Riots in Iceland

[~°2012°~]

Peaceful protest turned into full blown riots in front the parliament Alþingi in Reykjavík Iceland today. Police is losing control of the situation beating and pepper-spraying the crowd without any result. Many are injured both protesters and police, as the situation is only turning more violent. Click the link to watch the video (this video shows only a fraction of the crazy situation that has been going on in Reykjavík today):

http://mbl.is/mm/frettir/innlent/2009/01/20/beittu_kylfum_a_motmaelendur/

[Treffie]

It's inevitable that this is going to be a Europe wide phenomenon - and I'm glad!

[~°2012°~]

Everyday is only going to be more chaotic from now I think. The politicians have been stuck inside the parliament all day unable to get out, the mob has run amok, holding them "hostage" inside the building while smashing windows, starting fires, blowing fireworks, throwing rocks and lose objects in the police. Just now a huge Christmas tree in the town center has been cut down and set a blaze.

[Jägerstaffel]

I always look to Iceland as a haven for Northern Europeon culture - not as dirtied by the multiculturalism the rest of us face. I hate to see the economic and cultural turmoil there.

[Fortis in Arduis]

What are they rioting in favour of?

[TheGreatest]

Oh the solution is simple: Peg the currency to an ultra low level and get stinkin' rich off foreign aid.
What? What do you mean what about the regular Icelanders? Who cares about them... This is a democracy of the elite :cool:

[~°2012°~]

What are they rioting in favour of?

Protesting the bottomless corruption of the government, they want the government to resign and the Bankers, the head of the Financial Supervisory Authority and the head of the Central Bank of Iceland Davíð Oddson hanged for treason .. basically ;)

http://mbl.is/frimg/4/88/488193.jpg

[HawkR]

Good to see someone are doing something about this fucked up world. Hopefully, this will spread as fire on a dead jew, and hit other countries to, Norway and Sweden needs it to the extreme!

[Damilkyway]

... as fire on a dead jew ...
Speaking of... time to get rid of that philosemitic president Grimsson. A disgrace to his country, elected last year for a 4th term because there were no other candidates (!). Perhaps this is our moment, this is our time... yes, we can? Where are the Icelandic nationalists now?

[HawkR]

They are there, hopefully.

[Absinthe]

Living in the country that invented riots :D and demonstrations on a daily basis, I am so accustomed to it that it doesn't strike me as something unusual..

While other people check the weather forecast, everyday before I leave for work I check the interent to see the demonstration schedule (no joke :D), the strike schedule and try to predict when and where the riots will start on that given day, which roads will be blocked and which transportation means will be out of service so that I take a detour or that I go somewhere nearby and wait until the crap is over.. :D

But I live in Greece, modern capital of corruption and incompetence, so I don't find it odd because I know what is fundamentally wrong with this place...

It strikes me as very unusual, however, to see that sort of thing happening in Iceland, which was until a few months ago 'the place to be', the higher living standards and all that...

I guess this is bound to happen worldwide as capitalism is collapsing (or at least, undergoing major crisis) and maybe we shall benefit out of it...shall we learn a lesson and become self sufficient and less addicted to money and material comfort?

I already read that Polish immigrants are fleeing en masse away from Iceland and the countryside shall be left without working hands... How'bout Icelanders abandon commodity fetishism and fancy jobs and resume the sort of work that their ancestors have been doing for ages..?

Think about it, if an economic disaster leads us to take matters into our own hands and ensure our survival the traditional way, free from the world bank and the stock market, we would need less to none at all immigrants, and less foreign aid, hence less foreign pressure.

Isn't that what we all want? :)

I also want to ask the dude with the scary back :p, what about corruption in Iceland?

See, here, corruption is synonymous with all forms of social life, and politicians shamelessly rob public funds, one scandal pops after the other, simply because the whole nation has learned to live on small scale corruption so they don't mind the large scale corruption as long as they can also survive on small scale corruption themselves....

But I have difficulty visualizing the Northerners as a corrupted people. So I wonder in what ways corruption is manifested in the Icelanding government.

[HawkR]

Hell yeah Greeky!!!!:D:D:D

[Gunnar]

I also want to ask the dude with the scary back :p, what about corruption in Iceland?

See, here, corruption is synonymous with all forms of social life, and politicians shamelessly rob public funds, one scandal pops after the other, simply because the whole nation has learned to live on small scale corruption so they don't mind the large scale corruption as long as they can also survive on small scale corruption themselves....

But I have difficulty visualizing the Northerners as a corrupted people. So I wonder in what ways corruption is manifested in the Icelanding government.

Well I'm not the dude with "scary hairy" back and my English isnt that great but Id like to say that Iceland's biggest corruption is the involvement of its government officials in the bankers criminal activity, Iceland has the last decade been basically run by a small super-rich elite and lobbyist, their tentacles reach into the law system, academic, government, media etc. The fall of the banks uncovered an ugly truth as it was obvious that large group of people in the government was involved in their and the bankers activity, having their personal debts being written off, receiving huge payments from "suspicious" sources etc..

[Absinthe]

It's all greek to me... :D


involvement of its government officials ....... bankers criminal activity....run by a small super-rich elite and lobbyist.... tentacles reach into the law system, academic, government, media etc. .....having their personal debts being written off ........receiving huge payments from "suspicious" sources etc..

[SuuT]

I'm out of the loop: did Iceland ever accept that loan from Russia...?

[Hors]

Accepted? They were denied it.

[Birka]

Protesting the bottomless corruption of the government, they want the government to resign and the Bankers, the head of the Financial Supervisory Authority and the head of the Central Bank of Iceland Davíð Oddson hanged for treason .. basically ;)

If only we would do this in America. Thomas Jefferson said that we should revolt against the power of government every generation or so. I say we are about 10 to 12 generations overdue.

[~°2012°~]

I also want to ask the dude with the scary back :p, what about corruption in Iceland?

I already read that Polish immigrants are fleeing en masse away from Iceland and the countryside shall be left without working hands.

Originally Posted by Gunnar
the dude with "scary hairy" back

Gunnar pretty much explained our governments corruption, but of course the biggest corruption in Iceland is a plague called modernity with its liberal democracy and multiculti consumerist lifestyle that has eroded the roots of our culture and traditions. Bigger problem is that the young native generation has started emigrating away from the country along with the Polish immigrants in masses. Well that's how the process works like pure natural selection: the end of the credit boom means high-risk businesses lose their status, iPoders lose their importance, and the common people have to fight for things they previously took for granted, like food. The party's over.

.. and for what its worth, I'm quite fond of my scary and hairy back.. its the only back Ive got and I cant afford turning metro-sexual now :wink

[Jägerstaffel]

Dr. Who, what you need to do is bash some skulls on that island of yours. I bet you could get people to act with some sense.

[Treffie]

.. and for what its worth, I'm quite fond of my scary and hairy back.. its the only back Ive got and I cant afford turning metro-sexual now :wink

So this is really your back? Whoa!

[~°2012°~]

Whoa!

Nature rewards me for hard work and endurance. My friends nicknamed me Þurs (Thurs) .. I still haven't figured out if its a compliment or not :confused:

[Gunnar]

.. and for what its worth, I'm quite fond of my scary and hairy back.. its the only back Ive got and I cant afford turning metro-sexual now

My friends nicknamed me Þurs (Thurs) .. I still haven't figured out if its a compliment or not :confused:

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