Monday, January 24, 2005
Don't call us ... we'll call you
Nokia CEO, Jorma Ollila, gave a rare interview over the weekend and took the opportunity to rip on conservative America.The 54 year old complained about "an era of selfishness that was very different from his childhood days in a small town in central Finland, when family values were of prime importance."
"This is a very self-centered period," he continued. "Which also has plenty of good features too because, when understood correctly, it can help you live independently and stand on one's own two feet."
"What I'm worried about is that if this disintegration of values continues and develops further, we'll get a conservative counter-reaction precisely like what has actually happened in the USA," he said," Ollila said.
Feel free to deposit your Nokia cell phones into the trash now.
Let's pick this apart a bit shall we?
1) He's 54 years old ... born in Finland in 1951 ... and so the only reason why his mother's maternity nurse was not adorning a swastika was? Okay, cheap shot ... maybe.
2) But seriously, what is this guy talking about? Since when did the Finnish beleive in "standing on one's own two feet"? And "family values" is as foriegn a concept as is the 40 hour work week.
I think we know why this guy seldom gives interviews ... he manages to alienate 60+ million people in the wealthiest country on the globe, good going Mr. CEO.
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