Íslendingar fá að finna til tevatnsins í athugasemd við grein um stjórnarskrárbreytingar í Guardian – ég nefndi áður að flestar athugasemdirnar við þessa grein væru jákvæðar. En einstaklingur sem nefnir sig JamieBee er annarrar skoðunar og talar um Íslendinga sem þjóðrembur og rasista:

„9 June 2011 9:21PM
It’s amusing to see Guardain readers think that Icelanders are nice-cuddly-social-types. The reality is that they have capitalistic, extreme right-wing and nationalistic views. When Landsbanki was privatised the entire process was corrupt but the Icelanders applauded because it „kept out foreigners“. During the boom everyone in the country backed the Icelandic banks 100% – you couldn’t hear a word of criticism about what was happening. The average Icelander benefitted enormously from the flood of debt-money flowing through the country. Their public systems were subsidised by non-Icelandic money creamed off the top. When the banks collapsed they happily transferred the deposits of British and Dutch savers back into their system, which were then ring-fenced by a special law passed to deny repayment. When the British government reacted to that form of legalised nationalistic theft the Icelanders became all self-righteous, taking up the position of „victim“: a posture which they maintain to this day, thereby absolving themselves of all blame.

I think all those wishing to go and live there should realise that they will be denied many basic human rights. Try this one – as a foreigner working in Iceland you are legally required to pay into the unemployment fund. But if you ever become unemployed you cannot claim from the fund – its strictly for Icelanders only. And since you can’t support yourself, if you are not from the EU, you will be deported. And there are plenty of other laws like that. Go enjoy!„