Eurabia A Myth?
@ 8:59 pm The blogosphere is abuzz on both sides of the pond by this provocative article by Ralph Peters:
…We don’t need to gloss over the many Muslim acts of barbarism down the centuries to recognize that the Europeans are just better at the extermination process. From the massacre of all Muslims and Jews (and quite a few Eastern Christians) when the Crusaders reached Jerusalem in 1099 to the massacre of all the Jews in Buda (not yet attached to Pest across the Danube) when the “liberating” Habsburg armies retook the citadel at the end of the 17th century, Europeans have just been better organized for genocide.
It’s the difference between the messy Turkish execution of the Armenian genocide and the industrial efficiency of the Holocaust. Hey, when you love your work, you get good at it.
Far from enjoying the prospect of taking over Europe by having babies, Europe’s Muslims are living on borrowed time. When a third of French voters have demonstrated their willingness to vote for Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front - a party that makes the Ku Klux Klan seem like Human Rights Watch - all predictions of Europe going gently into that good night are surreal….
Are Finland’s Muslims also living on borrowed time?
Finnpundit wrote: The blogosphere is abuzz on both sides of the pond
That’s quite possibly the worst opening ever. Okay, maybe it’s not the worst ever, but it’s up there with “I’ve been studying my stool for weeks now” and “I’ve just listened to Arja Saijonmaa’s new record”. Whenever you see an opening like that, you instantly know that nothing good is about to follow.
Ralph Peters wrote in the NY Post (”and they’re never wrong”): Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front - a party that makes the Ku Klux Klan seem like Human Rights Watch
It’s the other way around, surely. As odious as Le Pen and his followers are, their record at lynching is no match for the Klan’s.
Comment by a lamb with no guiding light — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 9:27 pm
There is always space behind the sauna.
Comment by Hank W. — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 9:40 pm
NY Post is at par with the Sun or Iltalehti…
Comment by Hank W. — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 9:46 pm
While the always misguided al-Pundy is hysterically afraid of Finland’s vanishingly small Muslim community, the real question is when we’re going to get around to combatting the spreading Lutheran menace. These fanatics will stop at nothing in their quest to transform Europe into Eurmany and according to recent statistics they already make up over 95 percent of the population in countries such as Finland. Wake up, people, before it’s too late!
Comment by a lamb with no guiding light — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 9:53 pm
@1:
http://opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110009306
http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-be-or-not-to-be.html
http://pajamasmedia.com/2006/11/en_garde_belien_vs_peters.php
http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2006/11/whither_europe.php
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016028.php
http://dogwoodpundit.blogspot.com/2006/11/ralph-peters-eurabia-and-all-that.html
http://tailrank.com/884899/Ralph-Peters-jumps-ugly-with-Mark-Steyn-over-Eurabia
http://proggiemuslima.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/must-read-ralph-peters-on-the-eurabia-myth/
http://discardedlies.com/entry/?23405_ralph-peters-rips-into-eurabia-and-really-trashes-europe-in-the-process
http://shootingmessengers.blogspot.com/2006/11/ralph-peters-says-no-way-to-eurabia.html
http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/islamophobia-watch/2006/11/26/the-eurabia-myth.html
http://www.fuckfrance.com/topic/2370569/2/France/the-eurabia-myth.html
http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2006/11/two-views-of-eurabia.html
Just to name a few buzzes….
Comment by Finnpundit — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 9:56 pm
The post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, also owner of Fox News, so to call it a “news” paper is being generous. More like a propaganda paper.
However, the question as to whether discrimination occurs in Europe against Muslims is an interesting one. I doubt that Muslims are living on borrowed time, but they are facing some interesting challenges. Most of the terrorists in the 7-7 London bombings were home grown and complain of terrible discrimination in England. In the Netherlands, a haven for the disenfranchised throughout the last 500 years, (many jews escaped the Spanish Inquisition by coming to the Netherlands and being allowed to privately worship), is struggling with whether to outlaw burkas in the wake of the Van Gogh assassination. France is having problems, obviously.
