The [snip]s are my trims from the original post.
One of my favourite Icelandic bloggers, Dr Gunni, can always be relied on for a glimmer of sanity, not to mention a chuckle. In his post from October 7 he's got a pretty interesting take on the situation that's was under discussion in the last post [I hope he forgives me for the somewhat inadequate translation of the following excerpts - his is the sort of text that loses a lot] ... [snip] [snip] In the future people will ask: How did it happen that all of a sudden it was OK in Iceland, a dwarf-nation of 300,000 people, and indeed just perfectly fine, for people to swipe piles of money to stick into wage deals, severance packages and you name it, and that some guy could earn in a month the same amount as it took a regular Joe standing next to him in line at the supermarket 20-30 years to earn? That a six-fold lotto prize was equal to the monthly wages of the rich? How did society tolerate such insane discrimination? Incidentally, this Norwegian interview is brilliant. Why didn't anyone here in Iceland ask questions like this? Oh, right, I remember. The owners of the banks also own the media. The research departments wrote the questions. And what 20-30 individuals sent everything here straight to hell like Vilhjálmur Bjarnason is claiming in this Norwegian report? Will we never know? Will there be no Nuremberg trial? [snip] Incidentally, the voices are growing increasingly stronger here who want the government to freeze the assets of the 20-30 people who "sent everything straight to hell" and I'm adding my voice to that chorus. They've flown off on their private jets, no doubt to tend to their bank accounts in the Caymans, while we're left to clean up their mess. The owners of the banks all have holdings elsewhere - why are those holdings not being used to offset the losses of their companies?
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[snip] In the future people will ask: How did it happen that all of a sudden it was OK in Iceland, a dwarf-nation of 300,000 people, and indeed just perfectly fine, for people to swipe piles of money to stick into wage deals, severance packages and you name it, and that some guy could earn in a month the same amount as it took a regular Joe standing next to him in line at the supermarket 20-30 years to earn? That a six-fold lotto prize was equal to the monthly wages of the rich? How did society tolerate such insane discrimination? Incidentally, this Norwegian interview is brilliant. Why didn't anyone here in Iceland ask questions like this? Oh, right, I remember. The owners of the banks also own the media. The research departments wrote the questions. And what 20-30 individuals sent everything here straight to hell like Vilhjálmur Bjarnason is claiming in this Norwegian report? Will we never know? Will there be no Nuremberg trial? [snip]
In the future people will ask: How did it happen that all of a sudden it was OK in Iceland, a dwarf-nation of 300,000 people, and indeed just perfectly fine, for people to swipe piles of money to stick into wage deals, severance packages and you name it, and that some guy could earn in a month the same amount as it took a regular Joe standing next to him in line at the supermarket 20-30 years to earn? That a six-fold lotto prize was equal to the monthly wages of the rich? How did society tolerate such insane discrimination?
Incidentally, this Norwegian interview is brilliant. Why didn't anyone here in Iceland ask questions like this? Oh, right, I remember. The owners of the banks also own the media. The research departments wrote the questions. And what 20-30 individuals sent everything here straight to hell like Vilhjálmur Bjarnason is claiming in this Norwegian report? Will we never know? Will there be no Nuremberg trial?
Incidentally, the voices are growing increasingly stronger here who want the government to freeze the assets of the 20-30 people who "sent everything straight to hell" and I'm adding my voice to that chorus. They've flown off on their private jets, no doubt to tend to their bank accounts in the Caymans, while we're left to clean up their mess. The owners of the banks all have holdings elsewhere - why are those holdings not being used to offset the losses of their companies?
The people of Iceland cannot let those responsible get away with this. The same goes for the people of the rest of Europe and the U.S.
Damn right.
