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Discendo Vox posted:What is an ASBO? It's not in SAclopedia. 
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Randler posted:Those are still a thing? Wow. in antwerp, a arthouse for children and teens got a GAS fine for protesting against GAS fines. in another incident, someone with a mental disability was fined for playing a flute on the street. in hasselt, nobody but sinterklaas, santa and the easter bunny can wear masks in the street - punishable by GAS fines. five residents of verviers got a gas fine for criticising local police in the online comment section of a newspaper in merchtem, children can't play football while pigeon racers are playing with their pigeons. in hamme and waasmunster, you can't dry your laundry outside, wave flags or 'hit objects' when the pigeons are out. if you stop sliding when you're halfway down a waterslide in dendermonde, you're getting a gas fine. in arendonk, there's a line you can call if you know someone that didn't report the presence of oak processionary caterpillars on their property - gas fine up to 250 euro. also in arendonk, if you're fishing and the distance between you and your fishing rod is more than three meters, it's a fine. in deinze, you can't throw confetti in the air after it has been on the ground. in wellen, however, confetti has to be biodegradable and at most 10mm wide in ghent, you can't pick up the sand left behind by road crews for fifteen days - afterwards, it seems you can? in lokeren, you can get a fine for scaring someone in ronse, you can get a fine for making noise in public spaces in antwerp, medicine for the people (a rly cool and good group) were vaccinating people in the marketplace and were fined for it in evergem, if your dog's breed is on a list of an outdated and no longer used royal declaration, it has to wear a muzzle you can't sing dirty songs in dendermonde in mechelen, a resident was almost fined for picking a single flower in jabbeke, you can keep 'aggressive and cruel' dogs, unless they're "too" aggressive and cruel in beerse, only pregnant women can throw up in public or on private property that isn't your own in leuven and hoeilaart, you can't shake trees or bushes in public. in a couple of communities, you're not allowed to fire cannons. and so on and so on
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Aug 16, 2014 17:49
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R. Mute posted:
That kinda makes sense though.
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Aug 16, 2014 17:53
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Alhazred posted:That kinda makes sense though. I know it's hard to get it if you're an American, but Europeans regard their cannons with as much fervor as an American might display for their guns.
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Aug 16, 2014 17:56
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Individual examples are actually a really bad way to explain thing when it comes to legal concepts, because examples often lack necessary context. On the other hand, use of selective examples makes Eurocommie Germany look like the wet dream of every Republican strawman.
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Aug 16, 2014 17:59
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The mayor of Nice banned the display of foreign flags during the World Cup.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:01
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nutranurse posted:I know it's hard to get it if you're an American, but Europeans regard their cannons with as much fervor as an American might display for their guns. I'm not an American but I'm not clutching to my cannon. I don't even own one, does that make me a bad European 
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Aug 16, 2014 18:02
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No, hang on, talk about the pigeon racers. Tell me about pigeon racing.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:02
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Chantilly Say posted:No, hang on, talk about the pigeon racers. Tell me about pigeon racing. in reality though it's really lame and dumb, but whatever. just wait until you hear about Vinkensport/finch sport.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:14
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Badger of Basra, I'm still Duolingoing but only like a unit a day because of time. I think I'm going to switch to using a grammar text and dictionary as primary building blocks.Discendo Vox posted:What is an ASBO? It's not in SAclopedia. It's an opportunity to network with other young offenders. Edit: drat, reference beaten. The Warszawa fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Aug 16, 2014 |
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Aug 16, 2014 18:14
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In a contest, a row of small cages, each housing a single male finch, are lined up approximately six feet apart along a street. The close proximity of the cages increases the number of calls, as the birds sing for mates and to establish territory.[1] A timekeeper begins and ends the contest with a red flag. Every time a bird sings a correct terminating flourish to their call—most often transcribed as susk-e-wiet—a tally mark in chalk is made on a long wooden stick. The bird singing its song the most times during one hour wins the contest. Champion finches regularly sing hundreds of calls in contests.[1]
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Aug 16, 2014 18:21
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As with other sports, vinkensport has had its cheating scandals, as well as accusations of artificial enhancement. One finch sang a record 1,278 susk-e-weits in one hour, and the owner was later accused of doping the bird with testosterone.[1] After one contestant sang exactly the same number of calls in two rounds, the box was opened and a mini CD player was discovered within.[1]
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Aug 16, 2014 18:22
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belgium: not a joke
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Aug 16, 2014 18:22
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Dreylad posted:I don't know what your educational background is, but check out some books on neural plasticity. Still a theory but it's changed my view towards the idea that we're "hard-wired" to do most things. Do you have any recommendations for "decently smart layperson with technical background"? I'd be quite interested. Also, "Neuropath" by Bakker might be of interest to the free-will discussion crowd.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:24
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nutranurse posted:I know it's hard to get it if you're an American, but Europeans regard their cannons with as much fervor as an American might display for their guns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2otXPONjys
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Aug 16, 2014 18:41
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Kurtofan posted:The mayor of Nice banned the display of foreign flags during the World Cup.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:41
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Gail Wynand posted:Come to Singapore where display of foreign flags is illegal 365 days a year. It's actively enforced, if you display one you most assuredly will get a visit from your friendly neighborhood police officer and no doubt end up in some database of troublemakers. Flag laws are as a general rule completely insane. The only good use of a flag law that I know of was when the Norwegian government banned a clothing store catering to neo-nazis from using the Norwegian flag.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:54
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You know, it shouldn't be illegal and people shouldn't get all up in arms, but just living as an immigrant in another country I personally consider it really rude to show a foreign flag publicly. I have two Texas flags and I have used them in private occasions, but I would never, ever, ever fly a foreign flag here. It doesn't really matter what I think, but why be an rear end in a top hat to people? Sure, if I were a tourist and it's some World Cup stuff, fine, but I grew up in an area of America where immigrants flew foreign flags on random occasions 365 days a year. Never really bothered me in some angry visceral right wing way, but I did consider it petty. I get this same thing when I'm in, like, Hua Hin (Thailand) and all these Scandinavians have hotels with Danish flags or whatever hanging out front. Just seems like a tasteless and petty thing to do as a private citizen if you're actually living somewhere, as opposed to visiting.
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Aug 16, 2014 18:57
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ReindeerF posted:You know, it shouldn't be illegal and people shouldn't get all up in arms, but just living as an immigrant in another country I personally consider it really rude to show a foreign flag publicly. I have two Texas flags and I have used them in private occasions, but I would never, ever, ever fly a foreign flag here. It doesn't really matter what I think, but why be an rear end in a top hat to people? Sure, if I were a tourist and it's some World Cup stuff, fine, but I grew up in an area of America where immigrants flew foreign flags on random occasions 365 days a year. Never really bothered me in some angry visceral right wing way, but I did consider it petty. I get this same thing when I'm in, like, Hua Hin (Thailand) and all these Scandinavians have hotels with Danish flags or whatever hanging out front. Just seems like a tasteless and petty thing to do as a private citizen if you're actually living somewhere, as opposed to visiting. Flags: Serious business.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:03
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ReindeerF posted:You know, it shouldn't be illegal and people shouldn't get all up in arms, but just living as an immigrant in another country I personally consider it really rude to show a foreign flag publicly. I have two Texas flags and I have used them in private occasions, but I would never, ever, ever fly a foreign flag here. It doesn't really matter what I think, but why be an rear end in a top hat to people? Sure, if I were a tourist and it's some World Cup stuff, fine, but I grew up in an area of America where immigrants flew foreign flags on random occasions 365 days a year. Never really bothered me in some angry visceral right wing way, but I did consider it petty. I get this same thing when I'm in, like, Hua Hin (Thailand) and all these Scandinavians have hotels with Danish flags or whatever hanging out front. Just seems like a tasteless and petty thing to do as a private citizen if you're actually living somewhere, as opposed to visiting. I can't speak to your area and maybe this is just apocryphal, but it can also be a way to signal to recent arrivals that someone of that background owns/operates that business, and they might be able to get some help there if they need it. Alternatively: EL FÚTBOL The Warszawa fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Aug 16, 2014 |
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Aug 16, 2014 19:05
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Alhazred posted:Flags: Serious business. You should see what poo poo goes down in the pic thread whenever someone starts posting flags, it's crazy.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:06
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The Warszawa posted:I can't speak to your area and maybe this is just apocryphal, but it can also be a way to signal to recent arrivals that someone of that background owns/operates that business, and they might be able to get some help there if they need it.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:09
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Captain_Maclaine posted:You should see what poo poo goes down in the pic thread whenever someone starts posting flags, it's crazy. Are these posters foreign? Because I find it offensive that foreigners are posting pics of non-American flags in an American forum.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:11
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I know I hate it when for example a Mexican restaurant has a Mexican flag somewhere outside easily identifying it. I went to Tokyo and there was even an American restaurant with an American flag in the window!
