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Originally Posted by Gnist
What you say actually makes a lot of sense to me. I think maybe I applied an idea to a term without thinking too much about reality. I actually came to think of high treason while considering if what I said made sense or not.
The example I gave is quite real - I came to think of something rather recent and quite horrible. In 2006, Swedish prime minister Göran Persson lied in commenting a decision taken by the parliament, where his party made an agreement with another party. He said that they had decided to "stop immigration, because that is what the Swedish public wants". This statement was blown up to immense proportions in the mass media and was presented as a "scandal". It was a scandal, but not in the way they made it seem. Because when that year had come to its closure half a year or so later, immigration for that year was an all time record, higher than any other year before that. But this was hardly commented at all in the mass media.
So they didn't stop immigration, and they never intended to; he just said so. I think it would be very convenient and just if he really could be punished for such a thing.
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Goran Persson may have committed a crime, such a criminal misconduct, when he made that claim. There may also be official documents which would make a criminal or civil case even stronger.