#4 He was extradited to Sweden, where he finished his sentence — he served no extra time for the escape — and was released June 17, 2005.
This isn't lenience, it's naiveté on a grand scale. Scandahoovia should be proud of their heritage as an open society. It has produced some great minds and important contributions to science, art, music and a host of other cultural treasures. That said, they have brewed up a recipe for disaster by not controlling immigration or tightening up law enforcement.
In many ways it is a real pity to see the end of such innocence. Anyone who has even been to Copenhagen during the last century found an idyllic metropolis of enchanting beauty filled with cordial honest folk. Sadly, Europe's own steadfast refusal to envision the darker side of reality is now coming back to bite it rather hard.
This century will be far less kind to those who cannot adequately cope with the elements of darkness that threaten to wash over defenseless shores. There is simply too much evil afoot for such blithe mentalities to go on unharmed. Islamic terrorism and Eastern European gangsterism will either teach this lesson or ascend to power over those unable to learn it. |