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The people of Iceland are intelligent, as evidenced by their jailing of bankers and election of the Pirate Party, so would not hand him over. If small-minded p
by StanislavPetrov 10y ago
The people of Iceland are intelligent, as evidenced by their jailing of bankers and election of the Pirate Party, so would not hand him over. If small-minded people cared 1% as much about holding their own government accountable as they did whistleblowers, imagine how much better society would be?
- DocTomoe 10y agoYou are mistaking "in accordance with my personal preferences and political views" with intelligence.
- tingol 10y agoI don't think there's anything personal or political about corrupt people getting punished for their crimes instead of being bailed out without taking any individual responsibility.
- DocTomoe 10y agoSee, I do believe from what I have read that the icelandic banker's convictions were mostly a political move to keep the very small (and thus very easily rally-able) Icelandic population happy after their savings (which always do carry a risk - that's why you get interest) were lost in the icesave collapse. Just like them essentially declaring bankrupcy and not paying their debts afterwards was. And I do not think criminal cases should be influenced about what result is politically preferable.
- HalfwayToDice 10y agoIceland did not "jail their bankers", where do you get your news from?
- ejlo 10y agoHmm, did you try searching for it before posting? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_financial_crisis#Judgments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_fi...
- HalfwayToDice 10y agoI don't understand. There were 15 people jailed who took part in illegal activities. But the vast majority of Icelandic bankers did not take part in illegal activities. They just did a really really bad job. Therefore they weren't jailed. Unless you think that Iceland only had 15 bankers?