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Let's add some context: Would an average person from Iceland run from the police, attack and beat them, try to take their guns, or when a police officer stops
by paulhauggis 11y ago
Let's add some context:
Would an average person from Iceland run from the police, attack and beat them, try to take their guns, or when a police officer stops them will they act like an actual human being and talk to them without the violence?
Culture plays a big part. Just look at the Demographics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Iceland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Iceland
93% are Icelandic.
In the US, many people come here and keep their (sometimes broken) cultures. We are expected to accept these cultures, even if it means more violence, crime, and less freedom for all.
In Iceland, you are expected to follow their rules..or leave.
- DanBC 11y agoHow many people shot by US police are immigrants?
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoHint: The vast majority of Americans are immigrants.
- DanBC 11y agoParent post is talking about us and them and I doubt they mean native americans in their "us".
- rmxt 11y agoAt the same time that you blame the victims of police violence, you fail to make a convincing argument that connects the dots between "minorities exist in a country" and "minorities cause police to shoot people." Throwing together an observation (e.g., one society is more homogeneous than another) with another observation ("the USA is a more violent place than Iceland") really is a Swiss cheese argument. What a whopper. The great part about Iceland (and Scandinavia, and Western Europe, etc.) is that they are able to let you live there, or politely suggest that you leave, without managing to kill you or metaphorically neuter you in the process (a la "visible minorities" in the United States, to use a Canadian term).