The day that Swedes lost their integrity

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Today i realised that the Swedish law enabling the government to monitor all communication over Swedish borders will almost certain come true. And im sad, not sad i’m crying. Crying like hell cause i haven’t stuck out my neck to do anything about it.

People who know me know that i cry, i remember crying a lot in University cause i was in love with a rape victim who due to that couldn’t love me back. Some friends back then even called me the “crying guy”. I cried when the wall fell. I have cried over loved ones i sometime cry singing touching songs and i haven’t felt a bit quilty over that fact.

But today i feel quilty, big time. I fell guilty for not taking part in this battle, for thinking that so many others are fighting this law better than me. I have stuck out my head loads of times before. Defending nazi’s right to express their opinions, for hookers right to talk for them selves and not being stigmatized, that pedofiles need help and not stigma and for GLB rights, defending the Swedish underground magazine flashbacks right to publish on the Internet, equality and a lot of other hot and not so hot issues.

But this time i have only been patting the odd people in government that where risking their carriers on going against their own government. Cheering when other bloggers did the right thing, but i have done virtually nothing myself.

My 2 year old son will grow up in a society where the Swedish government can tap in to everything he will ever communicate and when he asks me how things could end up this way i can only answer:

Among other things it was due to me, i didn’t stick my neck out. I’m one of them to blame, sorry Maxwell but i wasn’t there when you where to young to take care of your interests. Please forgive me for not trying hard enough. But some of my friends did, they are heroes. My heroes and please Maxwell never take anything for granted! Stick your head out for things you believe in, make me disappointed, make me cry and make me mad! Fight for the things you believe in, but never take your freedom for granted! Never ever!

And i’m going to tell him the story of our heroes in parliament and also the story of those center partists taking credit for “improving the law”, the improvement is polish and doesn’t change the fact that everyone in Sweden and those communicating with swedes will be constantly wiretapped.

I’m so inclined to go down to the herna on the corner and get really pissed, lean on some Czech’s shoulder and cry. They have lived in a society which could only dream of being able to do what the Swedish government will be doing. So they would understand, buy me another drink and try to cheer me up. Tell me that nothing is impossible, they managed to reach freedom and that the Swedish people can do the same. I won’t listen i will be occupied with my own guilt, but they are right. There is still some hope that this nightmare some day will end.

The only reason why i’m at home writing this instead is that i want to see the referendum tomorrow morning, follow the whole thing to it’s end and be able to explain the whole issue to Maxwell. To tell him why his parents where so upset and what was more important than him watching Pingu on the computer that day when he was two.

To my heroes i love you and your courage! Continue to struggle and i hope that i will be able to help you more in the future. I just have to stop crying and stop feeling sorry for myself.

Some links in Swedish follow, unfortunately google cant translate the URL’s so you have to cut and paste. But it’s worth the effort!

An analysis of the decision in parliament

Oscar Swartz – Liberal betrayal – connect the cables!

Josh – Is this democracy?

PS: Please feel free to add more links in the comment’s, i’m to upset to link to everything that should be here! And if you know how to fix the google translation issue tell me so i can give proper translation links.