tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19272054.post5609757810412651906..comments2023-09-20T16:08:41.683+03:00Comments on Uriblog: Tartu beware - Jüri Liim is after occupiers monuments!*urihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784158918856618913noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19272054.post-4709075112476014982008-06-01T23:15:00.000+03:002008-06-01T23:15:00.000+03:00Well, besides the fact that Jüri Liim's ideologica...Well, besides the fact that Jüri Liim's ideological objections appear focused on Soviet occupiers alone, I think the other reason for good old Gustav and de Tolly not to be scared of Liim is simply the fact that their rank of importance in Estonia is way beyond those on the two statues he removed in Tallinn. I think most Estonians aged less than 60 heard about Pöögelmann for the first time when Liim was removing the statue. I myself, having worked for more than 6 months now in the building behind which Pöögelmann's statue was standing, discovered for the first time that it was standing there only when we noticed some guy with a truck removin some huge stone in our yard. So maybe Liim's actions actually led to a counter-purposeful result of bringing people's attention to the existence of these guys...?<BR/><BR/>But back to the point of relative importance - while Liim's actions in Tallinn went by rather quietly this time around, it is not likely it will be anything like this in case of de Tolly and particularly Gustav. Besides, Gustav's and the whole Swedish rule are still mystified as "good old Swedish times" in Estonian mind, so there is nothing of the association in either Liim's or any other Estonian's head of the kind that every Estonian still has about the Soviet rule. Yes, and never mind the facts of how many the Swedes killed or allowed to be killed during their rule - this is not about facts, its all about associations in people's minds and emotions these create.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16728962304133539018noreply@blogger.com