things there, though.  My wife's aunt and uncle lived there for a lot of
> years (he's from there) and her cousin and wife have lived there for
> some time now as well.
> 
> However, it would be nice to be able to ski between home and Norway and
> back again :)
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> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> | On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:37 -0500, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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> |>lol.
> |>I don't envy you there.
> |>I'd offer to come help, but the state of our cars this past two weeks
> |>has put me in a state of immobility (mas o menos).
> |
> |
> | Cars? I used to have one of those. Decided it was a bad habit. Ah, they
> | joys of urban Sweden.
> |
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