The Buddha meets Holger Danske

[Lars Martin Fosse]

Walter Slaje wrote:

> Is there something in that, or nothing
> behind it? Any hard facts or some
> reliable background information
> available from our Scandinavian
> colleagues?

I have heard nothing about this personally. But I remember that during the
late sixties and seventies, right-wing youth who wanted to fight the
communists/marxist-leninists who were rampaging in the political landscape
of the time, would join the Norwegian National Guard. So there is a
precedence for joining the Guard if you think you have to fight in the
future. In Norway, the National Guard was the unit where most Norwegian
servicemen were organized. For most of us, it was a mandatory part of
national service, but the Guard also accepted young people as volunteers
(The National Guard of the Youth). They received some rudimentary military
training. Now, the National Guard has shed quite a lot of troops and
upgraded the quality of its equipment (it's becoming a more elite unit), but
in my time, the Guard was decidedly folksy and subsisted on second hand
equipment. The first weapon I got to carry home was a German WWII Schmeisser
machine pistol - a handy thing to have in your cupboard, particularly with
100 rounds of ammunition packed in plastic. I then got an AG3, also with
enough ammo to waste my neighbourhood. I suspect the Danish National Guard
wasn't/isn't much different, but I am sure our Danish colleagues know more
about this.

Lars Martin Fosse

 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Walter Slaje
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:41 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: The Buddha meets Holger Danske
> 
> At the very end of a lengthy interview
> 
> (http://www.sappho.dk/Den%20loebende/nydahl.html)
> (http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/04/buddha-meets-holger
> -danske.html)
> 
> Ole Nydahl drops a hint about Danish
> Buddhist resistance to Islam under the
> headline "Embarrasing Pacifism, Why
> didn't the Buddhists fight back?",
> e.g.:
> 
> "I really like the East Tibetans - the
> Kampas - proud, Viking-like warriors who kept the Chinese and 
> other foes out all through that time."
> Q: We could use a bit of their spirit in contemporary Denmark.
> "We have it. Several of my students have joined the National 
> Guard. That's a good place for young people if they feel that 
> our country is in danger."
> 
> Is there something in that, or nothing
> behind it? Any hard facts or some
> reliable background information
> available from our Scandinavian
> colleagues?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Walter Slaje
> 
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