>>>>>>Well, if you can tell me any "freedom" which you have and we don't, I will throw in 2 "freedoms" we have and you don't for each you povide.
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>>>>>I am not fluent in Norwegian culture, but could you list some freedoms you have that we don't?
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>>>>Hmmmm, freedom of independed press, is one that comes to mind.
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>>>>Not sure about norway, but some others.
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>>>>- Freedom of getting an abortion
>>>>- Freedom of getting euthnesia
>>>>- Freedom of using soft drugs
>>>>- Freedom of getting a beer in a bar at age 16. Stronger alcohols at age 18.
>>>>- Freedom of working as a prostitute
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>>>>Appart form the list above it has to be notes that "Freedom" is experienced in different ways. Search on google on "The european dream" by jeremy rifkin. He has a good explanation of the different perceptions of the word freedom.
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>>>>Walter,
>>>freedom from being found guilty of something (you may or may not have done) and executed. Thats a pretty big one.
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>>>And a minor one.
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>>>You can (I assume this is the case also in Holland) cross the road wherever you like. Unlike in the US where you can end up arrested
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>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6251431.stm
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>>I suspect it is rare to get a ticket for jaywalking, much less thrown to the ground and arrested.
>I guessed that might be the case.Its an interesting law though. We have nothing like it here. I think he may have been a bit snotty toward the policeman which doesn't go down well in any country

Right, but if he was snotty there would have been no need for even a 'hello' by the cop if there was no such law in the first place.
I can tell you this: if I was confronted by a cop for jay-walking I would look around to see if any others are doing it and point them out, and/or I would ask him how many tickets he has issued in thelast week for the same offense. If it wasn't in the hundreds I think I might get snotty too.