DNPR nationalistic feud

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Ríkharður (your name the way it should be written :)),


Oh, so it was essentially australopithecus afarensis that discovered 
America, eh?  Where does one stop?
Nationality is a state of mind.

I will not give in here.  We are made that way in the factory. <smirk>

#1505793769
Reykjavík, Iceland


At 20:24 9.10.2000 +0200, you wrote:


>Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
>
> > Richard! You´re joking!  You are telling MOI ?!
> >
> > A thousand years ago, Leifur Eiríksson, son of Eiríkur rauði found
> > N-America.  As for "inhabited by Norwegian Vikings"... who told you
> > that?  That´s absurd.  Fair enough, Eric the Red was Norwegian but his son
> > Leifur was by all accounts Icelandic.
> > Seventy years earlier we had our national parliament, the Alþingi, which is
> > the oldest one in the world.
> > We are direct descendants of the people that fled Norway due to population
> > increase, come on man.
>
>Like I said... they were Norwegians... ergo it was Norwegians and THEIR 
>DECENDANTS
>that discovered America.
>
> > "Icelanders are the world´s most intelligent nation.  They found America...
> > and had the wisdom to leave."
> > Albert Einstein
> >
> > Kristinn,
> > Son of Leifur, son of Magnús... ... ... son of Leifur, son of  Eiríkur the
> > Red who was Norwegian but couldn´t help it ;-Þ
>
>I knew I would get your goat with this one... ROLF...
>
> >
> >
> > At 14:56 9.10.2000 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> > >Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Do you copy, Roger? tsk tsk. :)
> > > >
> > > > The name, my friend, is the reason for our success.  "What´s in a 
> name"?
> > > > thou wondereth.  Well a long time ago, even before the patch of 
> land that
> > > > the U.S. of A occupies was discovered (by us I should add),
> > >
> > >Actually, you are in error there. Iceland was inhabited by Norsk 
> Vikings at
> > >the time and it was THEY who discovered America,, for all the good it did
> > >them... grin. At some point they dropped out, as did the Icelandic 
> Norsk...
> > >forgotten for a time in the dust of history.. Isolated from the rest 
> of the
> > >world the remainder of the people on Iceland slowly developed there own
> > >society, indeed Icelandic reads and probably sounds like old Nordic. 
> And as we
> > >all know the Nordics who discovered America simply disapeared leaving only
> > >hints of their stay there.
> > >
> > > > the name
> > > > Iceland was given to the country to get the brunt of the leeches in the
> > > > world to stay away.  People who needed comfort without 
> work.  However, the
> > > > name Greenland was given to that country because they definitely needed
> > > > more people over there.
> > >
> > >Grin... and more Green period..
> > >
> > > > Yet Greenland is ice.  So you can send us all here
> > > > a postcard from Greenland during our seminar in Reykjavík. :)
> > > >
> > > > Well what can I say, just come over.
> > >
> > >That is in any case sound advice. You should all visit our Nordic 
> countries at
> > >some time.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Actually I´ve received positive feedback on this matter.  Would you 
> people
> > > > please tell me if you think there is any basis for this.
> > > > Would you take a trip?
> > >
> > >Interest is certainly their.. but I think realization is somewhat off 
> in the
> > >future. I am on board tho on the first boat.
> > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Kristinn Leifsson,
> > > > Reykjavík, Iceland
> > > > 6°C at 9.am (dry)
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Richard Brekne
> > >RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > >Bergen, Norway
> > >13¤ at 15:00 (very wet)
>
>--
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway