Comments on: Barne TV /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/ But I fear more for Muninn... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: mom /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-185 I know exactly how you feel – I didn’t even FEEL Norwegian when I was “home” last year for the first time in 7 years. It was rather sad to discover that, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy being there. However, it reinforced the feeling I’ve had ever since I started this moving around business in 1974: – What am I? Where do I belong? For instance, I feel different from Americans (different sense of humour, different way of viewing things), and now I even feel different from Norwegians. But then again, I guess I’ll have to admit I’ve always been “different” :-)

I think you and I both have the ability necessary to successfully do this – we can settle down anywhere and make the best of it, learn the new ways and try to do as “the Romans do”, instead of forcing the Romans to do as we do, plus learn their language, which makes it much easier to adjust. And having this ability, we are much richer for it; It enables us to create a heap of good memories rather than bad ones, and it teaches us tolerance and understanding of other ways and belief systems.

mom

]]> By: mom /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-186 I know exactly how you feel – I didn’t even FEEL Norwegian when I was “home” last year for the first time in 7 years. It was rather sad to discover that, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy being there. However, it reinforced the feeling I’ve had ever since I started this moving around business in 1974: – What am I? Where do I belong? For instance, I feel different from Americans (different sense of humour, different way of viewing things), and now I even feel different from Norwegians. But then again, I guess I’ll have to admit I’ve always been “different” :-)

I think you and I both have the ability necessary to successfully do this – we can settle down anywhere and make the best of it, learn the new ways and try to do as “the Romans do”, instead of forcing the Romans to do as we do, plus learn their language, which makes it much easier to adjust. And having this ability, we are much richer for it; It enables us to create a heap of good memories rather than bad ones, and it teaches us tolerance and understanding of other ways and belief systems.

mom

]]> By: mom /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-187 Sorry – this is in response to your nostalgia posting of course. (No idea how it ended up double)

mom

]]> By: Derek /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-188 So are the Sami the Lapplanders of Norway?

What was so interesting about the spot you mentioned, was it the ‘in your face’ multicultarilsm?

]]> By: Kmlawson /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-189 Hi Derek, there was nothing necessarily negative in the TV spot. I’m going through a lot of thoughts about this now, and have done enough reading. I used to unabashedly celebrate this kind of multiculturalism, but I am growingly suspicious when it gets transformed into, or made to serve national rituals like 17th of May. I didn’t say anything specific in my posting since I just have read and thought enough about this.

]]> By: David "浪人" Oftedal /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-190 Man, I think this stuff is totally contradictive. Here we are, having just celebrated our 99th year of independence, and at the same time preparing the EU.

I try go by these words by Francois Fenelon: “All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers … Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.”

]]> By: David "浪人" Oftedal /blog/2004/05/barne-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/barne-tv.html#comment-191 s/preparing\ the/preparing\ to\ join\ the/g

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