| Human Freedom Index, Sweden, Denmark and Finland are in the top 10 freest countries on earth. I guess that metric is derived from formal, and institutional freedom or non-freedom promoting policies, but unfortunately, in some respects Sweden is looking increasingly out of place in such a high position on that list. Anybody who points out that the country's immigration policies are close to destroying the country faces harsh backlash. Anybody just raising questions on the matter really. Disturbingly, there has been some recent talk of actual formalized anti-freedom measures. A couple weeks ago there was a stabbing and beheading attack at an IKEA store that killed a mother and son, and now some people in the govt are making noises about limiting freedom of the press because people are discussing it online. I guess their main concern, according to them is that it is such a shocking, horrific, and in your face illustration of how insane the Swedish government's immigration policies are, that they are concerned people might exercise their democratic rights of guiding the government in what they see as a reasonable direction. The Press Ombudsman Ola Sigvardsson is concerned that the Swedes are turning to sites run by political motives rather than journalistic ambitions. Traditional journalism is characterized by a willingness to unconditional search for the truth and make it as good as possible. The other sites are characterized by having a political agenda, said Ola Sigvardsson. So apparently, now that there is such glaring evidence of the need for political change Sigvardsson is interested in restricting any political discussion that are not inline with his own views. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press is something that we can not take for granted. Politicians give us the right to print and give our opinion, but requires that we do so in a responsible manner. If we do not do it, maybe freedom curtailed, says Ola Sigvardsson. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev... |