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All you can really say about Denmark is that it's pretty much the right-winger of the Scandinavian countries, especially when it comes to immigration. However that seems to be gradually changing because they've had a right-wing government for the past decade and their "tough on immigrants" ideas pretty much totally failed, and now people are starting to demand a different approach. The Netherlands also has a rather restrictive policy on immigration and it's getting harder to move there even if you marry someone from the EU.
I wasn't talking so much in political terms, but now that you brought this up, can you name me any European country that has managed do deal well with immigration? Maybe I just never hear about the success stories but seems that old colonial powers have been in trouble with this for ages and now Swedes and Danes and others which I view as relative new comers are following and I'm just wondering do we even have an example case of how to do this right and get people integrated and not get a xenophobic rejection from the main population.
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I wasn't talking so much in political terms, but now that you brought this up, can you name me any European country that has managed do deal well with immigration? Maybe I just never hear about the success stories but seems that old colonial powers have been in trouble with this for ages and now Swedes and Danes and others which I view as relative new comers are following and I'm just wondering do we even have an example case of how to do this right and get people integrated and not get a xenophobic rejection from the main population.
Not a single country is doing as well as it should because of people's natural tendency towards xenophobia and the problems outsiders have in being accepted and getting a foothold in society. For the most part, that's hard to legislate around. Of course there are things to consider, such as making sure immigrants have the same rights and are being actively helped in their integration process, but it mostly plays out in a way that's hard to affect. It's well known that immigrants usually statistically perform worse in a number of ways, such as education and poverty levels, and that's mostly because the society's deck is stacked against them.

But what needs to be done is really pretty obvious: you need to invest in these people. Give them free language lessons, give them the same rights and opportunities that other people have, and try to bring them into a situation where they can perform to the best of their abilities. And actually give them a chance, such as through affirmative action.

It's sometimes suggested by right-wing parties that you shouldn't invest in immigrants at all "because that's just more taxpayer money going into an unsolvable problem" and that's pretty much the worst position ever because it greatly increases the likelihood they'll remain stuck in their own communities. Which, by the way, ends up costing a great deal more once you realize it has made them unable to participate in society in the way that they could have had they received some minor attention upfront.
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dday quincy is a homosexual so if he is your wingman then i think you have some explaining to do re: your sexual preferences
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Don't turn the tables on me because I'm suppose to turn you over the table

anyway that's not what Quincy barked to me.
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Quincy is a liar who is ashamed of his homosexuality do not listen to him DDay no matter what lies he tells you.
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Quincy is homosex, thus disabled.
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my pups Finn and Toby should meet Quincy and they should all hang out (i.e. have sex)
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Quincy is a liar who is ashamed of his homosexuality do not listen to him DDay no matter what lies he tells you.
Well that sucks I guess he can play with that casio synthesizer and make us some sweet love music
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Had my first kiss today

With a guy

i'm not even joking, the whole thing was pretty bizarre
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/31/kenneth-clarke-privatised-birmingham-prison

"Kenneth Clarke ready to bring in troops if strikes erupt over privatised prison"

Hooray for conservatism!
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TOO MANY YOLKS
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I always buy double yolk eggs, they're gr8.
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Don't get me wrong the yolk is my favorite bit so I am glad to have double but I have never gotten two double yolk eggs at the same time before.
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This is a good example of why rich people are so detestable.
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I love elephants don't get me wrong but sometimes you got to do what you got to do. I understand that the farm was suffering from the group of elephants. Only thing that pisses me off is they tried to advertise it and also did you really need the picture of you and the kill.

 I mean really your a real tough man now since you got a gun and it's now dead. But on a good note it feed a few more people that would of gone hungry even if I know the last bit of meat it had to offer was fought after.
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