The big question I have always had is whether or not devout Muslims can live in an open society? If they cannot take free speech…i.e., Danish cartoon fiasco…if they find western culture that offensive, why would they want to live in western society? And, if they want to live in western democracy for financial reasons, how much should they be expected to assismilate?
Comment by Nipsu — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 10:07 pm
Which Muslims in Finland? That is quite an exaggeration compared to the continent. Finland has almost no Muslims. Besides, given the high-tech centered industry and complex national language (and the very hostile climate) those Muslims who will make it in Finland will need to be well educated, bright, and flexible. No problem with such Muslims. Unfortunately the Muslims and their often hopeless third and fourth generation offspring on the continent are hopeless with their pre-modern attitudes. But it is Europe’s own fault. I saw a Dutch documentary about how Muslims were chosen to fill jobs in factories in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Dutch personnel managers went into the most remote parts of Morocco, Turkey, etc. and chose people based on the size of their hands. If somebody knew two languages the person was already considered overqualified. So Europe went for the most primitive, tribalistic, pre-modern people imaginable. The idea was to choose people who would go home after a couple of years and would be so “primitive” that they could never get a foothold in the European door. The results of these selection criteria can now be seen all over Europe, e.g., blood fudes, islamofashism, honor killings, forced marriage, etc. Well, no surprise. I have many Turkish colleagues who are from the educated, secular elite. It is interesting how they react to their former Turkish country people who are the third or fourth generation “guest workers” in Europe. Well, the Turkish Turks are usually rather embarrassed and put off by the latter. It is a shame that indigenous Europeans only think of Turkey as these redneck guest worker types who just will never fit in. If Europeans would see more of those secular modern Turks, then Turkish membership in the EU would not be any problem. Even when you go to Morocco you will see less hijabs than in, for example, The Netherlands. There are many Muslims who have no problem with fitting into an open society. Unfortunately those Muslims Europe purposefully brought over for decades way too often don’t fit it.
Comment by bafana — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
Are Finland’s Muslims also living on borrowed time?
Nope, no genocides in Finland ever.
Comment by Anonymous — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 10:55 pm
No doubt about it..western europe Is Eurabia…this process has been a runaway,impending train wreck,since 1973,when Europe sold it’s sole to Saudi Arabia for guaranteed access to it’s oil(black gold,Texas Tea) …Well documented by Bat Y’or in her superb “Eurabia:The Euro-Arab Axis”…Robert Spencer is another astute observer and presenter of the threat that Islamic Jihad presents to Western Civilization…Read “The Truth About Muhammad”,which documents the violent life of a prophet,who’s behavior is a perfect example to be emulated by Muslim followers…
BUT I don’t think Finland has much to fear from impending demographic Jihad for these reasons:
1.Finland is to freakin cold for camels
2.Finnish women would not tolerate domination and submission to any
man
3 ALKO culture of Finland does not sit very well with Islamic
doctrine.
4. Muslims are afraid to expose themselves to sauna,then jumping into
cold water hole in the ice,in naked state.
5. Finnish people thrive on pork sausage and beer,a no-no in Muslim
culture.
6. Finnish language is incomprehensible to them and wouldn’t want to
expend energy to learn it,unless forced to do so…
7. Finland has a history of makeing if difficult for ANYBODY from
outside of Finland to be completely assimilated in all aspects
of Finnish culture.The fear of “THE OTHER” (racism) seems to be an
innate part of Finnish culture.
Anyone else on F.F.T. is welcome to add to my short list,with the risk of being called ISLAMOPHOBIC..but the truth needs to be known
Comment by inFINNdel — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:04 pm
Yes indeed, while the Tatars in Finland had freedom of worship in the 1920’s, along with the Jews. First ones in Europe. So please go piss in the wind about the “impossibility” of integration.
Comment by Hank W. — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:14 pm
GWB is at the moment visiting a muslim and arab country, Jordan. Palestinian queen Ranya is a classy lady.
I realized Mr Pundit has a blog of his own. Why Phil does not write there? Is three readers not enough?
Comment by Bu Jinrui — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:22 pm
This was a “rah rah” piece intended for commuters who like to fantasize about genocide. That being said, he’s probably right.
