January 22, 2004

Those Funny Swedes

Posted by Guest Blogger at January 22, 2004 05:12 PM

Writes Joshua Pettigrew:

Love the site. Keep it up! I've been an avid reader for several years now.

I saw a movie from Sweden recently that I thought you might take interest in. It is about a small police department in a small Swedish town with no crime. The government is making cutbacks, so the police HQ sends a representative to tell these policeman that they are going to shut down the station there. The officers don't want to transfer or quit, so they start manufacturing a crimewave to prevent the station from closing. It is a really funny movie, but what I liked most (and I think most libertarians will like) is the ending.

You might think that the cops somehow succeed in saving their jobs, but what happens is actually much better...

WARNING IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO SPOIL THE ENDING SKIP THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!

The police officers cease being moochers and become productive citizens by buying the station house and patrol cars and opening a pizza delivery restaurant! Now that's a happy ending! (particularly from a libertarian point of view).

END OF SPOILER

I reviewed this movie on my website The only problem I had with it is that they use the "F" word quite a few times (that four letter word comprises most of the English spoken in this movie, unfortunately).

Gung Hei Fat Choi!


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