I can confirm Master scriver's summary. It seems an awfully lenient sentence, even for a minor. Nonetheless, the matter was brought to court, which is at least something, although it is small comfort for the victims, or indeed any of us. With the current crisis within the police (summary: unpopular and somewhat misguided re-organisation and dreadful working conditions is sapping the force quite fiercely. Support your local Uncle Blue; they need it), an awful lot of cases tends to slip through the net.
Sweden is like watching the Hindenburg set forth on its voyage
I do sometimes feel as if I am feebly dangling on a tether rope trailing behind it. But I shall never let go.
Ugh, you guys need to toughen up your justice system a bit. I'm not for super long sentence in general, but this seems ridiculous.
It is. Rehabilitation can, indeed, be taken too far, when the concerns for a perpetrator eclipse the concern for a victim. In general, it seems as if the idea of a sentencing being a punishment and deterrent has largely been discarded. Personally, I would like repeat criminals of this type to be exiled, without delay. It would be better for everyone, including those migrants that intend to, and do, behave. It is a question of wheat and chaff, and avoiding the matter of sorting it does no good for anyone. I know that I harp on it quite often, but wide open doors does not help anyone, and it is not the generous, enlightened act of humanity that it seems. Taking a modicum of responsibility for one's migration, even and particularly when it is hard, knotty and morally difficult, is better for everyone.
-However-, in regard of all this, another rape case in Sweden has recently gone through court, and has ended quite differently. Indeed, Expressen has, against the usual custom, gone so far as to reveal their names and published pictures of the two men. Both are fairly well-known in some cirquits, one being an influential party arranger, the other a wealthy restaurant owner. Well, were. They have now been found guilty for several cases of rape, which includes minors (16). The event manager was sentenced to nine years, the (now former) restaurant ownerrecieved six. Both of them have appealed.
It it impossible to say how long a sentence actually will be, or how the appeal will be handled. However, their businesses and reputations have been soundly scuttled, so there is at least that.
Now then, from sex crime to Nazi terrorism: the group calling itself the Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen) has been up to quite a few tricks lately in and around the city of Gothenburg.
11th of November: a small explosive charge detonates and destroys the windows of a café and bookshop, run by an autonomous left-wing group. No injuries.
5th of January: an explosive charge severely injures a custodian outside of a migrant quarter, as he is emptying the bins.
25th of January: an unexploded, but live, charge is found by a camping ground that has been repurposed as a temporary transit quarter for migrants. The police manages to defuse it.
Three men (who are also, oddly, now named and pictured by Expressen, which is even more uncommon with merely suspects) have since been arrested and are now under investigation. All of them are connected to the Nordic Resistance Movement and the white power environment in general. It is possible that the men will be put under charges of terrorism, depending on how the investigation continues. Besides property damage and one severely injured man, it could have gone an awful lot worse, and I do hope that with the most ambitious types in the district under lock and key, there might be some peace and quiet.
The NRM claims that it, 'as an organisation', have not carried out these bombings. What that means is not particularly difficult to figure out.
This has lead to some interesting opinion soup. One can make the point that this would be treated as a much bigger and louder affair if the perpetrators were Islamic terrorists, rather than Nazis, which does strike me as true, there probably would be more about it if they were. On the other hand, there are calls to re-evaluate whether or not Nazism should be legal; it would be a breach against the freedom of opinion, but it would counter a very real threat from a radical, anti-democratic faction that wishes to topple the current state through force, goes the arguement. The same would probably never be expressed regarding radical Islamism, even though it is quite indistinguishable from Nazism on that particular count. (Indeed, beards seems to have become fashionable in the Nazi cirquits, as well).
As a very unfortunate aside, this movement have also, at times, appeared at bath houses to act as sort of volunteer security guards (that is, to speak plainly, to keep the gropey Afghans in line), which has caused some quarrels here and there. However, since sexual harrassment incidents seem to become rather common in public baths, one wonders why nothing seems to be done to fill the gap that they are evidently trying to plug themselves. It is a very unfortunate affair when Nazi militias are, in effect, providing an important social service.
Speaking of, they are at least not as bone-idle as the chaps in the Soldier of Odin-gangs. What they are doing with their time, I do not know, but it does not seem to be patroling the streets and keeping them safe. If they wanted to do some good for the community, there are plenty of areas in the city centre where they could do some good.
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