Säkkijärven mies pyysi yösijaa
kulkiessaan Keski-Suomessa. Isäntä kyseli miehen kotipaikkaa
ja sen kuultuaan sanoi:
-No, en tiedä, olen kuulut että
kolmesta säkkijärveläisestä on kaksi soittajaa ja yksi
varas.
-Älkää sitä pelätkö
isäntä hyvä, mie oon toine niist soittajist, vakuutti säkkijärveläinen
- ja sai yösijan.
.
A man from Säkkijärvi, a displaced Karelian travelling
in central Finland, stopped to ask for lodging for the night. The man of
the house asked where his home village is, and upon hearing that said:
-Well, I don't know, I've heard that every third person in Säkkijärvi
is a thief, the other two are musicians.
-Oh, you don't have to worry about that, I'm one of the musicians,
said the Säkkijärivian - and got the lodging.
The Evacuation of Karelia
The evacuation of Karelia was a great crime against humanity
sponsored by Churchill and Roosevelt, who could have prevented it. Where was Churchill
the defender of justice? Roosevelt, the defender of freedom? This
resulted
in not only the sanctioned displacement of the Karelian people for no
valid
reason except Stalin wanted Karelia, but the destruction of a rare and
rich culture as well. United States and Britain had an opportunity to
save
a whole culture, but chose to let it die. The United States and Britain
owes it to the Karelian people to help secure the return of stolen
land,
cities, homes, farms , businesses etc. because much of it was done with
the huge amount of Lend-Lease aid. Other countries have similar
complaints,
such as Mongolia. Russia is still a colonial power in an era when most
countries, like England, have given up their colonies. Aid to Russia
should be tied to its willingness to give back lands. It costs billions
of dollars to keep Russia together. And the United States is helping,
again. There is always some political crisis that works in the
Russian's favor. Assistance for the Russians to resettle elsewhere is a
must. Russia is a large country, they can
afford to give back what they took illegally. In fact their unworkable
system would work better that way and relations with Europe would
improve. If they can't treat people right, (the brutal system
continues) let the enslaved people go. That is the writer's opinion.
