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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by StanislavPetrov on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:30PM (#12776477)
The people of Iceland are intelligent, as evidenced by their jailing of bankers and election of the Pirate Party, so would not hand him over. If small-minded people cared 1% as much about holding their own government accountable as they did whistleblowers, imagine how much better society would be?
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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by DocTomoe on Monday October 24, 2016 @04:06AM (#12777290)
You are mistaking "in accordance with my personal preferences and political views" with intelligence.
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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by tingol on Monday October 24, 2016 @06:23AM (#12777731)
I don't think there's anything personal or political about corrupt people getting punished for their crimes instead of being bailed out without taking any individual responsibility.
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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by DocTomoe on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:49AM (#12785608)
See, I do believe from what I have read that the icelandic banker's convictions were mostly a political move to keep the very small (and thus very easily rally-able) Icelandic population happy after their savings (which always do carry a risk - that's why you get interest) were lost in the icesave collapse.

Just like them essentially declaring bankrupcy and not paying their debts afterwards was.

And I do not think criminal cases should be influenced about what result is politically preferable.

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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by HalfwayToDice on Monday October 24, 2016 @05:17AM (#12777522)
Iceland did not "jail their bankers", where do you get your news from?
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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by ejlo on Monday October 24, 2016 @05:45AM (#12777599)
Hmm, did you try searching for it before posting?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_fi...

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Re:Iceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party tak... by HalfwayToDice on Monday October 24, 2016 @09:56AM (#12778784)
I don't understand. There were 15 people jailed who took part in illegal activities. But the vast majority of Icelandic bankers did not take part in illegal activities. They just did a really really bad job. Therefore they weren't jailed.

Unless you think that Iceland only had 15 bankers?

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