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Ow. Ow, ow, ow. My feet. Walking. Hurt. Ow. But good day. Good weather, mostly, and really, same procedure as last year - same procedure as every year. (I suspect very few will get that reference, but some will. Yay on you.) It's tradition, tradition, tradition.
It was a special one this year, though - it's 100 years since we seperated from Sweden and founded the modern independent Norwegian state and 60 years since we gained our freedom again by the end of WW2. And both times, it went peacefully. Sweden could have tried military force to make us stay in a union, but we managed to negoiate to peace and idependence. 250,000 Germans troops in Norway could have fought to the last man at the end of WW2, but surrendered and let a Norwegian force of some tens of thousands take over. Peace. Sometimes it can win forth and this too, we celebrated today. There are worse legacies.
Speaking of Norway - I found a newsstory I appearantly missed when it was new - Book calls Norwegians 'Satan's sons'. What interests me is that it's *Muslims* trying to get it banned. I give them a hearty salute for speaking against racism within their own ranks. (Norwegians, take heed.) And I was quite happy to see how many of non-Norwegian ancestry joined in May 17th celebrations. And the fact that they felt free to flag with their flags. Multiculturalism yay, say I. But then, I am an evil atheist social democrat with funny ideas and am possibly a daughter of Satan. Hey, I've always felt I was lacking a tail I was born to have.
And speaking of me having evil tails - Babydoll has apperently finished her imfamous letter to TPTB at CSI production. I've asked if I can have a look, but given how much she knows I like Cath/War, I may not get one. Sniff.
Ow.
Ow. Ow, ow, ow. My feet. Walking. Hurt. Ow. But good day. Good weather, mostly, and really, same procedure as last year - same procedure as every year. (I suspect very few will get that reference, but some will. Yay on you.) It's tradition, tradition, tradition.
It was a special one this year, though - it's 100 years since we seperated from Sweden and founded the modern independent Norwegian state and 60 years since we gained our freedom again by the end of WW2. And both times, it went peacefully. Sweden could have tried military force to make us stay in a union, but we managed to negoiate to peace and idependence. 250,000 Germans troops in Norway could have fought to the last man at the end of WW2, but surrendered and let a Norwegian force of some tens of thousands take over. Peace. Sometimes it can win forth and this too, we celebrated today. There are worse legacies.
Speaking of Norway - I found a newsstory I appearantly missed when it was new - Book calls Norwegians 'Satan's sons'. What interests me is that it's *Muslims* trying to get it banned. I give them a hearty salute for speaking against racism within their own ranks. (Norwegians, take heed.) And I was quite happy to see how many of non-Norwegian ancestry joined in May 17th celebrations. And the fact that they felt free to flag with their flags. Multiculturalism yay, say I. But then, I am an evil atheist social democrat with funny ideas and am possibly a daughter of Satan. Hey, I've always felt I was lacking a tail I was born to have.
And speaking of me having evil tails - Babydoll has apperently finished her imfamous letter to TPTB at CSI production. I've asked if I can have a look, but given how much she knows I like Cath/War, I may not get one. Sniff.
Ow.
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Date: 2005-05-17 11:48 am (UTC)*grins* "Must I, Miss Sophy...?"
Sometimes it can win forth and this too, we celebrated today. There are worse legacies.
Very true, my friend.
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Date: 2005-05-17 11:54 am (UTC)Happy Norway Day. And if you get your hands on this letter, you have to post it here so I can wank on it. Hours of entertainment on that one.
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:08 pm (UTC)Oooh, like the avatar, my German friend. And if my country and your country can be good friends with the past as it is, I say there's hope for humanity yet. It is possible to learn and move on without forgetting.
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:09 pm (UTC)*merely looks innocent*
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-17 12:24 pm (UTC)*nods* And faith isn't always tied to religion either. I have many kinds of faith even without a God in my world picture and that doesn't stop me from despairing now and then.
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:25 pm (UTC)I say pass that puppy around. Cause I want to mock and point.
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:30 pm (UTC)Maybe she'll post it to YTDAW at large for all the read, eh?
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Date: 2005-05-17 12:51 pm (UTC)There is no bad when it comes to mocking and pointing. Nor in wanting to mock and point.
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Date: 2005-05-17 01:04 pm (UTC)You can always ask for your own copy, you know.
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Date: 2005-05-17 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-17 01:41 pm (UTC)I should do that. Course, I haven't posted anything in that thread. Would that be a little suspicious? Hmmm... I'll let you know how it goes.
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Date: 2005-05-17 02:33 pm (UTC)I'm deeply curious what she'll say to mine, actually. Ho hum.
We cruel, heartless introverted people must take our amusement where we can, no?
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Date: 2005-05-17 02:38 pm (UTC)I resent this. Obviously the French are the genuine children of Satan. Pff. Silly writer.
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Date: 2005-05-17 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-05-17 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-17 03:20 pm (UTC)It's just you :P:P
TO be serioues - yeah, there's been a trend of that and it makes some of us fairly sad. But there are some very nice and spell-able posters there too.
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Date: 2005-05-17 03:21 pm (UTC)*pokes author of the book with a pointy stick*
Note: Pointy stick is VEDDY VEDDY pointy.
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Date: 2005-05-17 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-17 03:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 01:04 am (UTC)Since the only Norwegian I know is also Persian, I heartily agree with your vision of a multicultural Norway. Thanks for reminding me--I should go email her...
I wanna come visit your country some day. I'm Canadian, so I won't even freeze. :D
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Date: 2005-05-18 01:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 02:12 am (UTC)Yes. I have no life. I'm getting as much as I can out of yours.
I probably should have done this on Australia Day, but...
Dear Aus,
We've always been a nation of drongos, but we were multicultural, welcoming, compassionate drongos. Could we go back to that, please? We don't need some American shrub telling us what to do. We were a colony of convicts, and still are (and proud of it). Let's RIOT! And everything will be good again.
Regards, El.
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Date: 2005-05-18 06:04 am (UTC)I like the cases quite a lot too, but I don't mind side-drama and find it intersting to explore in fanfic.
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Date: 2005-05-18 06:06 am (UTC)The reasons the Germans did it was that Norwegians in general were sympathetic to the Finnish cause and thus were more likely to sign up to help you guys than the Germans.
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Date: 2005-05-18 06:07 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-05-18 06:08 am (UTC)*cheers an Aussie riot* Kick some Howard ass!
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Date: 2005-05-18 08:07 am (UTC)Also, thank you very much for sending it to me. I know I'm going to giggle and mock and point and bang my head against hard surfaces countless times.
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