Slave of Karma

The government of Sweden voted for the so called FRA-law, the 18th of June. The majority voted yes. The majority voted yes for constant surveillance of all Swedish citizens. Internet, mobile phone, sms, radio waves, e-mail... everything, to be constantly monitored, 24/7, via automated search-scripts and living people. ...to be stored, if considered enough a "threat". A threat... to the national interests, among other similarily vague points. So, anything that the government deem a threat... such as, say, software or music piracy... or anything, really. Since this actually happaned, turned from a crazy far-fetched bad sci-fi movie, then consider a less... foreigner-friendly party gains power the next time, or anyone else ready to use whatever power they get to get what they want. Filtered out, stored, and used. Shared with other countries - why not - it's for the safety of the people of Sweden. How come, then, there were thousands of demonstrants outside the building as the vote progres

The government of Sweden voted for the so called FRA-law, the 18th of June.

The majority voted yes.

The majority voted yes for constant surveillance of all Swedish citizens.

Internet, mobile phone, sms, radio waves, e-mail… everything, to be constantly monitored, 24/7, via automated search-scripts and living people.

…to be stored, if considered enough a “threat”.

A threat… to the national interests, among other similarily vague points.

So, anything that the government deem a threat… such as, say, software or music piracy… or anything, really. Since this actually happaned, turned from a crazy far-fetched bad sci-fi movie, then consider a less… foreigner-friendly party gains power the next time, or anyone else ready to use whatever power they get to get what they want.

Filtered out, stored, and used. Shared with other countries – why not – it’s for the safety of the people of Sweden.

How come, then, there were thousands of demonstrants outside the building as the vote progressed? How come then, that all the governing parties’ youth-groups protested? How come then, that on all online polls during the time, ~80-90% of the viewers voted No for the proposition?

They say it’s a protection against external threats to our country…

…when it’s in fact the greatest threat to our country today, but from within.

This is a day of shame, not only for Sweden, but for the entire free democratic world.

I’m deeply ashamed of living here, and supporting a system like this with my tax money.

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Great respect to Camilla Lindberg, who was the only one brave enough to listen to the people and vote against her party. (she afterwards buckled to the pressure and changed her mind when new make-up, which didn’t really change the fact that all Swedish citizens will be constantly monitored, was applied) Also, thanks naturally to those who fought into the end of the debate to try to make the voters understand. The thing is, most probably understood, but felt forced. All while our prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, went abroad for the evening to… watch football.

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Here is the list of all who voted. “Ja” means yes, “Nej” means no, “Frånvarande” means absent and “Avstår” means that he/she was present but didn’t vote. The list was posted for the public.

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- Other links in Swedish:
StoppaFraLagen.nu (“Stop the FRA-law”, a sort of hub)
PolitikerBloggen.se (“Politician Blog”)
PiratPartiet (the only Swedish political party now fighting for both freedom, democracy and privacy)

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