I hate it when I hit "send" prematurely. There's clearly a great deal about Finland that I don't begin to understand... _http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=9&u=/nm/odd_finland_int ernet_dc_ (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=9&u=/nm/odd_finland_internet_dc) ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: terror & elections Date: 8/3/2004 2:32:52 AM Central Daylight Time From: _teme17@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:teme17@xxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: --- Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Torgeir asks... > > > > If Bush wins, it will be a huge victory for al > Qaeda. They will be > > > dancing on the roof of their caves. > > > > c'mon andreas, "the roof of their CAVES"!? dancing > on the ceiling, > > perhaps? > > Don't they show Yogi Bear cartoons in Finland? > Seldom. Don't know about Norway where Torgeir lives. > Is Finland unamerican? One has to wonder. On the one hand, op-eds decrying our reflexsive anti-American character are a weekly occurance. On the other, about 90% percent of population speaks decent English, thousands of kids go to US as exchange students, Donald Duck comic weekly has a circulation of 300,000, which as a percentage of population (5 mil) in considerably more than any print publication in USA, about 30% of TV programs are American, etc. and generally speaking the whole country is considered overly anglophone by our fellow (Central) Europeans. This leads to two possible conclusions, either Finns are anti-American because and not despite of being relatively familar with USA, or that anti-American has become a convenient slur to throw at political opponents. I'll opt for latter, which btw is just like in 'States. Cheers, Teemu Helsinki, Finland __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html