XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
   From: kurkku@hassuserveri.fi   
      
   "James A. Donald"  kirjoitti   
   viestissä:88nq94d6jt3mhns6isrqo0krr2iidron9d@4ax.com...   
   > Eugene Holman:   
   >> > > Fear? What fear?   
   >   
   > James A. Donald   
   >> > Fear that what was done to Estonia would be done to   
   >> > Finland.   
   >   
   > Eugene Holman   
   >> I cannot say that this type of fear did not exist at all in Finland   
   >> during   
   >> the Cold War, but it was not an overriding concern for most people.   
   >   
   > I remember the relief in the US when the Soviet Union fell.  No one   
   > realized they had been afraid until the load was lifted.  Similarly I   
   > observe that willingness to critize the Soviet Union was proportional   
   > to distance and strength, showing that lots of people were afraid, not   
   > just Finns.   
   >   
   I believe most Finns about ignored Russia. I did. It was a distant   
   neighbour.   
   >   
   I saw once Nancy's husband on telly in 1980's. He was concerned about   
   Nicaraguan Sandinistas whom the president considered a threat for the   
   American national security. What a pansy!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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