ICELAND'S GOVERNMENT IS ALLEGEDLY CURRENTLY FACING A
COLLAPSE OVER AN ISSUE INVOLVING DISTRUST.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND FAILED TO DISCLOSE THE FACT
THAT HIS FATHER SIGNED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION THAT
ALLOWED A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE TO RECEIVE RESTRICTED HONOR.
ICELAND'S JUSTICE SYSTEM IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE UNITED
STATES.
THIS CONVICTED PEDOPHILE WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE HIS RECORD
EXPUNGED IF HE COULD RECEIVE THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
WHICH CLAIMED THAT HIS CHARACTER IS ACTUALLY GREAT AND THE PRIME
MINISTER'S FATHER ACTUALLY SIGNED ONE OF THOSE LETTERS AND
NOW PEOPLE ARE UPSET BECAUSE THIS CONVICTED PEDOPHILE IS
ACTUALLY PRETTY TERRIBLE AND THE FACT THAT THIS PRIME MINISTER'S
FATHER HELPED HIM GET HIS RECORD EXPUNGED CONCERNED
THIS THESE
PEOPLE.
HOW DID THIS LEAD TO THE GOVERNMENT COLLAPSING?
THE ELECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 28.
THE STORY IS INSANE.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON THERE.
1ST OF ALL, IN ANY KIND OF UNIVERSE WHERE A PEDOPHILE HAS A
RECORD EXPUNGED OR EVEN GIVEN ANY KIND OF PASS, IT'S
HORRIFYING.
IT'S THE ONE AREA I THINK THAT HAS BECOME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
CAN SKATE WHO SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL.
THEY'VE SKATED IN THE CHURCH, AND ATHLETICS, THIS HAPPENS
ALL AROUND.
ADMITTING COMMUNITIES, NOW'S NOT THE TIME.
MANY COMMUNITIES THAT WE LOOK UP TO AND REVERE, THERE ALSO
OFTEN CLOISTERED COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF BAD STUFF GOING ON IN THERE BUT BECAUSE
THEIR CLOISTERS AND THEY SEEM QUAINT FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE
GIVE THEM A PASS.
ANYWAY, THIS IS HORRIFYING BUT MY POINT IS SIMPLY AND
MENTIONING THOSE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT I JUST FEEL AS THOUGH THIS
IS FOR SOME REASON, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE
A VOICE THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON RESONATES WITH PEOPLE THE SAME
WAY THESE POWERFUL MEN IN THIS CASE, VERY POWERFUL MAN DOES,
MAYBE THAT'S WHY.
IT'S SO WRONG.
IT MAKES YOUR SKIN CRAWL.
IT IS BEYOND WRONG AND WERE CRITICAL OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
HERE IN THE US BECAUSE IT'S SO OVERLY PUNITIVE AND DOESN'T
FOCUS ON REHABILITATING PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GO BACK INTO SOCIETY
AND BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, BUT THE FACT THAT
IN OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR RECORD EXPUNGED IF
YOU'RE CONVICTED PEDOPHILE.
IF YOU'VE RAPED SOMEONE FOR GEARS EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU
CAN HAVE YOUR RECORD EXPUNGED JUST BASED ON LETTERS OF
RECOMMENDATION.
BY THE WAY, THIS CONVICTED PEDOPHILE SERVED SIX YEARS
IN PRISON.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH IF HE IS NOW ABLE TO HARASS
HIS VICTIM AND THAT IS WHY HIS VICTIM IS ALLEGING, THAT HE
IS NOW HARASSING HER AND THIS PARDON HAS DESTROYED HER
PEACE OF MIND.
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND IT IS REALLY ALL ABOUT THE VICTIM.
ONCE A GUY GETS OUT, IT SHOULD ALL BE ABOUT THE VICTIM.
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER SO THAT THAT
PERSON CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE VICTIM IN ANY WAY, THE
PERSON CAN GO TOWARD THE VICTIM PHYSICALLY AND ANYWAY.
THIS WOULD BE BAKED INTO THE RELEASE AND THAT PERSON
WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKING IN WITH THE PAROLE OFFICER
WHOM EVER REGULARLY.
INSTEAD, IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.
AS ANA SAYS, THIS GUY IS LIGHTING HER UP, HARASSING HER
BECAUSE HE IS PISSED OFF HE HAD TO SERVE SIX YEARS AFTER HE
RAPED HER, AGAIN, AND THIS IS STUFF THAT HE HAS ADMITTED
TO.
HE RAPED HER FOR 12
YEARS, STARTING AT, WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
IT IS CRAZY.
ANOTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY MAKE A COMMENT ON
IS HOW THERE WAS SWIFT ACTION.
AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION WAS PUT OUT THERE AND IT WAS
REPORTED, PEOPLE PROTESTED, THEY TOOK TO THE STREETS.
MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY STEPPED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE
DISTRUST THAT THIS LED TO -
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THE COALITION ñ
EXACTLY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON WHY THE GOVERNMENT IN ICELAND, I
DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S IN SHAMBLES.
THEREíS BEEN
REPORTING OF COLLAPSING BUT THERE WILL BE AN ELECTION
ON OCTOBER 28 IN RESPONSE TO WHAT JUST OCCURRED AND IT
IS JUST FASCINATING STUFF.
IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE EXPERIENCE AND HEAR ABOUT
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND I WISH THERE WAS BETTER
REPORTING ABOUT IN THE U.S. BECAUSE I THINK IT MATTERS.
WE ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER IN SOME WAY AND TO KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON IN ICELAND I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT.
YEAH, NO.
AND WE HAVE A HISTORY HERE OF AGAIN, PARTICULARLY UNDER
RELIGION, LETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE GET AWAY
WITH A LOT OF STUFF.
THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.