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Iceland's population is about 300’000 and it's probably amongst the least corrupt (held the bankers to account) and most approachable (ministers’ direct phone n

by qubex 9y ago

Iceland's population is about 300’000 and it's probably amongst the least corrupt (held the bankers to account) and most approachable (ministers’ direct phone numbers in phone books) I know of. Do not confuse corruption and integration into the community.

kzrdude 9y ago
Are you Icelandic? Iceland is not free of corruption. https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/10/18/eva_joly_iceland_has_a_corruption_problem/ https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016...
- charlesdm 9y ago
  Being listed in the Panama Papers is the same as being corrupt now? Well well..
- qubex 9y ago
  No I'm not. I'm hybrid British/Italian, suffering thirtyfive-plus years as a resident of the latter has taught me what real corruption and inefficiency look like. I've visited Iceland and found it to be quite amazing both in terms of landscape and society. Hence my reference. I don't think having some instances of corruption actually negates the core import of my statement.
- brm 9y ago
  I'll never understand the portion of the population that reads a relative ranking and then declares that its not true because x still exists there... "amongst the least corrupt" != "free of corruption" It's like saying X is among the best schools in the region and sends the most children to university and someone rebutting the statement with "yeah, but billy went there and didn't graduate and didn't go to university." It's as if their brain is a computer program that's designed to purposely misinterpret information and then argue against the information for the sake of it. Sorry for the rant. This type of nonsense has been building, or least becoming more obvious, lately in the public and political spheres and I needed to flag it for my sanity.
  - dopamean 9y ago
    It's just people who can't wait to tell someone they're wrong.
    - kzrdude 9y ago
      You all give me no hope that we will defeat corruption, whereever it occurs. Don't make excuses for corruption.

by qubex 9y ago

kzrdude 9y ago

Are you Icelandic? Iceland is not free of corruption. https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/10/18/eva_joly_iceland_has_a_corruption_problem/ https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016...

charlesdm 9y ago
Being listed in the Panama Papers is the same as being corrupt now? Well well..
qubex 9y ago
No I'm not. I'm hybrid British/Italian, suffering thirtyfive-plus years as a resident of the latter has taught me what real corruption and inefficiency look like. I've visited Iceland and found it to be quite amazing both in terms of landscape and society. Hence my reference. I don't think having some instances of corruption actually negates the core import of my statement.
brm 9y ago
I'll never understand the portion of the population that reads a relative ranking and then declares that its not true because x still exists there... "amongst the least corrupt" != "free of corruption" It's like saying X is among the best schools in the region and sends the most children to university and someone rebutting the statement with "yeah, but billy went there and didn't graduate and didn't go to university." It's as if their brain is a computer program that's designed to purposely misinterpret information and then argue against the information for the sake of it. Sorry for the rant. This type of nonsense has been building, or least becoming more obvious, lately in the public and political spheres and I needed to flag it for my sanity.
- dopamean 9y ago
  It's just people who can't wait to tell someone they're wrong.
  - kzrdude 9y ago
    You all give me no hope that we will defeat corruption, whereever it occurs. Don't make excuses for corruption.