tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3875230190881735496..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Jante LawGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-68237873038935040662017-04-06T17:04:55.662-04:002017-04-06T17:04:55.662-04:00Sounds a little like Japan.Sounds a little like Japan.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53978899782169981622017-04-06T16:59:33.697-04:002017-04-06T16:59:33.697-04:00The context for all Scandinavian groups, however, ...The context for all Scandinavian groups, however, is that their <i>nation</i> is superior to others in the way that it does things. All Swedes are equal, but Sweden is superior. This is very powerful, and they officially consider this to be a result of the very moral decisions they have made over the last century (after all their poor people moved to North America). If you get a few drinks into them, however, they ( maybe 50% of them) clearly believe it is at least partly a racial superiority, though they won't say that.<br /><br />Their egalitarianism is real, and more intense than ours in one way, but not very strong at all in others.<br /><br />You wouldn't believe what old Norwegians tell my son #4 in private. He is Romanian-American, USMC, and not fond of gypsies. The old guys really open up to him.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-20706648058420446772017-04-06T13:23:02.005-04:002017-04-06T13:23:02.005-04:00"Oh, the cowboys and the farmers should be fr..."Oh, the cowboys and the farmers should be friends. Oh... Now I won't say I'm better, than anybody else-- but I'll Be DAMNED if I ain't just as good." <br /><br />J Melcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349242761775214765noreply@blogger.com