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I don't know, I use "I'm ashamed to be a Finn" frequently (although mostly in jest) whenever some Finn (let's say Tony Halme or Matti Nykänen) does something stupid.
You know, like Nicolas Sarkozy makes me ashamed to be half-Hungarian.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 05:21:48 AM EST
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I'm more often angry at Spain than ashamed to be Spanish. I also never say "as a Spaniard...".

And you did say "mostly in jest".

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 05:30:43 AM EST
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to be half-Hungarian.

So, are you Ville Valo in disguise? :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 06:27:04 AM EST
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No, but I do write goth rock ballads and wear make-up on my spare time.

Ville Valo is half-Hungarian too? I didn't know that. Maybe we can join forces and form a swift-boatesque organisation to stop Sarkozy. Half-Hungarian Finns for Truth.


Voiceover: Nicolas Sárközy says his father was born in Hungary. But is he being truthful?

NordicStorm: My mother's from Hungary, and not once, not once! have I heard her mention anyone named Sárközy. I mean, c'mon, there aren't that many people in Hungary, they must have bumped into each other!

VO: If Nicolas Sárközy is of Hungarian descent...then why does he spell his last name 'Sarkozy'? What's the matter little Nicky, ashamed of your past?
Doesn't France deserve better?
(thisadwaspaidforbythehalfhungarianfinnsfortruth)




"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 06:51:35 AM EST
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LOL ;-)

You may enjoy this anecdote about the macho-man half of you feels ashamed about.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 07:09:14 AM EST
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Aah, now see, that story is rather sweet! But then he grew up...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 07:33:02 AM EST
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This summer camp anecdote fits into a picture of Sarko as a momma's boy in his youth, and he over-compensates it at the expense of youths, immigrants or Gypsies and homeless locked up, beaten up or forcefully expelled by police.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 07:59:30 AM EST
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Glenn Greenwald wrote a bit about machismo in American politics (from Salon.com, might need to view an ad before reading). Rather akin to Sarko's posing.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Mar 29th, 2007 at 09:27:05 AM EST
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