tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post7549490739091715082..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: toimii kuin junan vessaGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-66049284120863972272008-09-16T19:52:00.000+02:002008-09-16T19:52:00.000+02:00By the way, I am now listening to Pan Sonic. Perha...By the way, I am now listening to Pan Sonic. Perhaps Finnish music makes me think about the origins of Finnish words.Juan Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997278614759180471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-25189137639560772802008-09-16T19:51:00.000+02:002008-09-16T19:51:00.000+02:00I think in nordern Germany they also saz "moin" to...I think in nordern Germany they also saz "moin" to say hello. I wonder who invented that word - the Sweeds?Juan Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997278614759180471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-26898349168253680322008-09-12T11:34:00.000+02:002008-09-12T11:34:00.000+02:00Snail Tower is beautiful!Snail Tower is beautiful!sofiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08867216317257288391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-3749675998324502822008-09-12T07:02:00.000+02:002008-09-12T07:02:00.000+02:00Someone said if you put a Finn in a bag with 50 ye...Someone said if you put a Finn in a bag with 50 years of Soviet repression and shake it up, you will end up with an Estonian.martintghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16840407742014556024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-55522870150344383702008-09-12T07:00:00.000+02:002008-09-12T07:00:00.000+02:00I think someone moved into the Snail Tower. There ...I think someone moved into the Snail Tower. There were some lights on the other night, shaded by lacy curtains.Mingushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129025788427961454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-49300013196849038192008-09-12T04:41:00.000+02:002008-09-12T04:41:00.000+02:00We, estonians are a small nation. Small in number...We, estonians are a small nation. Small in numbers that is. We are big however in how we treat each other. We treat each other like there were untold millions of us. We act as we are weary of the untold multitudes of fellow estonians. Crawling and crowding our precious personal space. <BR/><BR/>That's why we don't smile or say hello. We are sick of ourselves. <BR/><BR/>In this respect we are a bigger than any other on Earth. We don't shed a tear when some of us dies.LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-80458403220803862202008-09-11T19:26:00.000+02:002008-09-11T19:26:00.000+02:00Maybe you missed the recent comments by our esteem...<I>Maybe you missed the recent comments by our esteemed president about Estonia that have now raised quite a bit of indignation there.</I><BR/><BR/>Halonen was right in some ways. Estonia does suffer from post-Soviet stress (see Bronze soldier crisis). I think this is coming to an end, though. <BR/><BR/>And, from an Estonian perspective, what the heck is the president of Estonia (population: 1.3 million, location: Baltic Sea) doing in Georgia? Where was the Icelandic president? Doesn't Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson care about the plight of the Georgians?<BR/><BR/>The truth is that Estonians see themselves in the Georgians, a small country beyond the pale. They would never slam the door shut on them the way so many tried to slam doors in their faces. They support a MAP for Georgia because it was given to them. How could Estonia seriously *not* support NATO expansion to Ukraine or Georgia?<BR/><BR/>At the same time, the reality is that only Georgia and Russia can make peace between themselves. All the third party meddling in the world isn't going to fix that situation. You can support Georgia, but Georgia, in the end, can (and must) speak for itself.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-11073134433704972102008-09-11T13:13:00.000+02:002008-09-11T13:13:00.000+02:00"I'll make my snail tower as ugly as I li..."I'll make my snail tower as ugly as I like it, because it's all about my vision -- screw the city skyline of Tartu!"<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely not a fan of architects Padrik & Künnapu, but thanks to Snail Tower Tartu is beginning to have something like a skyline.Rainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160091690005391250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-14918776263952608752008-09-11T12:57:00.000+02:002008-09-11T12:57:00.000+02:00Ps. This is of course not to deny that our society...Ps. This is of course not to deny that our society is still much more collective than the Estonian (as far as I can understand from personal observation) which collectivity in the Nordic context actually manages to be combined with quite an open, dynamic and high-tech economy. So, in that sense I do support these current arrangements here and am sorry to see their gradual weakening. But I wonder if it would be practical for Estonia at this stage to try to implement this particular solution very fully. Maybe gradually some central social democratic (not in any party sense, of course) structures could and should be built?stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-43193811107680594292008-09-11T12:47:00.000+02:002008-09-11T12:47:00.000+02:00Maybe you missed the recent comments by our esteem...Maybe you missed the recent comments by our esteemed president about Estonia that have now raised quite a bit of indignation there. I did not see the whole interview so have no idea whether the remarks have been blown out of all proportion in the customary and dearly beloved Estonian-Finnish way... About the train toilets - they have been way worse ever since the cleaning services were outsourced in a very non-Nordic and unfortunately increasingly typical way. It is of course more "efficient" this way which efficiency is translated into reality as much worse service with somewhat less money paid. The way of the world these days...stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-51990898351501740432008-09-11T11:59:00.000+02:002008-09-11T11:59:00.000+02:00Well said Justin. Let's spend more time thinking ...Well said Justin. Let's spend more time thinking about "us" rather about "me" or "them" (them being the russians :) )AndresShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923952410154441315noreply@blogger.com