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I say stick it in Iceland... a country that's at least shown itself to stand for its convictions when they let the banking system hang themselves. There is a p
by balabaster 10y ago
I say stick it in Iceland... a country that's at least shown itself to stand for its convictions when they let the banking system hang themselves.
There is a perception of Switzerland's stance on privacy becoming increasingly weak as time goes by, showing that their convictions at the very least are becoming diluted in favour of international pressure.
- oh_sigh 10y agoIt was pretty easy for Iceland to tell the banks to fuck off when it was mostly British people who were losing their life savings, not Icelanders.
- allendoerfer 10y agoGiving it to a country that can be invaded and handed over at will and for whose sovereignty even the good guys have no respect whatsoever [0] does not seem like a good idea. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_in_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_in_World_War_II