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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Finnish National Masochism and Heavy Metal Fandom--a correlation?
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Date: 19 Jan 90 04:24:23 GMT
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
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In article <1215@kannel.lut.fi> crusader@kannel.lut.fi (Mikko Hy|kki) writes:
>gsmith@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gene W. Smith) writes:
>
>>  My forefathers were Swedes. We used to keep Finns as pets.
>
>only the commanders. The best fighting troops were consisted of Finns. So, when
>they lost Finland to Russia, their country lost its political position.

If they were so good, why did they lose to Russia ?

>   No - all Finns aren't heavy metal fans. In fact, we metal fans are a small
>minority. 

Not small enough.