Saturday, November 22, 2008
State paranoia
Not too long ago the Swedish government introduced the FRA legislation. The military was, despite massive protests, given the right to arbitrarily listen in on people’s digital telephone calls and email communications.
Now the politicians are taking the part of the record, movie and publisher industry. A new legislation allows the industry to demand, directly from Internet providers, the information about the people behind certain IP-addresses.
The Swedish government is going a step further than the requirements of the EU directive in which the IP-addresses can only be requested in connection with court proceedings.
It appears that the Swedish government is suffering from paranoia. Aren’t the politicians in the Riksdag elected by the people to take the part of the people? It does not appear that way.
Again it shows how Sweden differs from most states in the Western Europe.
In Western Europe the political and administrative power system works for the people. In Sweden it is the other way around.
Now the politicians are taking the part of the record, movie and publisher industry. A new legislation allows the industry to demand, directly from Internet providers, the information about the people behind certain IP-addresses.
The Swedish government is going a step further than the requirements of the EU directive in which the IP-addresses can only be requested in connection with court proceedings.
It appears that the Swedish government is suffering from paranoia. Aren’t the politicians in the Riksdag elected by the people to take the part of the people? It does not appear that way.
Again it shows how Sweden differs from most states in the Western Europe.
In Western Europe the political and administrative power system works for the people. In Sweden it is the other way around.
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Somewhat besides the point but new visions are in sight for regionalists as of November 20. It is a real historic day for the Scanians because the occupier, the Kingdom of Sweden, is giving up part of its sovereignty by its parliament accepting the EU-constitution. The Swedish constitution is simply considered to be used up. It is like a state-coupe being discretely executed.
It brings to mind the following: “It started as a trilling deep down. It filled us with astonishment and threat. We never really understood the reason that Sweden started to crack and loose its rein. We were told that the most modern country of the world could not possible go down the drain”.
With an overwhelming majority the Swedish parliament has rectified the new EU-constitution. The Swedish constitution is as of now hardly worth the paper it is written on. It is actually unheard of that a state of the Nordic gives up its power to such an extent. Already having a minimal influence in the EU-parliament, it will from now on be even less, or about 2% of the voting-power. Sweden is now a member of the federal-like organization of the EU!
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It brings to mind the following: “It started as a trilling deep down. It filled us with astonishment and threat. We never really understood the reason that Sweden started to crack and loose its rein. We were told that the most modern country of the world could not possible go down the drain”.
With an overwhelming majority the Swedish parliament has rectified the new EU-constitution. The Swedish constitution is as of now hardly worth the paper it is written on. It is actually unheard of that a state of the Nordic gives up its power to such an extent. Already having a minimal influence in the EU-parliament, it will from now on be even less, or about 2% of the voting-power. Sweden is now a member of the federal-like organization of the EU!
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