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Henrik S. Fiske's avatar

EDIT: Nevermind the comments I posted earlier but decided to now nuke. I guess I didn't post them in the best or most sober of mindsets, and to be frank, I had trouble making sense of them in part myself. Sori siitä!

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J'myle Koretz's avatar

Well, I'm looking forward to anything you have to write about Jussi Halla-aho.

Also, isn't the obvious solution to the problem at the border to make skiing incredibly difficult from an athletic perspective, but also pass legislation that says any immigrant who survives is entitled to citizenship and a spot on Finland's Olympic team?

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Tatu Ahponen's avatar

I can't deny that my priors to someone having actual problems to seek refugee from are increased by someone skiing through a frozen forest at -20 C.

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J'myle Koretz's avatar

I couldn't do that.

I mean, I could be a refugee trying to sneak into Finland, I just couldn't do it on skis. I've been snowshoeing a couple times near Reno, Nevada--think that's enough skill to make it?

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