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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by delinka on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @01:08PM (#11440092)
To where? What government on the planet doesn't have this kind of power over its country's citizens? Of the governments you can list, how many of those countries actually have civilization where a non-native wouldn't have to fear for their lives?
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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by Zigurd on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @01:28PM (#11440234)
Some governments have similar power written into law, but lack the technical means and budget to use them.
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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by cnfjdnncd on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @01:16PM (#11440143)
Iceland has a very good record with human rights and properly functioning democratic representation.

Some of the Nordic states are trailing runners up.

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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by webjprgm on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @01:47PM (#11440380)
Isn't Iceland going through a national financial crisis and also just booted their president for lying to them? That doesn't sound much better.
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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by tremon on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @03:09PM (#11441019)
Yes, they just booted their prime minister. Sounds like a politically healthy country to me.
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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by ptaipale on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @03:42PM (#11441332)
They also had their currency value cut to half in 2008, and that had a very real impact on the purchasing power of people. The currency has recovered a bit but the change is still there and its's big.

There are also currency controls for taking money out, etc. Iceland is still in severe shock.

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Re:How a federal spy case turned into a child pornography pr... by meric on Friday April 08, 2016 @02:29AM (#11452920)
New Zealand seems good.
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