Helvetin Pastori/Pastor of Hell

Okay, let's address the elephant in the room: it's nearly two weeks since my previous post. The reason is that I recently went back to school. I've been unemployed for the last six months so I decided to do something to increase my chances of finding work. Also, while my plan was to talk about Trump, I recently read some news regarding Catalonia. To those who are not familiar with the situation, here's some background to the situation. Catalonia is, at least officially, an autonomous part of Spain, To be clear, Spain is divided into multiple autonomous regions with varying decrees of self determination. This is because the country is culturally very diverse. The idea behind the division of power is to keep the country in tact while still making sure that the rights of the different linguistic and cultural minorities are respected. You can probably already guess that not everybody is too happy with the current situation. As a result, many of the autonomous communities ...

Today 6th of December 2017 is Finland's 100th independence day. Independence day has always been very important day for Finns but this year is special. As a result, multiple famous landmarks across the world have been lit in white and blue, the colors of the Finnish flag in celebration of this occasion. The whole year of 2017 has been full of events celebrating 100 years of independence. While this year definitely is something worth celebrating, this celebration takes some very grotesque forms. My main grievance with the celebrations is the glorification of war. During world war two, Finland fought two wars against the Soviets and this fact is given way too much attention. Among the public the military is one of the most respected institutions which is one of the main reasons why conscription still enjoys as much support it does. Now, I've already made four posts about that topic, so you already know what I think about that. The military is essentially considered to be above ...