Comment by giustino — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:31 pm
#9 The Tartars in Finland are assimilated ,I will agree with Hank W,I thank you for pointing that out Hank W.
But those Tartars never had violent Islamic Jihadist mentality, and never have tried to impose their ideology on Finland. The violent Jihadist mentality arose in the middle east in 1930’s and was influenced by Hitlers nazi party during WW2, when the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was a co-conspirator in holocaust genocide against the Jews.The Muslim Brotherhood was formed around this time,giving the Wahabist ideology the power to spawn all the current Jihadi groups,waging war now against Western Civilization…The Tarters were never,or now part of this chaotic attack against infidels,and
infinndel from Massachusetts
also, thank you Hank W. for reminding me to go to potty now..;)
Comment by inFINNdel — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:37 pm
Here is a nice little poetic ditty infinndel recently composed to commemorate the Islamic Jihad attacks against Western Civilization, a simple Haiku for your enjoyment..
“Islamic Jihad” ….a Haiku
Islamic Jihad
is the bleeding edge
of apocalypse worship
Comment by inFINNdel — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:53 pm
13. A proper haiku has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the next, and 5 in the last.
You have 5, 5, and 7.
Comment by Finnpundit — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:58 pm
Hmmm, If the legend is true I think the first tatar was assimilated on arrival. They say the guy took the wrong boat while drunk and ended up in Helsinki.
If things go really ugly and there is a total economic collapse, who knows if some gas chamber guy grabs the power. But I doubt it. You can’t picture year 1099 Swedes living lätt och lagom and voting social democrats.
Comment by Antti (the redneck one) — Wed, Nov 29th, 2006 @ 11:59 pm
#14 Finnpundit.. Oh well…you seem to have caught me in violation of haiku rules,but I think 17 syllables in my Haiku is “close enough for Jazz”…I was drinking on balcony of my hotel room in Ocean City
Maryland,when my creative moment materialized, but the fog of war,instigated by Jihad,clouded my thinking and judgement…:)
Comment by inFINNdel — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 12:12 am
“western europe Is Eurabia…this process has been a runaway,impending train wreck,since 1973,when Europe sold it’s sole to Saudi Arabia for guaranteed access to it’s oil
It’s truely amazing what you can get for some fish, isn’t it?
Once you’ve worked that one out you can get back to tossing off over your wet dreams of the impending apocalypse.
Comment by Toby — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 12:38 am
inFINNdel, I find your list of reasons why Finland “has nothing to fear from Muslims” extremely racist and a tad insulting. But I guess that’s what you meant it to be, so you can take this as a compliment.
1.Finland is to [sic] freakin cold for camels
Honestly, don’t mix humour (especially bad humour) with trying to make a serious point about an impending “apocalypse”. It’s just in bad taste and utterly stupid.
6. Finnish language is incomprehensible to them and wouldn’t want to expend energy to learn it,unless forced to do so…
Well, try learning Arabic yourself. Then have an appreciation for how hard one needs to work to learn a language not even distantly related to the tongue of your homeland. [I should say something snide about your fluency in English here, but I won't.] If you’re saying Arabs are inherently too unintelligent to learn an agglutinative language, you’re simply making yourself sound ignorant (or like a Nazi, take your pick). If you’re implying that Arabs are too lazy to learn the language of the country that they reside in, think of how hard it is to live in a place where not only can you not communicate with the greater populace becuase you’ve never been given a fighting chance to learn the language, but the people act hostily toward you because the reputation of your religion or ethnicity preceeds you. I’d say that Arabs have a bit more on their minds than taking off a few months to learn Finnish fluently. Please excuse their urge to support theirselves and their families first and foremost before becoming adept at your language.
The basis of your argument is that all Muslims are the same. That all Muslims are heartless. That no Muslim appreciates Western Civilisation and rather wants to do everything in his or her power to bring it down. That is not only false, but that is a horrible misconception because it fosters more hate and more violence and supports an unbreakable cycle of conflict.
Comment by stercus — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 5:28 am
did Phil mention on tv that he shares his blog with a madman?
