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Old 10-26-2003, 10:03 AM   #61 (permalink)
HarmlessRabbit
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Originally posted by eple
I don't expect you to have great knowledge of Norwegian standards (not many non-Norwegians have), but I will be surprised if you can find any rights or benefits given to Americans which Norwegians lack.
I have been to Norway, and I think the culture there is great. The only right that I think Norway lacks is the right to relatively free immigration into Norway. Norway seems a bit Xenophobic to me, with the reluctance to join the EU and the very generous incentive to women to have children in order to keep Norway from having the immigrant problems that Germany and France have.

Not that Norway's policy is better or worse than the USA, but it is an area in which the USA and Norway differ. In almost every other way (other than perhaps weather) I found Norway to be much better run than the USA.

Also, Oslo is absolutely beautiful.
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