Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Sounds like nonsense to me. Looks to me Danes want the cheap labour without the attendant social costs, and are intolerant of other cultures. Cheers Jayanand On Jan 12, 2008 9:43 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > Just to clarify: in order to combat forced marriages which were/are > prevalent among certain ethnic groups, Denmark has indeed instituted > a 24-year rule. If a Danish citizen wants to marry a non-resident who > is under 24 and wants to bring him/her to Denmark, a test is applied > to determine whether the couple, jointly, have a stronger connection > to Denmark or to the other country. If the couple has a stronger > connection to the other country, then the foreign spouse will not get > a residence permit until s/he is 24. If both parties already have > legal residence in Denmark, the rule does not apply. > > The law is applied equally regardless of nationality. A couple of > years ago the son of a government minister who had been studying in > the US for several years was unable to bring his American wife into > the country because she had no prior connection with Denmark, and he > had lived in the US for several years, and so they were judged to > have a stronger connection with the US than with Denmark. > > It is hard to say what is reactionary and what is not. The whole > issue of how to deal with especially Muslim immigrants has been a > deep dilemma for the Danish left for several years; on one hand, they > want to be progressive, multicultural and liberal with respect to > immigrants' rights, but on the other hand they find themselves > unwittingly supporting truly reactionary practices such as forced > marriages, the burka, oppression of women etc. In the most recent > election in November the most extreme left-wing party had a female > candidate who wore the hijab and supported sharia law, including the > death penalty (obviously, when speaking to non-Muslims she waffled a > bit on all that), something that is anathema to most Danes, not just > left-wing ones. She is widely judged to have cost her party a > significant number of votes. > > Nathan > > On 12-jan-2008, at 15:10, Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > > > Denmark is different. > > > > A lot of Danes move from Denmark to Malm?, just across the water. It > > only takes them 20 minutes to get to downtown Copenhagen from where > > they live in Sweden. They move there because Denmark (probably the > > most reactionary country in Europe) does not allow its citizens to > > marry with non-Danes until they are of a certain age (24? 25? 26?). > > > > So Danes that fall in love outside the Danish norms move to Sweden > > where their marriages are recognized. > > > > But in doing so, the Danish citizens lose their right to vote. So they > > can work and pay taxes in Denmark, but they can't sleep with whoever > > they want or vote. > > > > Such is life. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >