- Marches labelled as far right and Neo-Nazi
- There were the anti-neo-Nazis also
- There are no Independence Day parties where people gather
- Our Independence Day seems to repeat and focus on the latest (1939-45) war with Russia
- Presidential Reception garners nearly 3M viewers
- The latest with the NATO-issue is “NATO wants Finland”
- Independence is the state of being free of the control of some other person, country, or entity.
Firstly, isn’t it odd and doesn’t it tell you something if the Helsinki Police Department says, “supervising processions, demonstrations and counter-demonstrations on Independence Day has traditionally been the biggest operation of the year”?
If you’ve ever experienced the May Day Eve celebrations in Helsinki, this surely makes you wonder. The weather is warmer, people are drunk, and students are free in May Day Eve. Should be the busiest day for the police.
Shouldn’t all these marches tell us something? Independence is supposed to be a happy thing and celebrated, why the protesting?
The Mass Media converts everything Far right or neo-Nazi although the Establishment clearly is the Nazi regime itself.
Also, if there are several “neo-Nazi groups”, wouldn’t they join to get a bigger march?
There were the anti-neo-Nazis also – of course! Divide and conquer! Are you a Nazi or anti-Nazi?
Ordinary people keep away from “Neo-Nazi” groups. The Establishment is branding any group marching on Independence Day as far right or Neo-Nazi. Waving flags very suspicious, as mentioned before – only far right neo-Nazis do that. How did this happen? People have been manipulated very slowly.
How are ordinary Finns celebrating on Independence Day
There are no Independence Day parties where people gather. It might seem very gloomy for foreigners, but the normal celebration consists of
- visiting the graveyards
- watching the Finnish Army parade (on tv also)
- lighting blue and white candles at home and on graveyards
- visiting church service (main religion is Lutheran church) or watching it on tv
- listening to the President’s speech (it was very hard to find anything of the speech this year afterwards)
- watching the movie “The Unknown Soldier” from 1955 (there are new ones from 1985 and 2017 but older people say these are not proper movies)
- the rest of the evening goes by watching the “Castle Ball” on television. The Presidential couple is shaking hands with 1600-2000 guests. The focus is to comment on the ladies’ costumes. The media can keep the costume talk up for weeks (this year it was not mandatory to shake hands, you could just nod to the presidential couple)
- The Independence Day is a paid day off.
Our Independence Day seems to repeat and focus on the latest (1939-45) war with Russia. The origin of the independence is not discussed or shown anywhere. Veterans are appreciated though. At the beginning of September 2022, there will still be nearly 3,500 veterans among us, of whom approximately six hundred are war veterans. The average age of our veterans is 97 years, and several dozens of them have already reached the glorious age of a hundred! There are about 10,000 veterans ‘ spouses, widows, and war widows.
This way the establishment and media can keep us in the war mode with Russia and remind everybody how dreadful it was and how terrible it is to have such a country as our next-door neighbor.
Does the Independence of our country make us happy?
The meaning of the word independence means you can make your own decisions, handle your money, and decide where it goes, you have your own defense system, and you have unity among the people. Independence is the state of being free of the control of some other person, country, or entity.
Questions about the issues now
Are we independent when the European Union is deciding how much and what Finland must pay?
The latest with the NATO-issue is “NATO wants Finland”. I bet they do as they want closer to Russia.
The mass media is telling people want to join NATO, and the situation is not discussed in tv nor are the people talking about it, so it is hard to know what people are really thinking about it. Finland’s Haavisto in DC to talk Nato membership, Ukraine, and security
History:
Finland’s independence was related to the upheaval in Russia during the first World War: The Russian Revolution, in which the imperial power fell.
The independence of Finland was recognized by the Bolshevik regime that came to power in Russia and by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin of Soviet Russia, so that the autonomous region of Finland did not become part of Soviet Russia and the later Soviet Union. Most countries recognized Finland’s independence in 1918-1919.
The declaration of Finland’s independence was preceded by an internal struggle against “power law” and followed by the Finnish Civil War that divided the people in the spring of 1918.
