Riots in Iceland

[Absinthe]

Living in the country that invented riots 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 ), 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..

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 , 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!!!!

[Gunnar]

I also want to ask the dude with the scary back , 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...

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 , 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

[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

So this is really your back? Whoa!