24th issue, March 1999

	EDITORIAL What are we going for in this world where difference between action and what is said is hardly to recognize. I propose that Ladonia take the hedgehog perspective, travestating the German philosopher Schlegel:  "Ladonia should be complete and perfect in itself, and separate from the rest of the universe, lika a hedgehog"  And how many nails is to be found in the hedgehog. I would say around 3 950.	Up
	HISTORICAL RESEARCH ­ LADONIA ARCHIVE  It is now possible to find the documents from Ladonia Board, those not available on the board itself. Here you can find an important part of Ladonia history. This page has been set up by Nemo:  I just wish to remind you about my initiative with Old Ladoniaboard Archive at http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1051/oldboard.htm Please tell me what you think about it, so that I could eventually continue to work with the project and announce it to Ladonians.  Regards, Nemo, A Speaker of the 1st Chamber of the Ladonian Parliament. HORATIUS ­ SOPHISTIC FRAGMENT  In the discussion in the cabinet concerning the minister of humor, Horatius, our most dear minister of sophistry, wrote some golden words:  >Rules and limitations inevitably lead to bureaucracy. Not at all inevitable. It can lead to order, or harmony, or excellence. Let us see the range of possibilities. A musical fugue is bound with rules and limitations.. Would Vera call a fugue bureaucratic?  > Allow me a Groucho Marx travesty: >"We wouldn´t accept a Minister of Humour with a sense of humour!"  So what we ask of a Minister is that he should be ignorant of his chosen subject? That sounds like Incompetence Heaven. HELLALUJA!!  Horatius LADONIA GAME AND HUNTING PARK      A peaceful view from the Ministry of Hunting. Ladonia minister of hunting, Lars Vipsjö has declared a part of Sweden as ladonian territory:   Dear Ladonians As the minister of Hunting and Game Preservation I have been a little bit busy lately. This because I have created a Ladonian Game Park. The park is sited in Skövde, or more precisely just outside the eastern part of it, in Timboholm. It is not a very big park, with a size of about 3 and a half acres it is sited between the road Östra leden, and an industrial area. It is marked out with red lines around the bordertrees. Inside the park there is a little forest with a little stream and some old fruit trees, perhaps the leftovers from an old garden.  An ordinary winterday in the park you can follow the tracks of roedeers, hares and foxes, maybe there also can be some tracks from a mink by the stream.  The aesthetic value of the place might not be so high, because it is not a very beatiful area. But this depends on, of course, if you not calculate with the aesthetic value of being able to, this close to the city look at the tracks from free, living animals. You can also, if you want to, look at the painted border as a frame, and in an allegorical form see the whole site as a landscape painting, a living one.  You are welcome to the park just any time you want. Later there will be images and maps from it on the ministrys homepage.  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/8433/ministry.html  Welcome  Lars Vipsjö  Minister of Hunting and Game Preservation  NEW MINISTER OF BEGINNING AND OBSERVATION  Ladonia has finally found a minister taken over the important work of the ministry presented several years ago but with no minister. We have a most suitable force for this work, Minister Rozi from Romania. She present her self and her work like this:  MINISTER OF BEGINNING AND OBSERVATION.  This new approach is more consonant with the Principle of Falsification, so productive in science and essential for any beginning or observation. My intellectual link to Karl Popper is even deeper; I worked 5 years within the Karl Popper Debate Program of the Open Society Institute New York (information coordinator for the Romanian Soros Foundation Branch) - 1994/1998 -  Short CV ========= Name: Rozi Bako (F,37) Marital status: married Children: one mine; raising a nephew, too. Studies: - Faculty of Philosophy Cluj, Romania (1984); - PhD attendant in Sociology, Cluj, since 1994; - NGO Management Training Course London, 1996-97.  Job: - teacher of Philosophy and Logic in a Hungarian Highschool  in St.George, Romania (part time); - trainer in NGO management at Civil Society Development Foundation Bucharest, Romania (the other part time). Personality: types 3(Motivator) and 8(Leader) according to the  Enneagram test. Independent, creative, impulsive, curious. Carreer plan: to raise enough money for an independent, artist life. After  raising the kids I'd like to give more time for myself, my ideas and my visions. Writing books for kids and illustrating them - is something I already like to do; luxury though. This ministry might be inspiring in opening creative tracks of imagination. Who knows? Maybe virtuality works as a mind-opener. Internet access: E-mail at home, on-line availability at my partner's  office (he's running a small internet business in our little town, St.George/80.000/). Languages: Hungarian, Romanian, English, French; a bit of German.  My best regards, Rozi Bako <pax!> wwwaaalll NEW MINISTER OF HUMOR  Tamas Bako has been appointed minister after a long discussion in the cabinet. One reason was his age. To take a place in the cabinet and being 12 years could be difficult. After studying his record and leaning towards the liberty that is important for Ladonia it was decided to let him join. The future will tell whether he will be able to handle such important matters as humor.  name: Bako Tamas Age: 12 years Studies: Theoratic Highscool "Mikes Kelemen"  class 6B E-mail address: tami@nomad.sbnet.ro Hobby: Ladonia, computer-gaming (Age of Empires, Quake 2, Commandos BEL etc.) Some humorous data: Favourite color: Deep purple Favourite number(s): 3, 5 Favourite singer(s): Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Barbra Streisand Favourite actor(s): Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone (Sly) Favourite actress(es): Pamela Anderson, Kate Winslet Favourite music composer(s): Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Vivaldi Favourite painter(s): Leonardo da Vinci Favourite painting: Mona Lisa Favourite symphony: 9th Symphony made by L. van Beethoven Favourite joke: "What is it: big, red, eats rocks? A big red rockeater!" The motto of the ministry will be: "If you want to get a job done, ask a busy person." - Sherry Conway Appel, american writer LADONIA CHAT The minister of transportation Matthew Sinclair has opened a possibility for ladonians to meet and talk: I've created a page with a general chat room for all Ladonians. I know you have the e-mail addresses of many Ladonians and I am asking that you send the information to all of them. It would be much appreciated and could hep to grow the chat room. The address of the chat is http://welcome.to/LadoniaChat Questions and comments can be sent to LadoniaChat@email.com	Up

