Comments by "Halfdan Ingolfsson" (@Halli50) on "The Damage Report"
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I cannot help wondering if 'Muricans might be unnecessarily seeing racism in every corner, in every imagined slight. Sharon Osbourne's apparent racist comments went over my head. What did she say,exactly? What did she MEAN, exactly?
I am patently ill-equipped to have a meaningful opinion on racial problems, having lived most of my life in a homogeneous country that is only in recent decades experiencing a significant influx of non-white immigrants. In my experience, immigrants have two arms, two legs and head with a brain fitted on top, just like we all do (not to mention whatever passion that drove them to end up seeking asylum in our incredibly inhospitable environment). The color of the immigrant's skin is absolutely, totally irrelevant - in fact I believe my somewhat inbred countrymen could use some influx of a free, permanent tan in upcoming generations, not to mention new culinary and cultural insights. In my opinion, colored immigrants have only improved my society. Long live the difference!
What should I, a Nordic, think of e.g. Francesca? She has a permanent tan and brown eyes, apparently an unforgivable genetic fault according to rabid white supremacists. Virtually a Latina - heck, she's probably of Italian descent, how Latino (Roman) can you get? Latin was the original language of Roman Italy!
Personally, I find her very pretty, extremely intelligent and with a killer sense of humor that will keep boredom at bay under any circumstances. A boon to any society she lives in but apparently a blight to some 'Muricans.
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D Casey , my country is not necessarily beautiful - right now we're having a blizzard, the snow is 6 feet deep, avalanche warnings are afoot and nobody is going anywhere, but in the current circumstances that is not a bad thing. Temporary isolation is nothing new to us, so we are weathering this quite well. I am actually looking forward to some fabulous skiing in a couple of days, once we have dug out our ski lifts after the storm!
The sense of community we have might be what you would call "beautiful". I am 70, divorced and once I had to retire (airline pilot, put to pasture at 65) I moved in with my parents! My mother is 88, quite senile and currently hospitalized (since December 31, 2019) but coming around splendidly. My father (now 92) is a bit restless because the hospital imposed a visiting ban due to the Corona Virus pandemic, and he has not been able to visit the love of his life in over a week! Watching the wrinkly old turtledoves really gives life a deeper meaning!
The best thing (by your yardstick, I imagine) is the fact that there are NO hospital or health care bills! My parents have prepaid the whole thing with a lifetime of taxes that have turned out to be no more exorbitant than what you are paying in the US.
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