The Internet connects but also separates people.

Automatized AI-based language translators like Google Translate make all of us language specialists. This kind of AI-based solution can translate almost every text or speech into any other language. When that kind of system translates speech, it uses speech to text-application, then it translates the language to English. And after that, it translates English into some other language. 

These kinds of tools are effective and free translation tools. And they are easy to use. So they are making social media applications more effective and fun. But the language and Internet are also making this kind of system dangerous. We must realize that language is not just spoken words.

Language is body language but it's also culture. And if people don't realize that, it can cause problems. The thing is that people must realize that some other people might have different cultural backgrounds. And that person might have different opinions. 

At this point, people misunderstand that we always must accept other people's opinions. We have the right to defend our opinions and values. Even if some other people live in some other country. And even if that person has strong opinions. We have the right to have different opinions than some other people. 

If other people don't like our opinions, that's not a problem. We just can't please everyone, even if we want to. Discussion means that we talk about things at the same level and on an equal footing. Many people think that conversation is synonymous with ordering or commanding people. That is not true. If we want to discuss something we must have the preparedness and will to hear other people's opinions. 

We must not like those opinions. But we must realize that other people might not like our opinions either. Sometimes we face a situation where we must do something that we don't like. In those cases, we have no choice but to select. But that doesn't mean that we like those situations. And in those situations, we also have the right to say that we don't like what we do. 

But in the net, the problem is that. We cannot see the opponent while we discuss in the net. We can give answers to what is not pleasing to those people. This is the problem with text-based discussion boards. In those discussion boards, people just write things. And other people answer those texts if they answer. 

Those texts are the cases where we should think about, what we are writing. Those texts are giving evidence against us. That means nobody knows if we are joking at some discussion board. That's why we must think very carefully about what we say and especially write on the net. 

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Who were the Etruscans?

Etruscan mother and child, 500–450 BC (Wikipedia, Etruscan Civilization)

The most mystic thing in the Etruscans is their language. 

The DNA tests are proof that the DNA of that mysterious ethnic group that ruled the Italian peninsula before Romans is ordinary in that area. That means the origin of the Etruscans was in Asia Minor. The question is where do those people start to use that language?  Was it happening in Asia Minor? Or did those people start to use Etruscan in the Italian Peninsula? The thing that makes Etruscans interesting is their language? There are no known language relatives for that unique language. So who were Etruscans?

The thing is that the Etruscans who lived in the Italian Peninsula before Romans were a group of native people who absorbed their unique language and other behaviors like social codes from some ethnic group. Behaves of those people were common in Greece women were also allowed to participate in parties. 

"Extent of Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities". (Wikipedia, Etruscan Civilization)

And the position of women was better than in Ancient Greece. But otherwise, the behavior of those people was quite similar. So there is an "idol theory" that is introduced to explain the position of Etruscans. The "idol theory" is simple that the Etruscans were "fans" of some idol. The idea for that theory is coming from a human need to imitate their idols. 

So were the Etruscans some kind of servant for some other ethnic group? 

So maybe the original Etruscans were some people whose behavior and language transferred to local people. And that means the original Etruscans might be very respected people who might be some kind of nomads.  And the people who used that name of their community wanted to adapt the language that their idols used. 

There is the possibility that the first Etruscans were some warrior group that came from Asia Minor. And then people who contacted them started to use their language. But there might be a long journey between the source language. And the language what those people used in the Italian peninsula. The thing is that we don't know. Where the people who used Etruscans language started to use it. Did that thing happen in Asia Minor or was it happen in the Italian Peninsula? 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_origins

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Being proud of nationality and the ethnic background is the good thing until something goes too far and arrogance turns to violence

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

As we have many times seen, small nations are very proud of their past, and being proud of the national and ethnic background is the key element to the road to independence. And this is very nice to see, and of course, every nation and the ethnic group have something, what would make them proud. Or why they have stayed independent ethnic groups in the middle of bigger nations? Being interesting about the history of the people is the road to national awakening and to the independence. That road has not always been easy, and sometimes it has caused much pain and suffering for many people.


Normally being interesting about the history of some area and the people of it is a very positive thing. The interest of some people language and culture would help with their social and economic situation. And things like using Saami language in Donald Duck makes possible to train the language in normal life. That kind of things shows people that their language and culture is not worse than any other culture, and also own language is the key to be proud. That there is allowing to read books and watch TV-programs, what are texted with people own language shows them, that they are allowed to speak and otherwise use their native language.  That would help people avoiding the alienation.


Training to speak and write other languages begins with mother language, what is the gate to learn other clappers. Also, strong skills in mother language like learning Grammarly makes easier to use languages with public authorities like in governmental offices and cash line.  But as we have seen there is an opposite side of being proud of the history of the nation. That has sometimes got the nation to the road for racism and militaristic nationalism. When we are thinking about the situation that wealthy nationalism and being proud of own culture turns to the militaristic road, where the only way to act is to use military force against neighbors. And of course be proud of the language and culture makes sometimes effect, that the main culture would systematically destroy identities of other ethnical groups of some nation.


This has happened in many modern countries, like South America, Russia, United States, and China, where ethnical groups were forced to become one with mainstream culture. And what happened before that have not mentioned in history. How many cultures were destroyed from Europe from medieval time? First thing, what destroyed cultures were Christianity, our religion, what slipped other religions to the history. And in real life, almost every nation has been destroyed some culture from the Earth. Finnish have tried to destroy gypsy-culture from our nation, and racistic isolation for that ethnical group is still very common in some circles. This is a very sad thing in the world. We do not tolerate people, who are different than we are. And that would cause hate and violence against those people.


But at the same time, we are giving advice to other nations how they should deal with their own ethnic minorities. Is that funny thing? We are talking always some kind of Gaza areas but at the same time, we cannot tolerate that some gypsy walks to our gasoline station. And also the biggest thing, what our parliament have done, have been allowed the marriage between same-gender people, but there would always found people, who wanted to deny that law because marriage is mentioned in the Holy Bible is the relationship between man and woman. This is of course very nice thing, that somebody would read Holy Bible, but when we are thinking about laws, we must say, that there would be some differences between lawbook and the Holy Bible.



One of those differences is, that lawbook is the thing, what would the officials follow, and Holy Bible is for some other purpose. At the same time, we would forget that using holy books as the law books means the fundamentalist way to think and act, and we always prosecute that Islamist do that kind of things. But also Christian can be the fundamentalist. This means that also this kind of fundamentalism can be destructive and cause very much violence and pain for normal people. But this is the opposite side of the religion, what is also one of the key elements of national identity. This kind of things is very difficult to handle. And in the name of proud nationalism is done many traumatic things.

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