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Finnish Compassionate Conservatism | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (4.00 / 4)

Also...nordicstorm...you write many good European-related stories, not just Finnish ones! But good articles on most any European issues are greatly appreciated!

Half the population is under the age of 18. Tanzania's future is NOW...join the 50% campaign!

by whataboutbob on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 11:02:12 AM EST

Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (4.00 / 3)

Thanks...I was just noting this was my third Finland-related diary within the span of a week...we'll have to rename the site to "Suomalainen tribuuni" if this keeps up ;)

Still, I'd like to think some of the themes touched upon has relevance beyond Finland's borders. Underpaid nurses is a rather international concept, isn't it?

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

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 11:52:01 AM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (4.00 / 4)

Absolutely. Unionism in 21st century EU too...

Half the population is under the age of 18. Tanzania's future is NOW...join the 50% campaign!

by whataboutbob on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 11:56:29 AM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (4.00 / 2)

I haven't seen any bilingual diaries or comments on Finland yet... We've have bilingual English/Swedish diaries about Sweden, though...

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 11:56:33 AM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (4.00 / 2)

I mean bilingual English/Finnish.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 11:57:28 AM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (none / 1)

That would be a tall order for my not-fluent-in-Finnish self...

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

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 12:09:33 PM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (none / 1)

Given your choice of quotations I suspected as much.

by A swedish kind of death on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 01:50:45 PM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (3.75 / 4)

Of course. There are plenty of transferable lessons here. I always find it interesting to see how things work in other European countries. I know things work differently and still I am sometimes surprised by how stark some contrasts can be, and then we see big areas of overlapping concern too and it is useful to see what works and what doesn't.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 12:33:46 PM EST
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Re: Finnish Compassionate Conservatism (none / 1)

That's what I like about ET and blogs in general; it really helps you "connect the dots". As I tried to illustrate with the Gingrich comparison above, it's only a matter of degree, and the underlying ideology seems to be exactly the same.

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

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 09:31:28 AM EST
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