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Is Finland a shithole?
Greetings to both brother Jesterstar and the community as a whole.
Well Jesterstar, in reference to your introductory posting of Saturday - March 05, 2005 - at 12:53 PM,
I must confess that you have raised a legitimate question: is Finland CrapLand? I've noticed that Golden AWe and other fellows are giving mainly negative and wrong impression of Finland, so I thought that I should show our actual positive contribution to the world.
Please enjoy!
TOM OF FINLAND was born Touko Laaksonen in 1920 in the village of
Kaarina, Finland. At the age of nineteen, he moved to Helsinki to attend art
college and, for his own personal enjoyment, created his first homoerotic
drawings.
Following his release from the army after World War II, Touko began to work
in advertising. He continued to draw his fantasies and, urged by close
friends, submitted them to the American bodybuilding magazine Physique
Pictorial. Because of the conservative social climate in 1957, he chose to be
published under the pseudonym "Tom of Finland."
In 1991, he was featured in the film documentary Daddy and the Muscle
Academy - The Art, Life, and Times of Tom of Finland. Later that year, he
died of complications from emphysema.
Permanent Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Turku Town Hall, Turku, Finland
Many Finnish lumberjacks emigrated to the U.S. (especially Minnesota) and to Canada in the early 1900's and of course brought their manly culture with them to stay.
- http://www.genealogia.fi/place/groupmie.htm
This one surely reminds all present and former military members of their conscript days. In Finland, all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 60 are under obligation to carry out military service. The conscripts serve either a period of twelve (12), nine (9) or six (6) months. Each year more than 80% of those called up complete their national service. An essential part of national service is military training of reservists. In accordance with a law passed in 1995, it is possible for women to volunteer for military service, and 400-500 women do so annually. The reductions in the Defence Forces wartime strength will be continued, bringing the maximum strength down to 350,000 men by the end of 2008.
- http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/security.html
Tom of Finland was an officer in the Finnish army during the WW2, he surely got many memories to share from those days...
Sarge
The Finnish navy provides a way to the young conscripts to gather many new international experiences during joint exercises with the NATO countries.
- http://www.mil.fi/perustietoa/julkai.../chapter_6.dsp
Finnish sailors are highly valued for their high standard of training and inborn characteristics, so they are warmly welcomed to every port in the world.
Well Jesterstar, in reference to your introductory posting of Saturday - March 05, 2005 - at 12:53 PM,
I must confess that you have raised a legitimate question: is Finland CrapLand? I've noticed that Golden AWe and other fellows are giving mainly negative and wrong impression of Finland, so I thought that I should show our actual positive contribution to the world.
Please enjoy!
TOM OF FINLAND was born Touko Laaksonen in 1920 in the village of
Kaarina, Finland. At the age of nineteen, he moved to Helsinki to attend art
college and, for his own personal enjoyment, created his first homoerotic
drawings.
Following his release from the army after World War II, Touko began to work
in advertising. He continued to draw his fantasies and, urged by close
friends, submitted them to the American bodybuilding magazine Physique
Pictorial. Because of the conservative social climate in 1957, he chose to be
published under the pseudonym "Tom of Finland."
In 1991, he was featured in the film documentary Daddy and the Muscle
Academy - The Art, Life, and Times of Tom of Finland. Later that year, he
died of complications from emphysema.
Permanent Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Turku Town Hall, Turku, Finland
Many Finnish lumberjacks emigrated to the U.S. (especially Minnesota) and to Canada in the early 1900's and of course brought their manly culture with them to stay.
- http://www.genealogia.fi/place/groupmie.htm
This one surely reminds all present and former military members of their conscript days. In Finland, all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 60 are under obligation to carry out military service. The conscripts serve either a period of twelve (12), nine (9) or six (6) months. Each year more than 80% of those called up complete their national service. An essential part of national service is military training of reservists. In accordance with a law passed in 1995, it is possible for women to volunteer for military service, and 400-500 women do so annually. The reductions in the Defence Forces wartime strength will be continued, bringing the maximum strength down to 350,000 men by the end of 2008.
- http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/security.html
Tom of Finland was an officer in the Finnish army during the WW2, he surely got many memories to share from those days...
Sarge
The Finnish navy provides a way to the young conscripts to gather many new international experiences during joint exercises with the NATO countries.
- http://www.mil.fi/perustietoa/julkai.../chapter_6.dsp
Finnish sailors are highly valued for their high standard of training and inborn characteristics, so they are warmly welcomed to every port in the world.
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