"Take no prisoners! Make no apologies!"
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Posted on 08/19/2007 2:07:57 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Stop The Apologizing Already
Apologies must be in this year,
Danes sorry for looting and pillaging
MORE than 1200 years ago hordes of bloodthirsty Viking raiders descended on Ireland, pillaging monasteries and massacring the inhabitants.
On Wednesday, one of their more mild-mannered descendants stepped ashore to apologise.
The Danish Minister for Culture, Brian Mikkelson, who was in Dublin to celebrate the arrival of a replica Norse longboat, apologised for the invasion and destruction inflicted.
"In Denmark we are certainly proud of this ship but we are not proud of the damage to the people of Ireland that followed in the footsteps of the Vikings," Mr Mikkelson declared in his welcoming speech delivered by the River Liffey.
"But the warmth and friendliness with which you greet us today and the Viking ship show us that, luckily, it has all been forgiven."
Ayn Rand
More at:
“Danes sorry for looting and pillaging”
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/danes-sorry-for-looting-and-pillaging/2007/08/16/1186857683456.html
"Take no prisoners! Make no apologies!"
get over it ...they just went on a beer run!
There may have been raids, but clearly that had their butts kicked and were sent home, as Ireland never became a Viking nation, and the Irish bear no resemblance to Scandinavians.
I’ll put my money on an Irishman fighting a Dane any day.
I'm really glad for whatever hardships my ancestors paid for my good life. I'm grateful to them, and all of this apologizing for what brought us here is SILLY!!!
well of course this cracked me up thinking of those commercials - can’t even remember what they were advertising
Sigh. They don’t make Danes like they used to...
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