LADONIANS IN NORWAY   A letter from Norway telling us some successes by ladonians:  I am informing you that I, composer, friherre Bjørn Sverre von Kristensen has been elcected chairman of Norges Kunstnerråd - The Norwegian Artists' Concil (the joint body og Norwgian artists' organisations). He also is a member of the executive comitee of ECA - The European Council of Artists.  Earlier this winter i performed the National Anthem of Ladonia - the only visual national anthem in the whole spectre of music, by throwing a flat stone over the surface of Mjøsa, Norways largest innland lake, at where Hamar, the city I live in, is situated. The performance was followed by a loud and lengthly WAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!, performed with passion and pride, which startled passers by.  WAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL! Friherre von Kristensen THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER  In order to fulfill his ambition in conquering the Nobel Prize our most influential poet of Ladonia Ave C has now composed an astonishing piece of literature. Like no author before him he has created with uttermost elegance the speech for the Nobel Prize Ceremony. He will be the first author in history to win the prize because of the speech. It is a very good speech and you can read it at:  http://people.goplay.com/avec/  ONE OF THE SHORTEST POEMS  The minister of Brain has written his masterpiece which just consists of two lines of the highest poetical value:  Diktens vingar Dikten svingar   (Poem's wings Poem swings) ATHENA THE GODDESS One ladonian has become a goddess and are to be met at http://come.to/dikter  It is of course somewhat surprising that our citizens can turn into gods, but this is the case and her language is poetry. HONORARY CITIZEN  Richard Stallman has been appointed honorary citizen of Ladonia. Nemo presents Mr Stallman's merits:  RMS is the founder of the Free Software Foundation and the man behind the GNU/Linux project - a free operating system, which can compete with both UNIX and Windows. Yet, his main work, is the work on ethical questions connected to limiting peoples' rights in using software. When he says "free" he does not mean "gratis" in terms of money, but "free" in terms of freedom - freedom to share, freedom to change, freedom to help.  I first got this idea of giving RMS this award after attending his lecture, which he held in University of Oslo on December last year. I understand that I am neither able to express all his points nor to formulate them as well as he did. I therefore attach to this letter a ZIP-archive, containing as transcript of RMS' lecture which he held at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stocholm, Sweden; and an interview with him, taken in Tokyo.  I suppose you will have to contact Richard M. Stallman if you will decide to take any action. He can be reached on the following e-mail address: rms@gnu.org Nemo, A Speaker of The 1st Chamber of the Ladonian Parliament, Head of the Office of Nothingness. HUNGARY Quite many ladonian citizens live in Hungary. Our eternal minister of tennis and figure skating Countess Madeleine has found an explanation:  To return to an earlier subject of "Why so Many Hungarians" in Ladonia - The Hungarian Media found the concept of Ladonia fascinating and there were numerous discussions about Ladonia on radio stations. Thus the reason for the popularity of Ladonia among speakers of Hungarian. Would it not be nice if other nations publicized Ladonia's existence as did the Hungarians. Warm regards, Madeleine NORWEGIAN BANANAS State graphic Vera Porad made this note:  On Norwegian Bananas: Of course! Now we know what they put on their skis that make them so superior! If we get the agency we can persuade the chaperon of the swedish skiingteam and he will have to buy it from us instead of stealing from the norwegians! Excellent! By the expectations only the Wotan City Stock Exchange noted all time high on Norwegian bananas!  (We have two colonies in Norway. From colonies you normally import bananas.)

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MORALISTIC VIEW ­ HEAVEN OR HELL   Ward Shelley in New York has distributed this story from which we can learn something about judgement:    One day while walking down the street a highly successful executive woman was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.    "Welcome to Heaven," said St.Peter. "Before you get settled in though,  it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once  had an executive make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you."  "No problem, just let me in." said the woman.  "Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do  is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose  whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."    "Actually, I think I've made up my mind...I prefer to stay in Heaven", said the woman.    "Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell. The doors opened and she  found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course.  In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends - fellow executives that she had worked with and they were all dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner. She met the Devil who was actually  a really nice guy (kinda cute) and she had a great time telling jokes  and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it  was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved good-bye as she got on the elevator.    The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and found St. Peter waiting for her.  > "Now it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said.  > So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it her 24  hours were up and St. Peter came and got her.  "So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now  you must choose your eternity," he said.  The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well, I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I  had a better time in Hell."   So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she went down-down-down back to Hell. When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her.     "I don't understand," stammered the woman,"yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable."  > The Devil looked at her and smiled.   "Yesterday we were recruiting you; today you're staff."

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A word from the Minister of Health Minister of Health is in Oregon finding the very depths of knowledge and experience. He has sent us this report which might lead the reader to a better life.  1. Embers of departing Sun  2. die as  3 Father Nicholas 4. and Father Alexander the Nihilist 5. behold the great River: 6. Things are what they always were. 7. And Anasuya Deri says: 8. I keep no list of right or wrong 9. Find inside 10. a place of sadness. 11. That's where the sky begins. 12. Look how it grows 13 and welcomes the stars. 14. I speak to you 15. in a few words 16. about Objective Reality 17. Enter Holy Affirming 18. and Holy Denying 19. together with Holy Reconciling 20. and add a cosmos 21. to already existing cosmoses.

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