Norway reads something sinister in 'Hook 'em' sign (Jenna's gesture shocks Country)

Houston Chronicle ^ | Jan. 22, 2005 | ANDREW DANSBY

[wildwood]

i guess it's their commitment to God, church, Christianity and the antithesis of satanism that inspired them to get so outraged over this.

[Isabelle]

If predictions indicate that Norway will be Islamic by the end of the century then certainly the rest of the continent will have fallen to Islam well before that.

And the folks in Norway are shocked by Jenna's gesture.
WAKE UP EUROPE!!!!

[Prost1]

And to think, these are descendants of a people who terrorized Ireland, Britain, Scotland and Northern Europe!

Too much inbreeding, I guess.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

DIDN'T ANY OF THE "WEIGENS" WATCH THE ROSE BOWL???!!!!

[Colonel Kangaroo]

One small problem with the article. The article referred to the University of Texas as "UT" UT is the University of Tennessee, founded in 1794 years before there even was a Texas. I think the University of Texas should be referred to as UT2 or UTjr.

[Salamander]

The Anti-Babe?....LOL!

[followerofchrist]

You are probably right. But notice even a little novelty story can anger people! This new American patriotism of hating every nation with a leader who disagrees with our government is wearing thin. There is a mean spirit about the world right now. Even a major disaster like the Tsunami causes fighting and national hatreds, when it should cause unity in kindness and charity. It's like a you-know-whatting contest, and it is boyish, silly and immature.

[Eurotwit]

"Sjokkhilsen fra Bush datter," read an outraged headline on Norwegian news Web site Nettavisen. Translated: "Shock greeting from Bush daughter."

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I actually went back and read this story again. It is located in the showbiz section of the news.

http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/kjendis/article333079.ece

It actually says:

Here is the picture that the entire USA is talking about tonight...

On the political discussion group Fark (perhaps they could have mentioned Freerepublic) which mainly consists of American members, there is already a heated discussion about just what Jenne is trying to communicate.

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And here the newspaper actually calls this an outraged headline. Well. that is just a plain lie.

And, I agree that there seems to be too much hate around. It is a dangerous path to go down. Hate eats at yourself more than anything else.

But, there is also a lot of compassion. There was many compassionate Freepers on many Tsunami threads, and I am sure many contributed to help the victims.

More of that, less hating. (Except Arsenal Football club, hate them all you like :-P)

Cheers.

[lawgirl]

wow how very ethnocentric of norway.

hey norway. ACDC stands for AntriChristDevilChildren. No, really. It does.

[Colonel_Flagg]

And there are Swedes who will tell you that Syttende Mai is really Swedish Independence Day. It's the day we finally ditched Norway. :)

[DocRock]

"I can't think of anything more repulsive"

I can...

[rock58seg]

We have to remember that European Leftists are very provincial and unsophisticated. :-)

Just like our own Liberals and leftists!

[tomjohn77]

I dont know anybody that have even talked about that hand gesture. Dont make a big deal out of it because its not a big deal here. Nobody that I know have even talked about it. People dont care what hand gesture Bush does. So if anybody think that we have big conversation about it just relax. Nobody cares!