Methinks the pure reason for that so very few people in Norway really understands the U.S. is that Western films are so totally out.
When in Norway, if you like me prefer them movies in which things actually happens, you are considered to be Harry.
Most norwegians likes films about just talking and talking and talking, or at least they say so publicly, just to pose as deepminded.
To be Harry is worse than death, you are a social outcast, worse than Manson and Hitler combined; and westernfilms are the most Harry in the world.
I am Mega-Harry, ofcourse, but when authistic we dont care much about having friends anyway.
The sheriff in them western boomtowns were essentially different from any European-style police services, often placed in great urban areas, often working in a policestate, and often in a dictatorship too.
The sheriff stood pretty much alone, in a barren and hostile environment, all by his lonesome.
U.S. is the world's sheriff numero uno, and absolutely not the "world-police" as often heralded by it`s enemies.
Heralded by those people who speaks about peace and love and understanding, and then about how much they just hates america.
And today's world is really not so different from the wild wild west.
We have so very few lawmen, and a whole lotta bandidos, scum of the earth.
A sheriff is ofcourse biased, and he cares little about anything, but what residents of the town or county must think about his job, since he is up for an election from time to time.
More often than not, the sheriff is backed up by monetary interests, to win them pesky elections.
Maybe not always (but sometimes), he is corrupt too.
A sheriff may seem whimsical from a european chief of police`s view, and he often chases one bandido but not the other, often based on just emotions and personal antipathies.
Clear guidelines for the job is often not said.
The sheriff shows little interest for the world outside their own county.
But he can pursue a bandido till doomsday, if he dislikes that bad guy personally, and hold grudges for this.
But most norwegians dont know their wild wild west.
And they dont have a clue about what made the US to what it is today.
Actually most norwegians still dont even understands their very own culture, just as Alexander Kielland said in the old days.
Some things never change.
Not Norway, not the US, and me neither.
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