Friday, December 07, 2007

REINDEERS IN THE UK OR WAS THAT SCOTLAND?
Foreigners, reindeer folk, are now welcome in the UK.
Before it was not so easy for reindeers or reindeer folk.

Reindeers were taken to the Scottish mountains many years ago and with them a Laplander guy. After a short time the UK sent him away. Then the reindeers began to die. The UK asked the Laplander back and, of course, said sorry. The Laplander returned and the reindeer community began to thrive again. There is a "bildung" somewhere with this story based on fact.
If you need to check, check, the stuff from Cairngorms and reindeer.
Compare the facts with the typical UK tourist version of reality today as is written in newspapers and all that.
Yes I did live then and know a few folk that were involved.
But that is history.
What is the Bildung for us and today?
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4 comments:

zola a social thing said...

Check the Guardian today if you want.
Then think about what they MISSED OUT from their reporting of Utsi.
He was thrown away after a short time as the UK professionals thought they had taken all the knowledge needed.
Then Utsi was asked back.

There are many stories in the north about this episode in UK history.

14:14
Anonymous said...

Typical of the fucking UK.
Beautiful pics of 'free-range reindeer'
Want one !

16:01
Merkin said...

I noticed yesterday in the Graun 2 particular stories where i could palpably get the misdirection ie being told what the word on the wire is.

First about the Jewish conspiracy and the second one about the use of steriods.
Neither of these has been a topic of conversation in my circles - and I am very widely ranged.
The Graun is getting worse and worse

16:17
Anonymous said...

"Missing kayaker, returning after five years, cannot say where he has been."

And you only managed two weeks Zola.

21:04

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