Given that I moved my entire family here, just got my green card and isn't planning to move any time soon I would agree that it's the best democracy in the world :)

But this is not a discussion about democracy and actually not so much about the length of sentences (although that does matter) this was more a discussion about what constitutes a crime that you go to prison for and what constitutes stupidities that might be illegal but shouldn't treated as if you are on the verge of becoming either a mass murders, criminal mastermind or drug overlord.

I have two kids, one which is american citizen the other now with a green card and I am hoping with time to apply for american citizenship (Denmark allow dual citizenship). My concern is that my kids grow up in a society with these kind of laws and I don't want them to be caught in some Kafkan universe which there are plenty of examples of here.

With regards to Civil unrest in Denmark. Then no. There is of course debates and there are people who think the rules are too lax. And so the justice system needs to find a balance where it's primary function is to deter people from committing crimes to begin with and then make sure the victims of crimes feels the offence adequately punished.

This is not an easy task and Denmark is not perfect but as much as I feel free in the US I am a thousand times more afraid of the US justice system than the Danish. It's the one thing I fear here and I am by all intents and purposes of the word a law abiding citizen.