Comment by Anonymous — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 10:01 am
bafana wrote: Dutch personnel managers went into the most remote parts of Morocco, Turkey, etc. and chose people based on the size of their hands. If somebody knew two languages the person was already considered overqualified. So Europe went for the most primitive, tribalistic, pre-modern people imaginable.
The logical jump from “Dutch personnel managers in this document I once saw” to “Europe” is truly awe-inspiring. After all, what is Europe if not a symposium of Dutch personnel managers? Has anyone in history ever immigrated to Europe country if he or she was not handpicked by Dutch personnel managers?
Comment by a lamb with no guiding light — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 10:18 am
#18. I think most of the middle eastern people I run into during daily life speak, if not fluent, quite passable Finnish. It is a necessity, as they usually work in customer service. Now getting a native English-speaker to learn Finnish is a tad more difficult. And I must confess its also because Finns tend to switch to English… So there isn’t as much incentive to learn.
Comment by Hank W. — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 11:09 am
Why is this on what is otherwise a very interesting website? It’s just the a typical lazy dumb American hack article from a guy who seems unaware even that Europe isn’t a country yet. Hardly setting the world of post-primary school debate ‘abuzz’.
Comment by Rich — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 1:36 pm
@20: You seriously think that the Belgiums, Germans, French, Austrians, Swedes, British, and so on, were any smarter in their choices? Just travel around. You will find the same masses of redneck-factoryworker islamos all over the continent. The problem is the factories are mostly gone bye bye to China or so. But they are still here and taking over the centers of the major cities in Western Europe. At the same time their integration efforts have become minimal. Their imams and spiritual leaders often don’t know a word of the local language or the mentality of their host societies. How can that work in the long run?
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 1:40 pm
bafana wrote: You seriously think that the Belgiums, Germans, French, Austrians, Swedes, British, and so on, were any smarter in their choices?
Yes, absolutely. Hell, in defiance to your unnamed Dutch documentary, I think the Dutch were smarter in their choices than what you claim. I also think that the vast majority of European immigrants, whether they’re Muslims, Christians, or agnostics, were not recruited by personnel managers of any nationality.
At the same time their integration efforts have become minimal. Their imams and spiritual leaders often don’t know a word of the local language or the mentality of their host societies. How can that work in the long run?
Centuries, by past evidence. People have been kvetching about first and second generation immigrants not integrating into host societies as long as there have been first and second generation immigrants. Like all things, it passes.
Who are these numerous spiritual leaders who don’t know a word of the local language, anyway? Since it happens often, can you name a few examples? And how did you come across this information? Is there somewhere I can read up on the language skills of imams operating in Europe?
Comment by a lamb with no guiding light — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
@24: Well, one example of such an imam is the fellow in Denmark who fabricated extra Mohamed cartoons. Problems about imams were reported from France, The Netherlands, GB, Germany. Below one example of a Dutch article that can easily be understood even without Dutch knowledge: http://www.nu.nl/news/636603/10/Radicale_imam_Eindhoven_land_uitgezet.html
If you want me then I can find articles for you about other European countries.
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
@24: Here another article. This time even in English for you:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3717452.stm
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 3:25 pm
@24: One article from Germany.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,329735,00.html
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 3:26 pm
@24: Another nice example about what I mean:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2036538,00.html
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 3:27 pm
bafana, the three articles in English, at least, say nothing about how proficient the religious leaders in question are in the local languages. Does the Dutch article address that issue?
Re the unnamed Danish imam, to be clear, are you claiming that he speaks no Danish? If so, do you mean Ahmad Abu Laban, Akhmad Akkari, or perhaps someone else?
Comment by a lamb with no guiding light — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 4:52 pm
I have been teaching lots of the Tatars at a Helsinki high school and I remember them as very well-behaved students. They had a couple of days off during their Muslim holydays but some of also wanted to be angels in Christmas plays.
