I think what I said earlier was not all I had to say..
First , I don´t mind paying taxes if they give someone the same chances I got , but If I have to pay some drunkards life with my money I get pissed...this is why I have to pay 40% income tax from my salary ?
ok next subject:
In overall, Finnish laws work well , usually favoring criminal/offendant even too much so that the punishments are almost ridiculously easy comparing what they have done. But that also protects people from getting judged innocently.
There are some other weird things in our law system, for example if you see someone banging someone with a steel tube and you go and kick that M-f#ckers balls to orbit, you will get a bigger sentence than the original attacker.. He has suffered so much pain and some psychologic trauma... (read BS) (this also has led to that that no-one will interfere when you get your bellybutton kicked 4am while waiting a taxi. Luckily its changing for better nowadays)
In overall Finnish laws seem to punish people more if you steal, earn or if your crime somehow concerns money. (taxes taxes fines taxes) . All crimes done with checkbook will get you into the jail. But if you rape someone and it takes only 5 secs to come, it will be considered as light rape (don´t ask me, this happened really) and you serve some time under parole...
One thing better here is that here courts doesn´t order people to pay ridiculous amounts of money as compensations. Also people here tend to take more responsibility about their own life, than to always start suing some company/neighbor. (Is it really that bad as it looks when reading articles and watching TV?
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In overall Finnish legislations seems to hold money in higher esteem than peoples lifes or health. But that is only my opinion..
And 170000€ speeding ticket is ridiculous in any standards. No-one in Finland has paid such sums as fines or compensations to anyone, even if the crime is murder, manslaughter , doctors mistake which ruins your whole life etc. . Why overspeeding which only caused a DANGER would be worse crime than a manslaughter where someone has already died?