Originally Posted by
Tooting Carmen
Is that really your definition of liberal? Would you also consider countries like Cuba, DR, Colombia and Brazil to be 'very liberal' just because of their high-levels of race-mixing? Besides, my impression talking to regular Swedes about immigration etc. is that their attitude towards foreigners is more paternalistic rather than genuinely friendly and open, i.e. foreigners exist to be helped but not really befriended.
As for Swedish attitudes towards drugs and sex, they are certainly NOT liberal in the Dutch or even German sense: men who buy the services of prostitutes are heavily punished, and forget about the prospect of legalising cannabis there.
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