I’m a Finn and I’m not bigoted toward America, and I’m not the only one. I know there are anti-American Finns, I’m not blind but I’m dead serious in that I’ve heard as much if not even more France-bashing, Italy-bashing and Spain-bashing in Finland as I’ve heard America-bashing. My being pro-American doesn’t prevent me from being a staunch Europhile and an admirer of Italian, French and Spanish culture (among others).

You’re painting this picture of Finland as an especially bigoted country, whereas I feel that’s not really the case. Finns are far more open toward American culture than many other Europeans. Did you know that there are even anti-American evangelical Christian Finns who believe America is falling into the hands of the Devil because their favorite right-wing US televangelist or Christian author told them so?

- this world would be dead boring without these Americans.

I don’t know what the fuck it is that you smoke, Finnpundit, but I want some too….

Once the state takes the lead, European nationalism falls into place and plays its role in fomenting bigotry. The key to remember is that the welfare state elites know how easily this can be done within a given nationality.

It behooves more critically-minded people to see that the process is actually taking place, rather than roll out more platitudes about how we are so much alike, after all.

But the baiting goes on, nevertheless. And it’s not just a matter of cultural difference. It’s a matter of Finnish bigotry.

“The dude” post in #52 looks like spam to me.

I never delete any comments unless they’re spam. It just got caught in my spam-guard, now it’s online.

I think the American sense of individualism does attrack many Finns, especially ambitious Finns who are fed up with the welfare state dictating to them how they should live their lives. The natural alternative is the USA.

Off the point, but I want to disagree with ‘jenkki immigrant’ on post #45.. Yes, of course society in America isn’t as ‘equal’ as Finland, per se. However, when a poor black girl from Birmingham, Alabama can grow up and become Secretary of State, I’d say the opportunities are there for those who want them. Unlike in Finland, where ambitious people are taxed into mediocrity.

Did you just delete my posting?

The Dude

I saw the USA Harshness Committee working to foreclose on an additional three hundred widows today.

Then the Economic Committee meet to devise still more ways to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The Inquisition Committee continues worked on detailed planning for the Giant Liberal Round-Up and Baptism.

And for all of us in the USA, no matter how little spare time we have, can emit at least some greenhouse gases. Those of you with SUV’s… start ‘em up and let ‘em run!

That was my day off.

1. You think that Canadians are thick, because they can’t measure things using logical metrics like gallons, inches, pounds and feet.
2. You consider “Crown Royal” a premium whisky, because it tastes great with 7-Up.
3. You’re happy to pay 10 bucks for a pizza with a 1-inch thick crust and a 1/1000 of an inch thick layer of tomato sauce and tasteless cheese. After all, it’s a healthy meal.
4. You think Paris Hilton was named after a casino hotel in Las Vegas.
5. You think it’s entirely normal for a human being to spend his entire life within the borders of his home country.
6. Your 2-year old gets thirsty; you put Coke Classic with ice into a “tuttipullo”.
7. All the furniture, appliances, art work, etc. in your house have some type of cup holders in them.
8. You speak of the characters of “Friends” like they are real people.
9. You believe that since Eve came from Adam’s rib, the Evolution Theory must be terrorist propaganda.
10. You believe there is nothing wrong with drinking and driving as long as you don’t feel drunk.
11. You own 20 different hunting rifles and actually use them all…………… frequently.
12. You believe that camouflage pattern and neon orange are the only acceptable colors for a baseball cap.
13. Your refer to taking a job at the local Walmart as “making a major career move”.
14. You pay $5,000 for a motorized wheelchair, because due to your serious weight problem the walk from your car into the Burger King has become unbearable.
15. You think that only homeless weirdos walk to places.
16. Car racing where drivers just need to steer left has become more interesting than car racing where drivers might actually have to steer both right and left.
17. You believe that if an 18 year old boy has sex with his 17 year old long term girl friend on his 18th birthday, he should get a life sentence for child molestation.
18. You appear behind the window of the Aamu TV studio at Lasipalatsi at 5.30am on a freezing Feb morning with a home-baked pie and a sign that says, “Greetings from Espoo”.
19. If ice ceased to exist, you would die of thirst.
20. Seeing the President would make you behave like a 12 yr old school girl in front of the New Kids on the Block.
21. You believe that the Harley-Davidson is the best, most advanced motorcycle in the world and totally worth $25,000.
22. You need 10 ton truck for running errands.
23. Recon, covert ops, sabotage, and superior firepower are terms that frequently appear in your mind every year around the time you and your neighbors start hanging up your exterior Xmas lights.
24. As you end your cell phone call, you wonder whether the rest of the world will ever experience what it’s like to have a cheap, well-functioning mobile phone service that actually might someday work outside of the city too.
25. You use Instant Messaging to communicate with 284 people in a day (incl. your colleague who sits in the same cubicle), but can’t understand why anybody would send a text message instead of calling someone.
26. Your first criteria in buying clothes is always comfort, so your jeans look like two blue potato sacks sown together.
27. You hate it when Scandinavians come to your country to leech off your generous social security system.
28. You agree that 16 is the perfect age to start a big family.
29. You have absolutely no problems in keeping a nice white smile on your face while telling someone to fuck off.
30. You become pissed off every time you meet a foreigner who knows more about your country than you do.
31. It’s 2006, and you have at least five fading “Bush-Cheney 2004” stickers on your bumper.
32. Since you find it impossible to keep your mouth shut even when you have absolutely nothing to say, you decide to talk some more about last week’s weather.