In Other News, Finland Loses Its Collective Mind

[Vyn]

The entire government of Finland resigned. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47496326

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I vote for Charger!

[Charger]

Yes they did...

And a full month before the new elections...so honestly a pointless move.

They were trying to redo the whole health system and it failed miserably so I guess they had their pride hurt because of it and had no choice...

Sadly though that most likely will cost the main conservative parties the next election though...which means the liberal socialists are probably gonna win...which will mean some horrible times to come here...Tax increases, even more "refugees" and some other crap like that...

I have to say I am dreading the elections now...

KDC thanks for the vote but I won't be running though.... I'm not    enough... 

[Typhon]

Wow!  Tough situation.  My first suggestion, raise the retirement age.  It will increase the percentage of the working population that will be paying taxes, and decrease the percentage that will be receiving benefits.

I vote for Charger!

I second!

[Charger]

Retirement age here can be determened by people themselves quite a bit...but it has also been raised already...But yes I agree that it needs to be raised more as the large age group is near (or at) the retirement age now...

Well hey! If I'd run I'd already have two votes in the bag then...too bad neither one of you can vote legally here though... 

[Typhon]

And how about those crazy Italians?

Italy’s Justice Ministry will investigate a court’s 2017 ruling acquitting two men of rape convictions after it found the victim was too ugly to be a credible witness.

The Ministry of Justice ordered a preliminary inquiry as well as a retrial of the case, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Italy’s high court, the Court of Cassation, will disclose its reasons for ordering a retrial in April.  The ministry’s announcement comes after the Ancona appeals court, made up of three women, acquitted two Peruvian men who were convicted of raping a woman in Italy’s city of Ancona in 2015. The court determined the victim was not a reliable witness, in part because the rapists “didn’t find her attractive, she was too masculine,” according to the court’s decision.

Cellphone records show one of the men describing the victim as masculine. She was listed as “Viking” in his contacts, the AP reported.  The men allegedly knew the woman, who is also Peruvian and was 20 at the time of the rape. They were found guilty and sentenced to prison in 2016.  The victim was drugged the night of the rape, according to the woman’s lawyer Cinzia Molinaro. Doctors found traces of “date rape” drug in her blood, Molinaro said. The rape also caused severe genital trauma that required stitches, Molinaro said.

“It’s a sentence that has shocked us, I was astonished when reading the motivation,” Molinaro told CNN. Molinaro called the decision “absolute unacceptability.”

Molinaro’s appeal to the Court of Cassation prompted the investigation and retrial. The appeal contests a number of procedural issues, including the women’s beauty status, regarding the Ancona acquittal of the convicted men, according to the AP.

The court’s 2017 decision was not made public until the Court of Cassation annulled the decision on March 5. Outrage erupted shortly thereafter, and the Ancona court saw dozens of protesters carrying signs reading, “Stop justifying male violence on women,” according to CNN.

A flash mob also took place outside the court Monday.

[Zzzptm]

^ My surprise that the news from Italy didn't involve a government dissolution. Lolz.

Meanwhile, in other news, I agree with Typhon 100% on his call. *Raise the retirement age!* Public policy needs to keep pace with changes in life expectancy.