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Date Posted: 19:26:42 04/23/03 Wed
Author: Hagbard
Author Host/IP: accel22.lax.untd.com / 64.136.26.32
Subject: Re: Oh, right, Dutch crime rates
In reply to: Kharn 's message, "Oh, right, Dutch crime rates" on 05:36:33 04/23/03 Wed

>Whenever discussing the integration problems, there's
>always a group of people arguing that we should
>duplicate the American/English integration system,
>i.e. people must be able to speak the language before
>immigrating and some other demands. We have no demands
>at all right now, for all practical reasons, except
>that "your life should be in danger, kinda".

AFAIK, one need not speak the language to become a citizen. The U.S. is unique in being the only nation (AFAIK) that does not have an official national language. Kind of hard to require immigrants to speak that which doesn't exist. Not to mention the fact that I only have to travel to my local fast food franchise to realize that English speaking ability is not a requirement. Or just look at the parents of my roommate sophomore year of college.


>The entire law-processing is pretty much jammed up. We
>don't have enough lawyers to process every case and
>the "district attorneys office" (as I think you'd call
>it) is way too small as well. The paperwork is stuck
>up the wazoo and lots of cases, especially traffic
>violations, but more important cases as well, get
>missed.
>

You can have some of our lawyers. We got plenty to spare.

> Also; there is currently only one legal weed-farm in
> Holland, for medicinal purposes. It's run by an American
> who has an eye sickness which requires mirahuana to be
> treated. If he doesn't smoke pot, he goes blind, but even
> then, that was illegal in America. Hence he decided to
> move to a truly free country :D

As mentioned by Gwydion, medical marijuana is allowed for certain medical problems, most notably cancer and glaucoma. However, I believe this is a state by state basis, rather than a federal policy.

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