Hi guys; I'm Norwegian, and the author of one of the posted entries above (the one on fredriknorman.com; my homepage). Please don't lump the sensible among us together with the liberal clowns in Norway; we're not all that dumb. Really. Just 90% of us, and 100% of the "cultural elite". Hej da, Fred! Aw, don't feel bad--this thread got a lot of posts, and they weren't all unfriendly to "Norge."
By the way, do you know a good brand of canned Norwegian reindeer meatballs, and where I can buy them? :)