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ReindeerF posted:Oh that's exactly what it is in Thailand, same as back home. For example, you may be a newly arrived Swede looking to completely avoid local culture and eat at the korvmojjen, in which case the Swedish flags will guide you there. With the advent of the internet, the thing about finding local ties is less plausible, really. If you're from any culture and you're in a new country then the first thing you do is start googling. Anyone flying a flag outside is generally going to be an rear end in a top hat, or attract assholes. I was thinking less in the tourism context and more in the immigration context, honestly. I am avoiding local culture entirely and drinking Bitburger in an airport bar, so what do I know.
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ReindeerF posted:You know, it shouldn't be illegal and people shouldn't get all up in arms, but just living as an immigrant in another country I personally consider it really rude to show a foreign flag publicly. I have two Texas flags and I have used them in private occasions, but I would never, ever, ever fly a foreign flag here. It doesn't really matter what I think, but why be an rear end in a top hat to people? Sure, if I were a tourist and it's some World Cup stuff, fine, but I grew up in an area of America where immigrants flew foreign flags on random occasions 365 days a year. Never really bothered me in some angry visceral right wing way, but I did consider it petty. I get this same thing when I'm in, like, Hua Hin (Thailand) and all these Scandinavians have hotels with Danish flags or whatever hanging out front. Just seems like a tasteless and petty thing to do as a private citizen if you're actually living somewhere, as opposed to visiting.
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The Warszawa posted:I was thinking less in the tourism context and more in the immigration context, honestly. Even in an immigration context, it's probably more applicable in places like where you came up, but if you can't find a Spanish speaking business to sell you phone cards in South Texas then you're seriously doing something wrong. The flag is definitely marketing, I agree, I just personally find it petty. If I had an American restaurant in Bangkok I would never fly a US flag out front. You're actually in another country, it's a bit petty to wave your flag in their face. I'm not hugely nationalistic, but one of the key characteristics of not being an rear end in a top hat is empathy - and imagine how it looks to the people here when you wave your flag in their face. Adverbially posted:Which is particularly obnoxious given that flying a foreign flag is illegal in Denmark.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:15
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If I recall correctly, Denmark is the most flag-happy country in the world. And yes, there is a lot of nationalism going on there.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:20
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I used to say that Thailand rivals only Texas for flag hanging among free countries, but since our multiple coups that's out the window, heh.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:21
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At the 24 Hours of Le Mans you can tell the Danish race fans because they'll cover their cars, their campsites, their grandstand seats, and themselves with the Danish flag.
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Mexican flags make for nice decorations. Though I don't think your rules apply in South Texas, since it's the other New Mexico.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:24
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How has this not been suicide bombed!?
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Aug 16, 2014 19:24
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ReindeerF posted:How has this not been suicide bombed!? does  involve Breivik or something since it's the Norwegian flag in the bottom pic
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Aug 16, 2014 19:25
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Note the Asian kids and older Asian dude and lady, heh.
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we fly flemish flags when we're watching road cycling, belgian flags when we watch football. when i say we, i don't mean myself because i think flags are dumb as gently caress. there's only one flag, comrades, and it is red.
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Benelulz
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ReindeerF posted:Oh that's exactly what it is in Thailand, same as back home. For example, you may be a newly arrived Swede looking to completely avoid local culture and eat at the korvmojjen, in which case the Swedish flags will guide you there. With the advent of the internet, the thing about finding local ties is less plausible, really. If you're from any culture and you're in a new country then the first thing you do is start googling. Anyone flying a flag outside is generally going to be an rear end in a top hat, or attract assholes. Personally I find it obnoxious when people in a country plaster their country's flag everywhere. Like, we know you live here okay??
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R. Mute posted:we fly flemish flags when we're watching road cycling, belgian flags when we watch football. we could have switched to the red flag back in the 19th century but loving Lamartine said the tricolor is better
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Mecca-Benghazi posted:My aunt came to the us recently to live (San Diego) and lol she can't operate a smartphone and is terrible at reading English. Sure you can google or hook up with friends and family but if you want to explore your new country yet still have a way to touch base, it's not a bad thing to look for.
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