I got that here in Sweden. Costs me around 10 dollars...

Wish I had some mod-points. I agree, pigeons truly are rats with wings and they spread lots of diseases. So what would be the alternative to shooting them? Poison? Yes let them die slowly...
More birds of prey could be an alternative but that would probably be a more slow method than getting shot plus that everyone with small dogs getting snatched would start complaining :)

Unfortunately you actually do:
"In 2006 the directive on the right to move freely (2004/38/EC) was implemented, meaning that passportless travel is allowed in the entire European Union, if having a national identity card from an EU country. For some a passport is necessary anyway, since not all countries issue such cards for their citizens, and because Sweden requires a passport when travelling from that country to EU countries outside Schengen."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

So we traded away the need for a passport when traveling in exchange for needing an ID in our own countries. Congratulations...
Now the police in Finland is probably not checking the ID of everyone but the rules are there if they would like to.

That is because people don't know their history regarding EU. When it first started it was an economic union. The target was to help companies, not the people. Since then it has changed it's name but I belive that its root values are still there. There are people who try to change it though.

Actually, in Sweden we have partialy solved this problem. Gifts from clients may only cost at max a certain value and this is in effect for anyone who is in the employment of the state or the city and not just politicians. Makes things easy, if the gift is above a certain value then it's a bribe. We have other problems though that you don't. There is a non disclosure law in effect for party donations. So we may know that the party Moderaterna got a couple of millions in donations but we can't tell if MacDonalds payed for the recent lowering of taxes for restuarants.

Remember kids, i'ts only ok to bribe if you got *lots* of money.

On the other hand it effectively stops the user from being smart as well. First thing I want to do when I get a suspicious pop up from UAC is the check the disc for the programs properties and so on and check the internet if it is a well known file or not. And what does UAC do? It blocks me from doing anything until I have pressed Yes or No.

oh, if we're adding more mods, how about a "-1 typing while intoxicated"? :)

I didn't manage to get this from the article but are reputable breeders allowed to charge for the sale of a dog for instance?

I have never seen a pet shop in Sweden btw that sells cats or dogs. All sold pure bred cats and dogs that I have heard of has been sold directly from a breeder. There are also quite few that make a living breeding cats or dogs in Sweden. Most consider it a hobby.

Meh, this has already happened in Sweden when the police confiscated a lot of servers and disrupted service for other customers just to get at The Pirate Bay. Who cares if other gets hurt in the process for the greater good...?

Wow, that must really suck. Here in Sweden we have at least three different ways to file our taxes all provided by Skatteverket (The department for taxes). A four page paper form is sent out to everyone with some pre-entered information. You can then either choose to fill out the form and send it in or you can logg on to their homepage and do you taxes there or you can simply send an SMS to confirm that all the pre-entered information was correct.
It's a bit more complicated for companies but we're getting there. And all free of charge. Don't think anyone ever considered that the citizens should pay for it. If Skatteverket wants money/information they get to pay for it themselves.

In this case be happy you don't live in Sweden where even drawings are people and where the possession of pictures of cartoon characters portrayed in sexual situations are considered child pornography...

In sweden you can get a so called twin-card (not sure if that is the correct english term). It's a sim-card with the same phone number as the original. You have to choose which one you want to get calls on but you can call using both and more importantly you can use the data transfer on both.
Costs around $5/month, if I had a tablet this is what I would be using.

Children in USA has never had them in school. No rights, only obligations. It's an violation of Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 12. Stating that child has the right to express themselves. USA and Somalia is the only two countries within the UN that has not signed the agreement.

Remember a story of a kid who got suspended for wearing a pepsi t-shirt in school during a photo op for Coca Cola. Might have been vice versa.
Ain't that great though? We force you to participate and earn money of your face and punish you if you don't comply.