Originally posted by decode
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getting into the US !
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Do you mind me asking what they were for?Originally posted by piscesSeptember 06. No drugs convictions though.Comment
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Shoplifting and burglary mostly. No drugs or violence, which it what the US are hot about.Originally posted by decodeDo you mind me asking what they were for?Comment
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The term that the Yanks use is moral turpitude for which there is a definition here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_turpitude
Not sure if that's the right definition, because it seems to exclude drugs use (as they are only 'wrong' because nanny says so).
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nice!Originally posted by piscesShoplifting and burglary mostly. No drugs or violence, which it what the US are hot about.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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But the waiver asks if you have even been arrested for drugs use or even suspicion of (because in the US you are guilty until innocent, like we all will be here soon)Originally posted by tim123The term that the Yanks use is moral turpitude for which there is a definition here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_turpitude
Not sure if that's the right definition, because it seems to exclude drugs use (as they are only 'wrong' because nanny says so).
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I thought this board was turning into a chav playground now I know it is!Originally posted by piscesWhat's your problem?Comment
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You mean it's turning into a snob fest.Originally posted by boredsenselessI thought this board was turning into a chav playground now I know it is!
I do the same job as you, so you must be feeling especially smug right now
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