Comment by roope — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 5:10 pm
@29: Here is an article for you. Unfortunately in Dutch again. But “Sheich Fawaz, die geen Nederlands spreekt”, means the fellow doesn’t speak a word of Dutch and he is the Imam of The Hague.
http://www.intermediair.nl/artikel.jsp?id=485552
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
@29: Oh and the article says that Sheich Fawaz gets informed about what happens in The Netherlands, Europe, and the world by watching Arab news channels and prayers from Mekka, Dubai, and other Arab Emirates. Wonderful, that way he figures out how his congregation in The Hague can fit into its host society. Well, isn’t it ever so darn impressive?
Comment by bafana — Thu, Nov 30th, 2006 @ 6:56 pm
bafana wrote: But “Sheich Fawaz, die geen Nederlands spreektâ€Â, means the fellow doesn’t speak a word of Dutch and he is the Imam of The Hague.
That does suggest that there’s at least one imam who doesn’t speak the local language, so I guess that’s something. Is there any reason to believe that Mr Fawaz is a typical example? Would you happen to know how long he has lived in the Netherlands? Is he a first generation immigrant?
To get this discussion away from anecdotal evidence, is there any reason to believe that European immigrant imams have worse local language skills than immigrants in general? It seems probable to me that imams would be generally more advanced in their language skills than immigrants who work in professions where communication was less important, but I have no hard data to back up this belief.
Comment by a lamb with no guiding light — Fri, Dec 1st, 2006 @ 1:08 pm
Can anyone please explain to me why Oslo Norway and Malmo Sweden are having problems with immigrant population in those cities?
How did the situation evolve to the point that their are districts in those cities where police and fireman are reluctant to venture?
The police and fireman have to bring extra police to protect hemselves in these districts which have become almost “no-go-zones”,similar to what has happened to France,where there is over 750 officially recognized areas of “no-go-zones”,that pretty much are not operating under control by police…
Why does Finland Not have these issues with their immigrant population?
I commend the Tater population of Finland,who set themselves as excellent examples of Finnish citizenship.I thank Finland for allowing these people to contribute to Finnish society ,for almost 100 years.
Comment by inFINNdel — Fri, Dec 1st, 2006 @ 2:12 pm
@35: Well, it is extremely easy to explain. Finland simply skipped the period where other countries in Western Europe over some 30 years let heaps of people in from remote parts of North Africa and eastern Turkey that have a pre-modern, tribalistic and fundamentalist-Muslim background. Since such people barely exist in Finland, the country doesn’t have comparable problems.
Comment by bafana — Fri, Dec 1st, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
I read this late so there are a few posts I’d like to comment on:
lamb with no guiding light: post 4:
hahaha that’s hilarious man.
Nipsu - post 6:
While I agree that anything owned by Rupert Murdoch is fundamentally a propaganda outlet, I have to disagree with what you said about muslims not being able to take ‘free speech’.
The fact that the editor of Jyllands-Posten refused to print Jesus cartoons before the Muhammad ones came out because he feared ‘violent backlash’ proves that muslims aren’t the only ones protective of their religion. I posted the link to that article somewhere here before. If you didn’t see it I’ll be happy to dig it up for you.
Also, free speech went to hell when he self-censored himself on one issue, and went all out on another. In my opinion, he cannot use free speech as an excuse because he was afraid of the Christian right reacting badly to Jesus cartoons, but apparently the thought of muslims getting pissed off never occurred to him. Or perhaps it just didn’t matter?
Infinndel - post 9:
You are again displaying alarming lack of mental acuity. But I guess that’s just your style.
Hank W. - post 10:
“So please go piss in the wind about the “impossibility†of integration.”
I concur. Integration is never impossible.
Bu jinrui - post 11:
“I realized Mr Pundit has a blog of his own. Why Phil does not write there? Is three readers not enough?”
By God Phil, why???
Stercus - post 19:
“If you’re saying Arabs are inherently too unintelligent to learn an agglutinative language, you’re simply making yourself sound ignorant (or like a Nazi, take your pick).”
“The basis of your argument is that all Muslims are the same. That all Muslims are heartless. That no Muslim appreciates Western Civilisation and rather wants to do everything in his or her power to bring it down. That is not only false, but that is a horrible misconception because it fosters more hate and more violence and supports an unbreakable cycle of conflict.”
