tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post3372896083991997520..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Anti-Semitism in NorwayDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-6384411090832089272014-07-22T01:10:38.190+01:002014-07-22T01:10:38.190+01:00It has nothing to do with Lutherans. Active church...It has nothing to do with Lutherans. Active churchgoers in Scandinavia overwhelmingly supports Israel. Its the strong socialist influence that penetrates the intellectual elite that is responsible for the hatred of Israel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-36616447686960183132009-03-31T16:29:00.000+01:002009-03-31T16:29:00.000+01:00It's the Scandinavian Lutheran thing. That's reall...It's the Scandinavian Lutheran thing. That's really what's at the root of it.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-13423911349875982122009-03-31T14:12:00.000+01:002009-03-31T14:12:00.000+01:00Not only in Norway are the élite, academics, and s...Not only in Norway are the élite, academics, and so on great moralists with nihil introspection. Here's another of my true Swedish PEN stories from the 1980s.<BR/><BR/>On one occasion, the PEN meeting was held in that holy of holies of world literature, the library of the Swedish Academy, where, no doubt, prospective Nobel prizewinners get read. The guest that evening was Armando Valladares (bornEric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-59563118605895129252009-03-31T12:19:00.000+01:002009-03-31T12:19:00.000+01:00Unfortunately, I think Manfred Gerstenfeld hits th...Unfortunately, I think Manfred Gerstenfeld hits the nail on the head when he says, in relation to Norway: <BR/>"the elite, the academics, politicians and media consider themselves to be great moralists, with very little self-introspection. Their self-righteousness, arrogance, and inherited Lutheran prejudices against Jews has led to a huge amount of anti-Israel sentiment."David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-15244744705383262472009-03-31T11:42:00.000+01:002009-03-31T11:42:00.000+01:00In the mid-1980s, I, Eric, sat for a short while o...In the mid-1980s, I, Eric, sat for a short while on a Swedish PEN committee examining the rhetorical and political use of language and discourse in the press. Names like Paul Chilton were bandied about. Members of the committee were authors Kristina Hasselgren and Hans Björkegren, professor of rhetoric Kurt Johannesson, and, very much the junior partner, me, Eric. I hated every minute of being Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-17263570157983698152009-03-30T22:21:00.000+01:002009-03-30T22:21:00.000+01:00There's a reply to Gaarder's article at:http://www...There's a reply to Gaarder's article at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.antisemittisme.no/engl/antis/2006-08-08-swc-gaarder.php<BR/><BR/>The chap who replies, Dr Samuels, pulls no punches, though he does sign his open letter to Gaarder with "most respectfully".Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com