Witchhunt

Well, the collapse of the banking system, the revelation of huge donations to political parties by banks and investment firms, the backroom negotiations that supported everything from the construction industry to the food store chains, all of this has got Icelanders pretty freaked out, and understandably so. But as I mentioned to my cousin at a funeral a few weeks ago, a full scale witch hunt to find out exactly how all of this happened, who is responsible for what, who should get sent to jail, well, in my opinion, that should really wait. That should be done carefully and slowly over time, because actually that way more will be revealed, through the slow unraveling of all the threads. But I completely agree that it needs to be done, absolutely, because only then will the political parties, the companies, and the Icelandic people all finally be playing on the same field, everyone knowing everything, as it ought to be.

Of course, in the United States, we are more apt to just find out who is responsible for the most egregious errors, persecute them to the full extent of the law, and then call it good.