Well, the Swedish equivalent of one.
A "Socionom"

Because a month ago I got arrested smoking weed.
(me and my friends were retarded, smoking outside in a residential area, the exact same night 10 cop cars was out looking for some guy with a knife dressed just like me)

But anyhoo.
I have to go see this guy and he's gonna decide if I need followup piss tests.
If so I have to pee in a cup every week for TWO YEARS!
Dayumn...

But I think it'll be interesting. Im curious to see how the state deals with trouble cases. Might do me some good even.

You never fucked your cousin did you?

Possible karma?

Malkog are you new or have you only just recently become witty?

Also, sweden sounds tight ass. Well, not compared to America, but compared to here.

Does that go on your record?

The government over there has the right to test your urine over that long a period? That sounds only a little draconian to me...

Is it really worth giving up all those rights just to bang hot blond Swedish chicks every now and then?

Malkog are you new or have you only just recently become witty?



New & witty.

Smoking weed is almost nowhere a right. So you're not giving it up, technically.

Did you guys know that 'weedmolecules' stay in the fat cells in the brain and actively hinder your thinking abilities for months after you smoked it! :O

It's actually true. It took me a bit over a year to really get my thinking straight again after I quit dope.

This is S&A?

I work with a guy who comes from Sweden. He was telling me that if you slip on ice near the police they'll come check you for alcohol. Even if you've only had one beer they'll arrest your being drunk and incapable. And fine you.

And alcohol is fucking expensive there too. :/

Fucked if I'm going to Sweden.

I once heard a joke (and somewhat truth) to the effect that the Swedish and the Russians are very much alike, differing only insofar as the Russians are aware that they're oppressed. Silly but it does point out something about the Swedes.

How is demanding an execution of laws "oppressive"? And what's the point of having laws if they are not followed?

I say, "dura lex sed lex". If you don't like the law, petition your damn parliament, this isn't North Korea. And keep in mind that you're not special, other people have their rights as well, which your rights may infringe on.

That is all.

I never said it was. I merely quoted a joke making fun of the fact that Swedes are sometimes stereotyped in many cultures as being overly officious, by-the-book and niggling while paradoxically being regarded as ultra-free super-socialists. For the record, they're free to be happy with the form of governance they have; obviously it works well in the short term (let's not get into the major problems they're courting by assuming that it will continue to work as they let in huge numbers of non-likeminded individuals and mollycoddle them) and I say more power to them. Many Russians liked the old system as well, though you can argue that was oppressive, the two aren't necessarily linked.

For the record, while the execution of a law may not itself be oppressive, I would say that demanding urine tests for a soft-drug law violation /is/ oppressive and absurd. Just because a law is brought in under a democratic system does not make it non-oppressive -- plenty of laws (Exclusion Act of Canada, Exclusion Act of the USA, Miscegenation laws) were enthusiastically welcomed in by a silly populace who didn't anticipate the consequences (intended and unattended) of their actions, and that's without mentioning laws put in place by lobby groups abusing poorly-implemented democratic processes (Sweden's copyright law being leaned on by US entertainment lobby interests being a prime example, ditto, of course, most anti-marijuana laws worldwide).

Not that it's surprising that Swedes look at intoxicants suspiciously -- after all, Scandinavian liquor laws are tend to be products of excessive consumption in the past which caused major social problems which were patched in the short term with high taxes and state monopolies. Don't get me wrong, I adore Scandinavian social systems and humanism, but I'm not going to stop calling a spade a spade -- no offense meant to you, of course.

Sorry, I misunderstood you there.