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Hillbilly
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#16 Post by Hillbilly »

raggatwin wrote:Midnight Oil? It does actually.
Heyhey I LOVE Midnight Oil! :D

Of course "Beds are burning" is a great song, but... similar to "Integral"?!?
I never thought there could be any sort of connection between Pet Shop Boys and Midnight Oil. Except for the fact that I'm a big fan of them both... :wink:

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#17 Post by Hillbilly »

While we're at it:
Everyone has
their own number
in the system that
we operate under
Living in Sweden, this is very old hat and absolutely nothing to get upset about!
Ever since 1947 every person living in Sweden has a unique personnummer (identification code); it consists of 10 digits, of which the first six reveal your birth date. Scary, isn't it?
:?

"Integral" is a great track, but I can't really get too deep into its lyrical issue...

Sverige, Sverige älskade vän
En tiger som skäms
Jag vet hur det känns
När allvaret har blivit ett skämt
När tystnaden skräms
Vad är det som hänt


Kent - "Sverige"

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#18 Post by diana »

Hillbilly wrote:While we're at it:
Everyone has
their own number
in the system that
we operate under
Living in Sweden, this is very old hat and absolutely nothing to get upset about!
Ever since 1947 every person living in Sweden has a unique personnummer (identification code); it consists of 10 digits, of which the first six reveal your birth date. Scary, isn't it?
:?
We have ID-cards and I think it is a good system.

Dreaming of the Queen
visiting for tea
You and her and I
and Lady Di

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#19 Post by pierre »

diana wrote:We have ID-cards and I think it is a good system.
I must admit I don't quite understand what all the fuss is about in the UK about ID cards. For me they are in no way a breach of privacy or a loss of civil liberties. I always wondered for instance how pub owners in the UK could verify if their clients were of legal age to order alcohol.... Or how driving examiners could verify if the people taking the test were really who they claimed to be. Having ID cards seems to me like a perfectly reasonable solution to all these problems. Hearing the opponents you'd think that ID cards are the sure mark of a fascist regime.
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#20 Post by Hillbilly »

pierre wrote:
diana wrote:We have ID-cards and I think it is a good system.
I must admit I don't quite understand what all the fuss is about in the UK about ID cards. For me they are in no way a breach of privacy or a loss of civil liberties. I always wondered for instance how pub owners in the UK could verify if their cleints were of legal age to order alcohol.... Or how driving examiners could verify if the people taking the test were really who they claimed to be. Having ID cards seems to me like a perfectly reasonable solution to all these problems. Hearing the opponents you'd think that ID cards are the sure mark of a fascist regime.
Exactly. That's why we use ID cards in civilised countries (see above posts). :)

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