Well put as always, REH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] The world of work > > > > To have the Scandinavian model you have to start with Scandinavians. They > > seem to recognize that they "are in it together." > > > > arthur > > They may be in it together now, but they sure didn't seem to be thirty years > ago. The Norwegians hated the Swedes because neutral Sweden had let the > Germans pass through into Norway during WWII. Finland, which has a > substantial Swedish population regarded Sweden as a big bully. As I said in > a previous posting, I felt that Sweden was in a state of gridlock, though > not one in which people suffered too much. > > My main interest at the time was how the various countries treated their > Saamic (Lapp) populations. Finland, in my estimation, treated them very > well. They regarded them as kindred because of linguistic and cultural > affinities. The Norwegians also did very well. The Swedes did rather > badly. Many of the things they were doing in their northlands made life > very difficult for the Saams. Hopefully, as renown humanitarians, they have > improved by now. > > Ed > > Ed Weick > 577 Melbourne Ave. > Ottawa, ON, K2A 1W7 > Canada > Phone (613) 728 4630 > Fax (613) 728 9382 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