Wow. Thank you. Finally someone intelligent here. I’ve been trying to say those words for weeks.
People that post on this blog are remarkably unable to differentiate between muslims from Morocco, muslims from Egypt, muslims from Saudi Arabia, muslims from Turkey, muslims from Iran, or muslims from Lebanon. They see them as one group hell-bent on hating the west because of ‘our freedom’, to quote Bush.
Just think what someone on this blog would say if a muslim came on here and said that all you christians are essentially the same. You all believe in the same crap so you must be the same! There’s absolutely no difference between an Italian christian and a Finnish christian! None whatsoever!
bafana - post 36:
I do not want to enter your debate with lamb. Mainly because I do not know enough about this issue of selectively searching for backwater muslims to come and do the menial labor and then leave. I haven’t read up on it so I won’t comment on it.
But your last post, 36, does sound a little off. You seem to be saying that Finland hasn’t gone the way of the other European countries and just let in all the bedouin and berbers and mountain people, and that this is why Finland doesn’t have these problems.
That’s not entirely true. Most Finnish muslims are refugees, or people escaping war-torn regions, which makes them more likely, if anything, to commit crimes. There are many Iraqis and Somalis in Finland, and I have even noticed an increase in Kurds. Since there is currently a genocide being committed in Turkey against the Kurds there, they are just as much refugees as the rest.
On the main article:
I want to thank Finnpundit for admitting that Europeans have been the most efficient killers of minorities, and are not lovable cuddly teddy bears like some others here tend to think.
And I agree with article entirely. The French National Front is a slap in the face to any self-respecting democracy, and the French only exhibit their stupidity in voting for Le Pen. The man is a nut-case fruit filled fairy who has even been convicted of Holocaust denial if I remember correctly.
But about Finland. No, I don’t think Finland is heading the same way. I have been telling people for many years that Finland has the most potential out of any country in the world. They have such a small population compared to these western European countries, that Finland is in the unique position of being able to learn from their mistakes before the problems arise in Finland itself.
Finland is twice the size of England, but has like a tenth of the population. The social problems that develop in the UK and France can be averted in Finland if the people and the leaders are smart.
Comment by racists need to be shot — Sat, Dec 2nd, 2006 @ 1:16 am
Finland’s attitude of bending backwards to make it impossible for qualified people with good chances of integrating to stay here and of instead accepting as many refugee basket cases as possible is a continuation of the German guest worker policy. White and multilingual? We’re already agonizing in our kaurismäesque Finnish envy. Wait, you mean you actually speak Finnish too?! SUPO the holly, help us get rid of this furriner who understands our beloved savo speak and, God forbid, even does Stadin slanggi too!
Comment by Martin-Éric — Sat, Dec 2nd, 2006 @ 1:39 am
Le Pen called concentration camps and gas chambers “details in the pages of history books”. Whether that qualifies Holocaust denial is debatable, even if two courts have sentenced him for it.
As for his surprising success in 2001, it was mostly because just about everybody else had refused to address the problems of alienated youths of banlieus and the crime wave they have unleashed. A good example of how refusing to have a hard debate about problems with ethnic minorities will only eventually feed real racism and provide a platform for far right.
Comment by Semtex — Sat, Dec 2nd, 2006 @ 8:51 pm
38. We’re already agonizing in our kaurismäesque Finnish envy.
I never viewed Kaurismäki’s films to be about Finnish envy - rather, they tend to glorify Finnish slackerism - but of course there’s envy too, in a kaurismäesque way.
Comment by Finnpundit — Sun, Dec 3rd, 2006 @ 6:36 pm
Just to name a few buzzes….
fuckfrance.com is definitely my personal favourite. The fact that the crème de la crème of blogistan are, um, abuzz with this insightful article, makes it feel all the more important. I’m waiting on the buzz regarding Mattiesko Hytönen’s revelations about the superficiality and stupidity of Finnish celebrities.
Seriously, if the writer fantasises about the article being offensive to Europeans, he’s even more clueless than I thought.
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