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The European attitude is: Am I breaking the law? How do I make sure I’m not? The American attitude is: I’m not breaking the law until someone tells me to stop.
by Swizec 3y ago
The European attitude is: Am I breaking the law? How do I make sure I’m not?
The American attitude is: I’m not breaking the law until someone tells me to stop.
- michaelleland 3y agoThe European (ok, Swedish) attitude is: the authorities are there to enforce the law. The American attitude is: the law is there to support the authorities.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoSweden until early 2000's maybe
- SoftTalker 3y agoI would say the American attitude is more like "don't ask, don't tell."
- namibj 3y agoYeah, however, the problem with breaking laws around immigration in a place you like is that you won't have to do much to become ineligible for the convenient visa options. As in, get caught by immigration working on a tourist visa, get no tourist visa approved for the next 10~20 years. If you get a visa at all, that is, though I understand merely violating conditions, not breaking normal laws or overstaying has no good reason to get you banned from entry itself.
- zarzavat 3y agoYou can be banned from the US for any reason, or no reason, just because they don’t like the look of your face, or the officer is having a bad day, etc. Regardless of what the law says you don’t have any right to enter the US, regardless of what visa you hold (except perhaps a green card), so be friendly, look wealthy and important, and say the right things.
- bratwurst3000 3y agoFrench people have the us attitude. Germans are geniuses at rule breaking without breaking the law xD
- switch007 3y agoHaha Spain and Italy are like: rules are stupid and there to be broken
- nullderef 3y ago"Más vale pedir perdón que permiso"