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Sapmi schrieb am 27.08.2007 19:03

Svea schrieb am 27.08.2007 17:51

Ich finde den Biowahn eigentlich ganz positiv

Naja, also "Bio" ist prinzipiell schon positiv, aber den "Wahn" finde ich derzeit hier schon übertrieben. Da werden schon ein Haufen Geschäfte damit gemacht, weil's gerade Mode bzw. geradezu "schick" ist, Bio zu kaufen (wer sich's leisten kann...)

sunny1011 schrieb am 27.08.2007 16:38
Es geht nicht nur um Lakritz :rolleyes: . In einem finnischen "Schinken"Aufschnitt ist nur das Wasser finnisch

Finnish Gun Ownership Third Highest

Firearm ownership in Finland is the third highest per capita in the world, according to a new international survey.

The Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies says that there are 56 guns for every 100 residents in the country.

On a per-capita basis, the United States has the world's most heavily armed citizenry, with 90 guns per 100 people, followed by Yemen with 61 per 100 people, and then Finland.

The study says that civilians hold around 650 million handguns worldwide, 40 percent of them in the United States.

Other countries with high per capita levels of private firearms are Switzerland (46), Iraq (39), Canada (31), Sweden (31) and Germany (30).

According to researchers, gun violence often occurs in places undergoing rapid urban growth, and when lawless areas are created by extreme poverty and the absence of effective policing.

Luvattomia aseita on Suomessa sisäasiainministeriön arvion mukaan enintään kymmeniä tuhansia.

Police Concerned About Brutality of Assaults

Police say that violent crimes in Finland's larger cities are becoming increasingly random and brutal. Perpetrators seem to be younger and the use of knives is on the rise.

Last week, four people in Helsinki and Pori were the victims of unprovoked knife attacks by complete strangers. Police say that such random attacks are still rare, only about one percent of all such violent crime. But, they also point out that of late attacks have become more brutal and senseless, and that the perpetrators are increasingly younger people.

The reasons for the increasing brutality of assaults are hard to pin down. Social workers in Helsinki say that, more and more, they are seeing a segment of the nation's youths caught up in a spiral of family problems in childhood, followed by drug abuse and psychological problems.

The most brutal attacks are carried out under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Another factor is that many youths are regularly arming themselves with knives and other weapons.

"The feeling in the field is that more weapons are being carried. These people may have axes, knives, chains, even baseball bats and steel bars," says Chief Inspector Jari Virtanen of the Turku police force.

Police recognize that the root issues need to be addressed. Increasing street patrol and checking peoples' pockets for weapons, they say, won't go far in preventing violence if troubled individuals are not being helped.

sunny1011 schrieb am 29.08.2007 19:34
Meinst Du den Artikel?
http://www.yle.fi/mobiiliuutiset/looppi12.

sunny1011 schrieb am 29.08.2007 18:34
Die Schweiz spricht auch selbst das Problem an: mangelnde Transparenz im eigenen Land, da die Anzahl der unangemeldeten Waffen in der Schweiz höher ist als vermutet.

Peter schrieb am 29.08.2007 22:22
weil die Regierung keine Angst vor der eigenen „bewaffneten“ Bevölkerung hat...".

zitiert aus:

http://www.protell.ch/Aktivbereich/19Ar ... 3.239d.htm

Government Agreement on Taxes

The government has reached agreement on fuel tax increases at budget talks held on Thursday. VAT on food will be cut to 12 percent from the current rate of 17 percent in October, 2009.

Tax on gasoline will be increased by 3.94 dents per litre with diesel fuel going up by 4.46 cents per litre. Domestic electricity tax will also increase by 0.14 cents per kilowatt hour. The average annual fuel bill is expected to rise by about 50 euros as a result.

VAT on food will be cut to 12 percent from the current rate of 17 percent in October, 200<span style="color:red;">8[/color] (wohl ein Fehler, es ist 2009). The threshold on inheritance tax will be raised to 20,000 euros from the beginning of next year.

Taxation on alcohol beverages is also to increase. The tax on spirits will go up by 15 percent. The price of a bottle of grade 3 middle beer will increase by five cents, wines by about 20 cents.

The income tax burden will be lightened next year by 330 million euros as a result of changes to local government taxation allowances. Wage and salary earners will take home from just under 100 euros to 300 euros more annually.

A further possible cut in income tax will only be examined half-way through the current electoral period. Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said any cut in income tax was linked to moderation in pay rises.