Iceland seminar, nationalistic feud

[Richard Brekne]

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)

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway