Anonymous küsis: [i]Kes esitab kanada eestlaste mineviku?[i]

Kava järgi, mis veebileheküljel:
http://www.ut.ee/387050

teevad seda kolm, eesotsas Henno Sillaste tütar Kyllike.

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Kyllike Sillaste-Elling „Väliseestlaste panus ja Eesti tulevik" [i]

Järsku sain küsimusest valesti aru?

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Anonymous küsis: Kes esitab kanada eestlaste mineviku?

Kava järgi, mis veebileheküljel:

http://www.ut.ee/387050

teevad seda kolm, eesotsas Henno Sillaste tütar Kyllike.

14.30 – 16.00 Ettekanded Lääne-diasporaa

Rein Taagepera „Heitlus Balti ajaloo pärast“

Aho Rebas „Väliseestlaste vabadusvõitlus Rootsi vaatevinklist"

Kyllike Sillaste-Elling „Väliseestlaste panus ja Eesti tulevik"

Järsku sain küsimusest valesti aru?

Kas Laas Leivat ei oleks olnud mitte parim isik konverentsil informeerida kanada eestlaste panustest ?

Aitäh Toomas.
Kava paitsab olevat väga huvitav. Ei tea, kas saame pärast interneti vahendil ettekandeid lugeda?

Kas Leivati hääl oleks sobiv sellel koverentsil? - Huvitav küsimus, ja vastus sõltub sellele, kas soovitakse rõhutada asjaolu poliitilist või kultuurilist tahku.
Paraku, väliseestlased ei suutnud tunduvalt mõjutada taasiseseisvuse kulge. Leivat selles ei mänginud suurt osa, ja sellele vaatamatu ta on teinud suure panuse meie kogukonna elule.

Hess, Leivat, Adele, Maxim, Grabbi. Only Avo has not been mentioned. What does this tell us?

Nõus! Laas ja Markus.

I wouldn't wish to throw Avo in with Maxim or Adele. That's a low blow.
I'd group him with Laas. They are both haughty and their language skills (both Estonian and English) could do with some polish. Laas, for some reason, seems to take pride in his "hillbilly accent"; eg. "mina möištan meie miššooni". He sounds like an Estonian Gomer Pyle.
Yes, I'm blowing off steam. It's because both Laas and Avo have insulted me for no good reason. For a long time, I avoided them. Then, I discovered that they speak to everyone like that.

So - you've got a legit grudge. But who doesn't? It's no reason to shun the whole community.
If Laas or Avo stepped on your toe, you should call them on it and tell them that they are out of line. It's your community too. Nobody should drive you away from it.

I think the Swedish Estonian community has always been a much "healthier" community in every respect than the Canadian variant. There is too much conservatism and backwardness to boot that has killed of the interest and plummeted the active numbers of participants particularly in Toronto. Stockholm has always kept itself more in line with Estonian events, and at the same time towed a very firm line politically. Their diaspora has done much more in that sense. I greatly admire Laas, and I think Hellar Grabbi should represent North American interests as well. It astounds me that one of the finest writers in Canada-Herbert Salu-has been so overlooked by the local crowd. Yet his talent is enormous! And what about the local Jihvi välis-eesti community???