tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post1430127250149972559..comments2024-02-14T19:25:38.935+01:00Comments on Trond Norén Isaksen: A future Queen of Sweden bornUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post-60588236386082147432012-03-10T10:26:14.164+01:002012-03-10T10:26:14.164+01:00BTW, sir, if there is any doubt, for the discussio...BTW, sir, if there is any doubt, for the discussion ending last Sunday, I do acknowledge disagreement and leave it at that.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post-80243691967917999612012-03-10T09:31:18.713+01:002012-03-10T09:31:18.713+01:00Dear Sir:
I do not agree to disagree because it i...Dear Sir:<br /><br />I do not agree to disagree because it in a sense is giving up. I am fully aware that it may sound harsh to some -- or a great deal of -- people.<br /><br />I do, however, agree to leave discussions because it is not the time nor place for them (quite a lot actually), and I have understood that this weblog is not the place for these kinds of discussions. That is not to say that I will constantly be looking for other times and places to pick up the thread again. I am not constantly "at war" with people. I can acknowledge disagreement and leave it at that.<br /><br />Not agreeing to disagree then is not as bad as it sounds initially? If not, we will have to leave it at that, because we should not turn this into a discussion on the concept of "agreeing to disagree."<br /><br />If you decide for deletion, as I have said previously at this blog post, it is your prerogative to decide what happens at your weblog. I will not hold any deletion against you.<br /><br />Again, there is much to appreciate with your work. That does not only go for the weblog, but also your work otherwise. You stand out as a Norwegian historian with a strong emphasis on history of monarchy and royalty. Not many do have this emphasis -- if anyone else at all. And this emphasis I do much appreciate.<br /><br />I am not suggesting that we have been or should be friends (please do not interpret this in the worst meaning), but I hope that we can have a friendly relationship -- in the sense that one has a relationship with one's (frequent and occasional) blog commenters.<br /><br />Enjoy your weekend! :-)J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post-21564111980877491402012-03-10T00:03:58.623+01:002012-03-10T00:03:58.623+01:00Thank you. This is indeed not the place for pickin...Thank you. This is indeed not the place for picking quarrels. If agreeing to disagree is against your principles, I think the best I can do is to delete this discussion thread and try to forget about this unpleasant incident.Trond Norén Isaksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744875538993319059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post-39080773167610899372012-03-07T22:19:05.789+01:002012-03-07T22:19:05.789+01:00Dear Mr. Isaksen:
I was being quite charitable, g...Dear Mr. Isaksen:<br /><br />I was being quite charitable, given the clear misrepresentation of my previous statements (giving av few (3-4) alternatives and even having opened for another alternative), but I could of course have been even more charitable, and I am sorry for the way it turned out.<br /><br />I will not apologize for my views. Nor will I apologize for requesting/expecting in a debate that essential arguments are responded to and not clearly misrepresented. However, I will apologize for having hijacked this blog post. To be honest, it turned into a lengthy, eventually fierce, debate neither of us really had the time for.<br /><br />As a matter of principle, I do not agree to disagree. I do not consider the debate on the issue as such settled, but this particular discussion is of course over, and I will not pick it up again at your weblog. I will also avoid similar situations in the future at this weblog.<br /><br />The comments thread started admittedly with a rather provocative comment, but the initial intent was not for it to go the way it did.<br /><br />We do have our disagreements, which this debate has been an extremely clear exemplification of. That being said, I find much to appreciate with your blog, and I will continue to visit it. You are, of course, free not to appreciate anything of mine. I will continue, as I have in the past, to comment where I believe my contribution to be constructive to the blog post, which this comments thread was not. But I will only do so if I am welcome to.<br /><br />Again, I apologize for the way this turned out and for having hijacked this blog post.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy the rest of your week, sir.J.K. Baltzersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096616644588479917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post-34274338490160391282012-02-23T19:17:22.603+01:002012-02-23T19:17:22.603+01:00Well, but as Prince Daniel assumed the surname Ber...Well, but as Prince Daniel assumed the surname Bernadotte on his marriage, I think there can be no doubt that Bernadotte will remain the name of the Swedish dynasty also in the reigns of Queen Victoria I and (let us call her) Queen Christina II.Trond Norén Isaksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744875538993319059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897554020551470090.post-52221359993825423392012-02-23T17:49:05.173+01:002012-02-23T17:49:05.173+01:00This baby's gender should be a consolation to ...This baby's gender should be a consolation to those among us who were against allowing a dynasty of Westling to ascend the Royal Throne.<br />I do not subscribe to that prejudice. but I want to mention the observation.<br />Since the future Queen Victoria will one day be succeeded by her daughter and not by a son, the "Westling dynasty" in person of one female will remain a temporary phenomenon and easier to be regarded as a part of the Bernadotte dynasty rather than anything else.<br /><br />MicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com