Norway has a great tradition of independence, it’s people have been known as “hard headed” and stone reliable under the worst of situations (heroes of Telemark). The decline of the “Nation-State” in europe has put every belief and tradition from Norway to Garmisch under the microscope of political/cultural “inclusion”. Pride in ones people, culture or traditions is considered biased/racist/culturally inappropriate. So everything becomes “vanilla ice cream” with the subtle condescension from the Euro-elite (the new Nomenclatura). One of the best times of my life was spent on two wooden ski’s, pulling a pulk through the Dovrafjell and hiding from the Norwegian Army (Snow caves are comfortable!). Which brings me to my final point . . .Socialized Medicine (in Norway) as practiced. We had one of ours hurt (popped his knee), we took him to a Norwegian clinic, and were told “6 month wait to see an orthropedist . . . S medicine is great, long as you don’t get sick . . .
