tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post468619302382692773..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: Eesti VabaksGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-52007753740128097862007-03-02T15:04:00.000+02:002007-03-02T15:04:00.000+02:00The comment was bitterly angry and full of hatred....<I>The comment was bitterly angry and full of hatred.</I><BR/><BR/>You just have to keep responding logically. Remember that these guys are poseurs on Internet forums. <BR/><BR/>The Soviet occupation of Estonia was a MISTAKE that Gorbachev corrected 50 years later. <BR/><BR/>Soviet troops in Estonia served no purpose, other than keeping Estonia down. They wasted precious resources on making sure people from Pärnumaa didn't escape via Saaremaa. What a joke!<BR/><BR/>If you don't believe me, then why did it take only three years to pull all troops out, yet Russia's still got its boys in Georgia?Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-48649667655444321782007-02-28T22:33:00.000+02:002007-02-28T22:33:00.000+02:00I don't think fierce Russian nationalists will eve...I don't think fierce Russian nationalists will ever listen to the voice of reason. Just today I got a declaration (so-to-say) in a form of a comment under my everydayactivities blog in delfi. <BR/><BR/>http://blog.delfi.ee/node/10642#comment-292583<BR/><BR/>The comment was bitterly angry and full of hatred. I don't think many people here can read the Russian alphabet in which it was written and I am not even sure myself whether I got every word right, but roughly translated it was adressed to idiotic Estonian bastards who would be slaves to Germans if not for the heroic Russian soldier. And that Russians took care of the damned ungrateful Estonians and never made them into swineherds or janitors as Germans definitely would have done. That if there weren't the Russian soldiers, the Estonian nation would not be here at all. And although the Estonians are hiding behind the back of our beloved USA right now, the time of vengeance will come in about 50 years when the US will disappear from the face of the Earth and then all the bastardly Estonians will be drowned in the sea as blind kittens by vengeful Russians for disturbing the peace of the heroic soldiers. :)<BR/><BR/>I really don't think that people with such views will stop their hatred anytime soon. And it's kind of sad to see some people still so much clinging to the idea of the supremacy of Russians over every other nation in this world.Segasumma Saarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013073914919336399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-85049247255785949552007-02-27T10:32:00.000+02:002007-02-27T10:32:00.000+02:00Speaking about Independence day and choosing our p...<I>Speaking about Independence day and choosing our path makes me think about the pre-elections that are happening now. What do you (or readers) think about our 'new brave' via-the-internet-elections that are making a little fuss abroad. Do you think this could happen in, say, US?</I><BR/><BR/>Because Estonia is a small, IT-rich country like Iceland and other northern European countries, it has the possibilities to enact a system like this.<BR/><BR/>But the US is just not prepared in anyway to handle something like this. We are, on paper, the richest country in the world. But much of the US is rural and barely scraping by. Most of our cities similarly suffer from unwisely allocated resources. Look at our response to Katrina. I have limited faith in the federal government to do anything at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-35048384631113352432007-02-27T09:53:00.000+02:002007-02-27T09:53:00.000+02:00My wish for the future is that the id card in Esto...My wish for the future is that the id card in Estonia will play a key role within the political proccess like the Tom project, where citizens can distribute to it. The democracy based on political parties only can't be the final solution. One party stands for all problems to be solved? That will not work anymore, it's frustrating. Parties should be more open and the whole decision making, transparency, etc..Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-59271274977694290042007-02-27T02:21:00.000+02:002007-02-27T02:21:00.000+02:00The only concerns I have are security issues. If t...The only concerns I have are security issues. If the elections are *safe* like this, it'd be great - it would make democracy the Swiss style possible all over the planet. People will be way more willing to take part in refferendums when they can do it at home, and don't need to run in to some building.<BR/><BR/>(If democracy the Swiss style is actually a good idea, that is. Though it makes Switzerland the most "democratic" nation in the planet, as any governmential decision gets its own vote, it also has lead to such interesting things like Swiss women only getting their suffrage in the late 70s)space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-44380971339730499022007-02-27T00:38:00.000+02:002007-02-27T00:38:00.000+02:00Speaking about Independence day and choosing our p...Speaking about Independence day and choosing our path makes me think about the pre-elections that are happening now. What do you (or readers) think about our 'new brave' via-the-internet-elections that are making a little fuss abroad. Do you think this could happen in, say, US?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-82603731366397401742007-02-26T21:33:00.000+02:002007-02-26T21:33:00.000+02:00Keynes: "When facts change, I change my mind. What...Keynes: "When facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-25930785604815163312007-02-26T20:15:00.000+02:002007-02-26T20:15:00.000+02:00Ofcourse this is my personal view I wrote above. I...Ofcourse this is my personal view I wrote above. If such a memorial to the founding fathers was located, say 30 metres, behind the bronze soldier (without the limestone walls) in the eyeline of those laying wreaths at the bronze soldier, those laying such wreaths could also reflect on the heavy price independant, neutral and relatively liberal Estonia paid for Europe to be liberated from Nazism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-71825448329936823812007-02-26T02:03:00.000+02:002007-02-26T02:03:00.000+02:00I'm all for retaining the bronze statue, however t...I'm all for retaining the bronze statue, however the massive limestone flanks ought to be dismantled, they are too visually imposing to the point of being oppressive. Perhaps stone could be reused to build a monument to the Estonian founding fathers executed in 1940/41, located nearer to the State library behind the statue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-62494536052869896682007-02-26T00:26:00.000+02:002007-02-26T00:26:00.000+02:00This is such a strong essay in every witch way! Fu...This is such a strong essay in every witch way! Funny, that you disqualified yourself as a politician because you tend to change your mind. In the nutshell, the "stay the course" attitude is one of the worst traits that politicians have. I refrain giving any examples. What a good politician should do is to raise relevant questions and get the democratic debating going and not pretend having allways the only and right answers. Watch for and worry about those who "have" the answers to everything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com