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   From: andersons6@inbox.lv   
      
   "Gerry Quinn"  wrote in message   
   news:MPG.2343a85d9590f0d19899f2@news.indigo.ie...   
   > In article ,   
   > valtsu@stadissa.fi says...   
   >> James A. Donald wrote:   
   >> > On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:44:09 +0300, Anton    
   >> > wrote:   
   >> >> Exactly. "Productive" is key here. I honestly don't belive a country   
   >> >> can   
   >> >> remain productive for an extended period of time if there is a   
   >> >> "vampire"   
   >> >> sucking all blood out but not injecting anything back.   
   >> >   
   >> > Why not?   
   >> >   
   >> > All the more productive countries are in exactly this situation, some   
   >> > more than others.  The richer you are, the more threats you get, the   
   >> > easier seems to pay off those making threats.  Who is paying the   
   >> > Palestinian terrorists?  The answer is, in large part, Israeli and   
   >> > American taxpayers.   
   >> >   
   >> > Of course the weaker you are, the more you get threatened - Hong Kong   
   >> > and Singapore have to make particularly big payouts, thought not, of   
   >> > course, as big as Finland did - does not seem to slow them down.   
   >> >   
   >> Well then, has it really slowed Finland down?   
   >   
   > I've come across communoid Finns before on Usenet... more often than not   
   > they seem to have been indoctrinated by Marxist teachers to believe that   
   > Finland is a favoured daughter of the Soviet Union, rather than a small   
   > state that was viciously oppressed by it. I assume that the infiltration   
   > procedure stalled and failed over time; it is disappointing that the   
   > Marxist fifth column in Finland do not honour the generosity of their   
   > free compatriots by choosing to be silent.   
      
   Well put. Although we weren't indoctrinated by Marxist teachers (we've   
   hardly had any). The fantasy that Finland was a 'favoured daughter of the   
   Soviet Union' was not ideologically induced. It was rather a case of mass   
   self-deception: people did not *want* to believe that we were a Soviet   
   vassal. We've had similar delusions before. In the 19th century we used to   
   believe that Finland was not really part of the Russian Empire.   
      
   What's tragic is that so many people here still are so afraid of displeasing   
   Moscow.   
      
   John   
      
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