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Kennel posted:Nordic Law sounds kind of badass (it's not). Danelaw. 
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Honj Steak posted:Im no Lawman, but I'll try to paraphrase the respective entries from the German Wikipedia. I don't know if it's more "practical", but I think Nordic law puts relatively more import on common law type poo poo like unwritten rules, traditions and legal principles as they exist and/or have evolved in practice. Similarly, precedent is an important source of law, much like in common law type systems, but Judges aren't bound by it, and neither are they expected to create law (although they can, to some degree). Bit of a hodge podge, I guess, although probably more similar to other civil law type systems than not. Cake Smashing Boob fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 24, 2014 14:51
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"danelaw" was the processor to what would be our constitution, but it's actually not hold to the same regard, as Americans seem to hold theirs. The point of it was to have the same law for everyone, in all parts of the country. An example: There was a case, with a jeweller, who had been repeatedly robbed, and the 6th time, a robbers gun had gone off, and a gun had been held to the head of a family member (daughter, I believe). This lead him to procure a gun, and the 7th time, he pulled it, and shot at the robbers, seriously wounding one, following the other, and firing at him. The outcome: He was charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearm, (all guns are illegal, you need a special permission from the state) and other such things related to it. There was a huge outcry from the public, BECAUSE of the the many past robberies, and the violence that the Jeweller had reacted to. He was sent to prison for 6 months for possession of a firearm, and was found "not guilty" on the attempted murder charge, It was also pretty obvious, that the judgement had been made such, as a appeasement to the public, and it WAS regarded as a quite fair judgement. to note: no jury, no deals outside the courtroom, very rare that there is mandated minimum sentence, a judgement doesn't have any effect on future cases.
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Jul 24, 2014 14:52
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It's disturbing that he could even be charged with attempted murder after so many repeated assaults.
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Jul 24, 2014 15:45
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 Presumable positive numbers means happy.
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Jul 24, 2014 16:01
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withak posted:
"Characteristics"?
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Jul 24, 2014 16:05
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Here's where it comes from: http://news.ubc.ca/2014/07/21/unhappy-cities/ The actual study is behind a paywall but the brief doesn't give much more information.
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Jul 24, 2014 16:19
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A little more detail here.
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Jul 24, 2014 16:41
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Unsurprising that people who live in Deliverance County, GA, are so happy. The state government craps on Atlanta to cater to these nowhere towns all the time.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:25
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Jul 24, 2014 17:36
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The happiest areas also have the lowest quality of life ratings by just about every metric, so I don't know what that map is trying to show.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:40
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withak posted:
I live in Richmond-Petersburg, which was rated number one, and makes me feel pretty sure this was deeply flawed. Petersburg is a blasted wasteland of poverty, I can't imagine a more depressing place. It is definitely not happy.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:45
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quote:The data also carries in it an insight into how people make major life choices. If people only sought to live in happy places, cities like Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia would be swamped with people, while New York would be desolate. Clearly, that hasn't happened.  says this doofus is a libertarian.
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Torrannor posted:We know it's the legal system map! Look it up on Wikipedia and you will find it. It's not even the first time it's been posted in this thread! No it isn't. It's so called because its supposed to incorporate law as practised by the common people of the area.
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Jul 24, 2014 18:17
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Jul 24, 2014 19:29
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That's an, uh, interesting choice of color scheme there
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Jul 24, 2014 19:35
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Hmm, I didn't know Djibouti was a french colony.
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Jul 24, 2014 19:56
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Count Roland posted:Hmm, I didn't know Djibouti was a french colony. The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (or French Somaliland) It's pretty much the only vestige of the French attempt to unify the eastern Sahara and the Western Sahara (and block British colonial expansion) that almost led to an early World War I when French forces looking to unite it with French West Africa encountered British forces looking to unite their upper Nile holdings in British East Africa with Egypt in the Fashoda Incident.
