There's a long list of places I stay out of in this country. I've been to Sweden and lived in the UK and it does not compare at all to here. I consider the US something akin to South Africa with a thicker veneer of civility. Like I said I carry a glock 19 when I leave the house because every night the local news is just a list of armed robberies and home invasions. Two people were stabbed in a home invasion 2 miles from my house yesterday. I would never feel the need to carry a gun in Sweden (except maybe some parts of Malmo).curly lambeau wrote:What, no heads on sticks placed in front of the elementary school?eucalyptus wrote:Indeed! Sily people, spooked by a few beheadings, police killings, general lawlessness and the occasional mass grave.
Did you know that six months ago, 7 people were shot in a single unsolved crime at a bar only 2 miles from the President of the United States' home in Chicago and not a single witness or (surviving) victim would talk to the police? Or that for over a decade some of our police used a hand crank electro torture device in interrogations (including gaining confessions in capital crimes)?
STAY OUT OF CHICAGO!
(not a response to you in particular, eucalyptus):
Americans citing gory anecdotes of cinematic violence and travesties of law enforcement as an argument against travel is really an irony bomb of epic proportions. Please consider the anecdotes about this country available to the Norwegian or Swede or Japanese considering whether they ought to visit. Or to emphasize the ignored part of the original poster's criticism of her sister's worldview ---some people seem to operate under the illusion that the people and culture of the US is equivalent to Norway.
If what's good for the goose is good for the gander, it seems no Norwegian should be visiting here.
People should be wary in America.
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