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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2016 at 03:47
Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

My parents come from completely different backgrounds, so I gather I got the best of two worlds. My mother is a country girl with magical powers in the kitchen. She has no degrees of anything of that sort, but she is emotionally wise and tend to look right through people, myself included. My dad on the other hand comes from a long line of theatre/movie folks and has worked with pretty much every interesting Danish actor/director. He reads all the time and that has probably rubbed off to his son. While both very different from one another they've always worked as a team in raising me and my younger sister the best way they could.
No religion but lots of ethics and kindness in general. I feel lucky.
so your father have worked with Lars von Trier Shocked, 

Yes. He even brought me along one time I was sick. They were shooting a series called 'Riget' in Copenhagen's main hospital bearing the same name (or Rigshospitalet). I remember drawing these abstract figures whilst in a fever haze and having Lars complement me on them. He also gave me some chocolateBig smile

BTW I realise I didn't mention any political stances earlier, which seems to be very important to people. My family is largely a-political, although if pressed I'd probably say we're leftist in our views. Politics don't mean sh*t to me tbh. It's the grown up version of the circus: big arm gestures and misdirection. Farts in yogurt.

 


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I was raised in a liberal, non-religious family without ties to any church. I choose freely to become a christian. My political orientation is a bit left of the center (but not left-wing) and rather conservative. My political views are temperate, except for one thing: I am an anti-EU extremist. I yearn to see Nuremberg II happen before I grow old.

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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

My political orientation is a bit left of the center [...] and rather conservative. [...] I am an anti-EU extremist.

It's interesting to see the differences of perception between countries. Big smile

In France, centrism and conservatism are considered total antipodes, same goes for centrism and anti-EU.
French centrists are strongly pro-UE and not conservative at all.

Oh, BTW, very very very few Frenchs claim they're liberal. I remembered being shocked the first time I heard American teenagers saying they were more liberal than republican. The term "liberal" is considered as an insult in France, as it refers to evil capitalists who make poor children work at very low-cost, whereas, on the contrary, "republican" is a positive term for Frenchs: it represents unity and equality.

Be careful if you're planning a trip to Paris. Cultural differences... Smile



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Me: Somewhat left of center.  Don't bother with government if it doesn't bother me.  Not religious.
Mom: She and I agree on a lot of things.  Still Catholic and goes to church regularly.
Dad: He and I agree on a lot of things.  Worked in state government most of his life, and thus has a jaundiced view of government.  Not religious.
Brother #1: Far right, the result of living in the South and listening to talk radio.  Loathes government, democrats and Liberals; is actively trying to convert my parents.  Religious, but thankfully not fundamentalist.
Brother #2: Pretty much the same as me.
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2016 at 07:45
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

My parents come from completely different backgrounds, so I gather I got the best of two worlds. My mother is a country girl with magical powers in the kitchen. She has no degrees of anything of that sort, but she is emotionally wise and tend to look right through people, myself included. My dad on the other hand comes from a long line of theatre/movie folks and has worked with pretty much every interesting Danish actor/director. He reads all the time and that has probably rubbed off to his son. While both very different from one another they've always worked as a team in raising me and my younger sister the best way they could.
No religion but lots of ethics and kindness in general. I feel lucky.
so your father have worked with Lars von Trier Shocked, 

Yes. He even brought me along one time I was sick. They were shooting a series called 'Riget' in Copenhagen's main hospital bearing the same name (or Rigshospitalet). I remember drawing these abstract figures whilst in a fever haze and having Lars complement me on them. He also gave me some chocolateBig smile

I have looked all over but still can't find a way to watch Riget. :(
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2016 at 08:44
Hmm.

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Whenever I hear the term 'family values' I immediately think of the Republican Christian right wing in the US.......LOL......probably due to all the times they have used it in their talking points on the news and various media.

Well...all my family (Dad, Mom, Aunts and Uncles ,etc..) have passed away except for me....but my dad was  Republican and Mom didn't care about politics at all....brother was a lefty Democrat and I'm some what left of center but lately don't really like the Dems or GOP. My wife and daughters aren't really interested in politics either but my son in law is a moderate Republican.
Religious values are all basic Christian orientation though no one attends Church on a regular basis and I'm agnostic since college days over 40 years ago. So I guess the 'family values' arose from primarily centrist Christian religious beliefs and mainstream political ideas. 
I'm the only one in the family who has read about alternate religious beliefs , metaphysics, the occult, and related aspects.


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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2016 at 15:53
My dad is conservative.  Growing up, he was "not getting up to go to church on his one day off from work to sleep in".  Now, he is a Stephens Minister and spends much of his free time at nursing homes and hospitals talking faith with people "who need it". 

I always thought that my mom was more liberal, but she has been forwarding a number of emails in recent years that would lead me to believe that she has become more conservative over the years.  She has become more religious in recent years as well, but not to my dad's extreme.

I am a social democrat.  I tend to agree with the democrats pretty much across the board on most social issues; however, I have become more conservative on fiscal issues over the years...i.e. less interested in funding others' free handouts.  I suppose that I have reached that age where a centrist position is more appealing as it means more of a things will stay status quo.  I've even mellowed slightly on the religion side as I have edged away from being an atheist to being an agnostic. 


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