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Jul 24, 2014 20:05
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 (glorious Bhutan)
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Fandyien posted:I live in Richmond-Petersburg, which was rated number one, and makes me feel pretty sure this was deeply flawed. Petersburg is a blasted wasteland of poverty, I can't imagine a more depressing place. It is definitely not happy. It says it's adjusted for "Characteristics," maybe one of the adjustments was normalizing to income. That's pretty stupid, as being in poverty is decidedly not pleasant, but maybe it's something like "Well, these people have 1/10 the income, but they're only 8 times as miserable, so relatively, they're pretty happy!" (It's just like all those articles that came out about how hard rich people really have it, what with having to pay for housekeeping and private schools and the tennis coach for little Aiden, Brayden, and Jayden.)
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CellBlock posted:It says it's adjusted for "Characteristics," maybe one of the adjustments was normalizing to income. That's pretty stupid, as being in poverty is decidedly not pleasant, but maybe it's something like "Well, these people have 1/10 the income, but they're only 8 times as miserable, so relatively, they're pretty happy!" There was a separate map that adjusted for income. 
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Jul 24, 2014 20:14
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Kainser posted:
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Jul 24, 2014 20:19
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That map can't be right, I don't feel very happy.
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Jul 24, 2014 20:33
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Kainser posted:
Was that before or after Brazil was humiliated at the World Cup?
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Phlegmish posted:That map can't be right, I don't feel very happy.
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Count Roland posted:Hmm, I didn't know Djibouti was a french colony. You can tell the French colonized it because of the dumb way they spelled Jibuti.
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made of bees posted:You can tell the French colonized it because of the dumb way they spelled Jibuti. How is one European spelling superior to another? It's pronounced the same way.
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Jul 24, 2014 21:52
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Wait... if you map happiness, adjusted for income and other "characteristics", it's not actually surprising that they end up with a bunch of impoverished places scoring well. It doesn't even mean that they're happy there, just that they're not as miserable as you'd predict based on "characteristics".
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quote:"One interpretation of these facts is that individuals do not aim to maximize self-reported well-being, or happiness, as measured in surveys, and they willingly endure less happiness in exchange for higher incomes or lower housing costs," they write. Scientists baffled by population's insistence on meeting costs of living, financial security in face of uncertain future.
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All the poor people are just too poor to realize they should be unhappy but the rich people can afford to be miserable you see.
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Jul 25, 2014 02:44
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I know some well off people who complain about how tough their job is. They also leave after lunch at least once a week to go golfing.
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Some of the happiest people I've met were on the poverty-stricken outskirts of Tijuana. Ignorance is bliss. Edit: Also a couple cases of folks giving up the "big life" in SoCal to live in simplicity instead. Jehde fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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The happiest man I've ever known was a French dude in his 30s who had worked in IT, being quite well off, before asking himself for what exactly he was working his rear end off. Cue leaving his job, selling everything and joining a very strict catholic mendicant order. He doesn't even have a mattress in his cell, yet he was simply radiating with happiness when I met him five years ago.
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System Metternich posted:The happiest man I've ever known was a French dude in his 30s who had worked in IT, being quite well off, before asking himself for what exactly he was working his rear end off. Cue leaving his job, selling everything and joining a very strict catholic mendicant order. He doesn't even have a mattress in his cell, yet he was simply radiating with happiness when I met him five years ago. Jesus is a hell of a drug.
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Jul 25, 2014 05:51
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It's really not controversial at all to suggest that happiness doesn't correlate with wealth. http://markhumphrys.com/Bitmaps/money.happiness.jpg
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vintagepurple posted:It's really not controversial at all to suggest that happiness doesn't correlate with wealth.
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Jul 25, 2014 08:24
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vintagepurple posted:It's really not controversial at all to suggest that happiness doesn't correlate with wealth. Israel and Canada, famous Western European countries. India, famous Latin American country.
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Darth Various posted:Israel and Canada, famous Western European countries. India, famous Latin American country. Israel is part of UEFA and participates in the Eurovision Song Contest!
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Irradiation posted:I know some well off people who complain about how tough their job is. I too have read some my job sucks threads on the SA user forums.
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Eurovision song contest:  Participation since 1956 Green = Entered at least once Yellow = Never entered, although eligible to do so Purple = Entry intended, but later withdrew  Cities that have hosted Eurovision Both images from here Why isn't Syria allowed to participate when both Lebanon and Israel is allowed? And Kazakhstan is apparently not allowed either.
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