“I heard Absolut is doing major mea culpas over this.”
- Your hearing is okay, but the bad taste in my mouth lingers on.
Anyhow, it’s a good thing you point this out, fellow freeper.
As a Swede I, naturally, wish brands of Swedish origin to be successful on markets worldwide.
But things like decency and honour mean more to us Scandinavians than people outside of cold Thule might be aware of.
Stupidity is unscandinavian.
Well, as an American of mixed Swedish and Norwegian ancestry, I must nevertheless acknowledge that the "dumb Swede" and "scandinavian blockhead" was a staple of 19th century American west literature. While some elements of the stereotype may have arisen out of the Swede's limited facility at communication in English, the prevalence of this literary character would lead me to contest your assertion.
I will not resort to anecdotal evidence of some of the stupid things I have seen done by scandinavians and their progeny.