Folkpartiets superhets
Shaping up Swedish youth cultureFolkpartiet's war on pro-drugs music
Publicerad 14 augusti 2006 - 14:09
Uppdaterad 14 augusti 2006 - 14:41
Following the massive drug bust at Uppsala Reggae Festival, Svenska Folkpartiet's deputy crime fighter general Torkild Strandberg now urges justice minister Thomas Bodstroem to 'stop the drug party'
A pot-head destroyed not only by the drug, but the music and the festivals that advocate the drug. Photo: Pressens bild During the weekend, Uppsala's finest (i. e. the local police department) have taken some 200 people into custody for examination. They?re all suspected for drug crimes on reasonable grounds, as they were attending the infamous yearly Uppsala Reggae Festival.
Around 30 officers carried out the crackdown, according to local police spokesperson Bo Axelsson. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if more cops were patroling the festival - which would probably be the case if Folkpartiet was responsible for law and order in Sweden - even more potheads would have been taken into custody. Maybe even all of the reggae fans at the festival!
The drug swoop at the festival show how badly Sweden needs Folkpartiet's harder line against crime and crime-related culture. In a press release as of today, Svenska Folkpartiet's Torkild Strandberg urges the socialist justice minister to take action:
Folkpartiet's drugs expert Torkild Strandberg would rather die than inhale the pot-polluted air at Uppsala Reggae festival. Photo: Pressens bild - Cannabis abuse is glorified in lots of places in our society, but that's no reason to let it pass at a reggae festival.
He also adds, somewhat rhetorically:
- What's Thomas Bodstroem going to do to stop the drug parties at the festivals in Sweden?
Justice minister Bodstroem, who in an Aftonbladet interview confessed that he tried haschisch when he was young, have yet to respond Mr. Strandberg. But to the Swedish population, it's commonly known that the socialistic government doesn't really prioritize the war on harmful youth culture.
Mr. Strandberg, on the other hand, is a well-known advocate of zero tolerance against drugs. He now signals that he's ready to extend the war on drugs to a crusade against 'pro-drugs music'.
The good thing is that he's not alone. Earlier this summer, fellow FP members Jan Bjoerklund and Lotta Edholm refused to observe a Miljoepartiet meeting in Almedalen, as the environmentalists were entertaining their audience with 'knarkmusik' (pro-drugs music, or reggae).