1ºKaren Abbott "alt-right." Hahaha. "Alt-right," for dancing.

Finland has very few people, and 800 miles of border to protect against a very big bully. In the 1939 Winter War, when Russia attacked Finland in tanks, Finland asked the international community for help, but no one responded. So the Finns used what they had to protect themselves. They stuck their ski poles in the tank treads, and when the Russian soldiers opened their hatches to see what was wrong, the Finns threw in Molotov cocktails. "Molotov" cocktails, hahaha. The Russians were so offended by their tactics that they cried out for international sympathy. Boo hoo. When you attack sometime, you no longer have the right to complain.

My father's close friend was moved, with his family, to Russia in the 1930's, where he was thrown into a gulag for trying to take out a book from the Moscow Public Library. My father had recommended the book in a letter. The book was "It Can't Happen Here," about dictators. It turns out that their letters were being monitored by Stalin's goons. He was only released from the gulag when Russia needed bodies for WWII, whereupon he was immediately killed.

Perhaps before labeling people, and throwing stones, you might consider what it's like to live where they live, and you should be thankful that, due to their history, Finland is viewed as "punching above their weight." It's very possible that they're part of the reason you're safe.

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