tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post3131146341226300763..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: sacre charlemagneGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-87229647867662801832007-12-24T14:59:00.000+02:002007-12-24T14:59:00.000+02:00The snows still fall like sifting sand,Thrown up b...<I>The snows still fall like sifting sand,<BR/><BR/>Thrown up by gravediggers in some lost hour.<BR/><BR/>Old Europe who shall stir a strengthless hand,<BR/><BR/>When imminent night draws down in mindlessness of Power?<BR/><BR/>-- Peteris Aigars,"Elegy of the Snow"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-63792527857721301932007-12-24T02:00:00.000+02:002007-12-24T02:00:00.000+02:00If not, then we'll have to start referring to West...<I>If not, then we'll have to start referring to Western Europe as the formerly Nazi-occupied nations. If they're stuck in 1965, then WWII was likewise still the relatively recent past.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think Western European countries have re-imagined themselves since that time. <BR/><BR/>They have this basic societal framework and everything slides into place.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-44044873369482495422007-12-23T15:07:00.000+02:002007-12-23T15:07:00.000+02:00puu -- i give up, what's your real name?puu -- i give up, what's your real name?Bäckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421369538698912442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-19265380397497144072007-12-23T14:49:00.000+02:002007-12-23T14:49:00.000+02:00Re Trek's slogan for the border:"Come visit Estoni...<I>Re Trek's slogan for the border:<BR/>"Come visit Estonia's border with Russia. As close to insanity as you can get, without falling in!"</I><BR/><BR/>In 1943, my uncle saw a sign German troops had stuck up east of Petseri (er, Pechory):<BR/><BR/>"Hier beginnt der Arsch der Welt."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-41369077143312396512007-12-23T14:29:00.000+02:002007-12-23T14:29:00.000+02:00space_maze wrote:Not that I'm exactly HAPPY with a...<I>space_maze wrote:<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm exactly HAPPY with a new iron curtain coming up in Europe, but till Russia becomes politically stable .. (yeah, like THAT is ever going to happen ;-) ) </I><BR/><BR/><BR/>"In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people."<BR/> -Marquis De Custine, Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia, ch. 37 (1843). <BR/><BR/>De Custine went on to say of the Russians, "If they wish to be recognized by the European nations, and treated as equals, they must begin by submitting to hear themselves judged."<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Russia is like a dinosaur. A lot of time is needed for change to reach the tail from the head." —Alexander Lebed, Trud, 1995.<BR/><BR/>De Custine was writing in 1843, Lebed in 1995. WE'RE STILL WAITING, IVAN!<BR/><BR/>But come to think of it, in 1880Oscar Wilde wrote: "Nothing is impossible in Russia but reform."<BR/><BR/>OK. Forget it, Ivan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-41325224802180407472007-12-23T11:35:00.000+02:002007-12-23T11:35:00.000+02:00Schengen could be great for tourism. Just think of...<I>Schengen could be great for tourism. Just think of the marketing opportunities.<BR/><BR/>"Come visit Estonia's border with Russia. As close to insanity as you can get, without falling in!"</I><BR/><BR/>Which should, with time, kill the whole "former soviet republic" tagline, yes .. even for the stupidest people in the west. Hard to consider Estonia as "just like Russia" when a de-facto iron curtain separates the countries.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm exactly HAPPY with a new iron curtain coming up in Europe, but till Russia becomes politically stable .. (yeah, like THAT is ever going to happen ;-) )space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-64735551974395056112007-12-23T09:42:00.000+02:002007-12-23T09:42:00.000+02:00Schengen could be great for tourism. Just think o...Schengen could be great for tourism. Just think of the marketing opportunities.<BR/><BR/>"Come visit Estonia's border with Russia. As close to insanity as you can get, without falling in!"Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108695780291232809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-23331799470605462402007-12-23T04:52:00.000+02:002007-12-23T04:52:00.000+02:00Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-6954337897126997602007-12-23T00:10:00.000+02:002007-12-23T00:10:00.000+02:00Schengen should hopefully be the beginning of the ...Schengen should hopefully be the beginning of the end of the "former Soviet republic" tagline, which I detest.<BR/><BR/>If not, then we'll have to start referring to Western Europe as the formerly Nazi-occupied nations. If they're stuck in 1965, then WWII was likewise still the relatively recent past.Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-74485053941382147102007-12-22T15:02:00.000+02:002007-12-22T15:02:00.000+02:00Couldn't be a more appropriate time to intensify l...Couldn't be a more appropriate time to intensify language learning by everyone, too -- <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Gn6a3WbYw " REL="nofollow">CLICK HERE</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-6823350721421496642007-12-22T02:38:00.000+02:002007-12-22T02:38:00.000+02:00Thanks for the glimpse into a fascinating place! I...Thanks for the glimpse into a fascinating place! I stumbled onto <BR/>"The fourth Turning" today, and came acros you there. Will be back.<BR/>I really must tidy up my Blogger blog and get it ready for company.<BR/>Meanwhile I live here: http://freegreenliving.comIen in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-8696689135744674172007-12-21T22:06:00.000+02:002007-12-21T22:06:00.000+02:00Well I'm glad I'm not the only person who has been...Well I'm glad I'm not the only person who has been seriously bugged by "Western Europe" today. Austria, as the country most affected by the Schengen expansion, has certainly been an interesting place to be these last few days.<BR/><BR/>Which is to say, I cannot believe some of the stupid shit I've been reading these last few days. Did you know that by noon today, Vienna should have been plundered empty by the savage Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians and Slovenians who have been waiting on our borders for years for this?<BR/><BR/>I guess our alpine climate is temporarily keeping them out or something.<BR/><BR/>I'm assuming Finnish attitudes don't stick any less. At least I hope so, out of pure self-interest. I don't want to be stuck in Europe's primary ape nation.space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.com