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rcrush

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Sat Aug-01-09 02:16 PM
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Netherlands Runs Out of Criminals

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The Netherlands had to close some of their prisons because they ran out of criminals!

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Joanne98

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Sat Aug-01-09 02:44 PM
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1. That evil socialism! What will the cops do for money now!

:sarcasm:

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ihavenobias

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Sat Aug-01-09 04:44 PM
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2. Too bad this video isn't eligible for the homepage (past 3 days after posting on YouTube). n/t

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Pharaoh

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Sat Aug-01-09 06:08 PM
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3. Ah yes!

Those evil dope smoking socialists!!

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MrObama

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Sat Aug-01-09 06:29 PM
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4. Here some more facts: (you must see this! LOL)

Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 06:37 PM by MrObama

Prison population per 100,000 inhabitants

756 USA
148 UK
128 Netherlands
107 Canada
82 Sweden !
62 Japan !!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/world-prison-pop-seventh.pdf

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ihavenobias

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Sat Aug-01-09 07:00 PM
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5. Do you know offhand what out countries have privatized some or most of their prison system? n/t

Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 07:00 PM by ihavenobias

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DutchLiberal

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Sat Aug-01-09 07:16 PM
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6. That bit of news is misleading, though. It's highly artificial.

The reason why they have to close prisons, is that elsewhere, in other prisons, two or more inmates are being held in one cell. If they would give them all their own cell, like they used to do, they wouldn't need to close the prisons.

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DutchLiberal

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Sat Aug-01-09 07:20 PM
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7. Oh, and by the way: marijana is *not* legalized in Holland. And neither is it a 'socialist' country.

Just sayin'.

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The Animator

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:30 PM
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8. Wow... rock on Netherlands

Couldn't really focus on the video though... that disco humping stormtrooper in your sig line is hilarious..

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