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Mr Lucas is very persistent in his writings that “Estonia is not a country based on ethnicity; it’s a country based on a constitution”. Encyclopaedia Britannica defines: “ethnicity refers to the identification of a group based on a perceived cultural distinctiveness that makes the group into a “people. This distinctiveness is believed to be expressed in language, music, values, art, styles, literature, family life, religion, ritual, food, naming,…” .
Before the occupation by Soviet Union the population of the Republic of Estonia consisted up to 90% of individuals who considered them to be Estonians – in accordance with the above definition. How can Mr Lucas infer that Estonians are now, due the crime committed by Soviet Union, no longer people having common descent, language, history and cultural distinctions that are radically different from the Russians brought forcefully to change Estonia into “a country based on a constitution”. It also seems that Mr Lucas does not want to know that the Estonian Constitution requires as the primary duty of the state to secure endurance of the Estonian nation and culture forever.
Before the occupation by Soviet Union the population of the Republic of Estonia consisted up to 90% of individuals who considered them to be Estonians – in accordance with the above definition. How can Mr Lucas infer that Estonians are now, due the crime committed by Soviet Union, no longer people having common descent, language, history and cultural distinctions that are radically different from the Russians brought forcefully to change Estonia into “a country based on a constitution”. It also seems that Mr Lucas does not want to know that the Estonian Constitution requires as the primary duty of the state to secure endurance of the Estonian nation and culture forever.
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2My respected friend and former skautjuht, Harri Kivilo, wrote: [i]’How can Mr Lucas infer that Estonians are now, due the crime committed by Soviet Union, no longer people having common descent, language, history and cultural distinctions that are radically different from the Russians brought forcefully to change Estonia into “a country based on a constitution”.’[i]
Harri’s question is absurd, because with it he puts words into Lucas’ mouth that Lucas wouldn’t in a million years say. Harri does a disservice to Estonia’s good and outspoken friend at the Economist.
If there is anything worthy of criticism in the interview, then it is how the interviewer has butchered the English language… Lucas, a native English speaker and author, could not possibly have made so many grammatical and syntactical errors. This is obviously not a transcript, but a butchered editorialised synopsis.
Harri’s question is absurd, because with it he puts words into Lucas’ mouth that Lucas wouldn’t in a million years say. Harri does a disservice to Estonia’s good and outspoken friend at the Economist.
If there is anything worthy of criticism in the interview, then it is how the interviewer has butchered the English language… Lucas, a native English speaker and author, could not possibly have made so many grammatical and syntactical errors. This is obviously not a transcript, but a butchered editorialised synopsis.
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