Propositioning Priyadarsi

In English there is the expression "There's something rotten
in the state of Denmark".

Would anybody happen to know what the history or explanation
of this odd expression is? Handkäse comes from Germany, not
Denmark, does it not?

Whether cybalist is to be, or not to be, a place to discuss
politics: that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the
mind to suffer off-topic threads, or to take arms against a
sea of trolls, and by opposing end them?

David

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "kishore patnaik"
> <kishorepatnaik09@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > You are reading my mail out of context.
>
> The context doesn't change the sense of what you said one bit.
>
>
> > > I hope you will go back and read the entire thread.
>
> No need, I've already read it.
>
>
> > I am sure I have never intended to say that the entire group is
> > racits, leave alone the entire Europe.
>
> That's right, you said part of it was.
>
>
> > I do not know what sustained vested interests you have in
raking
> > up issues out of context.
>
> One of your telescoped, mutually contradictory statements again.
> My interest, sustained, vested or otherwise is to see to it that I
am
> not immolated and that the social group I belong to isn't either.
>
> The context bit I've already commented on.
>
> > What is your stand?
>
> On the ground, mostly.
>
> > Do you support racism?
>
> Mostly I think the concept should be abolished. It's fuzzy around
the
> edges and since everyone acts to some degree in his perceived group
> interest,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vested_interest
> it is mostly impossible to defend oneself against an accusation of
> racism. But as long as it is permissible to use it, I want it to be
> applied consistently to all groups.
>
>
> > Do you think that Europeans or for that matter any subsection of
> > population of this planet are by default superior to any
> > subsection?
>
> Not morally superior, not a priori at least ('by default' as you
> omprecisely put it). In other respects, you can read more about it
here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_Global_Inequality
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve
>
> Then there are other more intangible factors, such as social
capital,
> which basically translates to trust between the members of the
> society, which in turn depends on the honesty of those members
towards
> each other.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone
> According to some recent survey three in four Danes trust other
> people, in Brazil eg. it's less than one in twenty.
>
>
> > If so, why should that be??
>
> Some people have speculated that the cold climate forced people in
the
> north to cooperate and to trust each other, or perish. But nothing
is
> known for certain.
>
>
> Torsten
>