who've been hauling her over the coals forget that she's a 36 year old woman — Agent Smith
Are you insinuating she is still young to act as a drunk teenager? Despite the important fact that she is the PM I don't see her as "little girl" — javi2541997
hauling her over the coals — Agent Smith
What does the average 36 year old (Finnish) woman do after sunset? — Agent Smith
Stay at home... I guess — javi2541997
That is all relative in the light of her position as someone else has allready mentioned. She tread dangerously considering who and what she is and which she should have taken into account before doing so. If she didnt she must have failed to overview the job description. Watching it all from afar makes for a shallow observation, up close it all must have seemed rather amateurish. — Seeker
We'll need to dig up stats on what 36 yr old (Finnish) women do. — Agent Smith
These are the statistics of what adult Finnish people do in free time:
Reading books 56%
Walking 49%
Exercising in nature 48%
Travelling abroad 36%
Solving crosswords/sudoku 32%
Travelling within Finland 31%
Spending time at summer cottages 28%
Self-access learning 27%
Cooking as a hobby 25%
Gardening 24% — javi2541997
That's not really relevant. I'm sure the average woman doesn't play chess either. Obviously chess playing women are devilish heathens. — Benkei
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. — Benjamin Disraeli?
Dirty dancing with the Prime Minister 23% — Hanover
The assumption by many seems to be 'politics is sober and serious, please don't have a life too.'
— Tom Storm
I wonder who else is covered under this assumption, doctors, lawyers, Sunday school teachers? — Fooloso4
I support the idea that statesmen and leaders shouldn't behave like how she behaved in that party. She has a responsibility to her entire nation and a role model to the public. — L'éléphant
No. It is not about double standard. She is the PM and public representative of a nation. She has the aim to act in the most honorable and rectitude way possible. We are living in a difficult social context and we expect from a statesman to be, at least, professional. Right?
It is quite contradictory, isn't it? Probably she has the average discourse of how to be an exemplary citizen and look at her dancing and acting like an immature teenager. — javi2541997
But now we are here in the phase where she apologizes with nearly breaking up in tears ... — ssu
I still think people in positions of power should be beyond the need for frivolous fun. It's not even about "being responsible"; it's about being so capable, so smart, so superior to the masses that one doesn't need the cheap emotional outlets that the masses do. — baker
As an old saying goes, everything is fine "up to a point". Perhaps it's that there are many videos.Why did she do that?
If partying and drinking are so great and make her so capable of ruling her people, then why apologize for partying and drinking?? — baker
Because she had done that already. Far before the last round of partying, when the first criticisms of her partying emerged. Then she had that defiant response.Why didn't she say something like, "Yes, I'm a Prime Minister. Yes, I party. Yay!" ? And perhaps throw a "Deal with it!" in the mix. — baker
I think she is just has learnt that the old rules apply and are useful.If she wants to be a politician of a new era, then she should behave like one consistently and play by the new rules, not the old ones. — baker
If partying and drinking are so great and make her so capable of ruling her people, then why apologize for partying and drinking??
If she were to stand by her partying, the whole thing wouldn't be suspect at all. But if she's making it clear that even she herself doesn't believe in what she's doing, then why should we believe in her, how can we believe in her?? — baker
I think she is just has learnt that the old rules apply and are useful. — ssu
Because the people who defend her maintain the idea that she is young and she is free to have fun because we are living in a “modern era” — javi2541997
We're living in an era of secular tyranny. — baker
There always been tyranny from the rulers or statemen. Nevertheless, I still maintain my opinion that a public representative should behave according to righteousness. I guess this issue is not based on her parties but the fact she is the PM. If she would be a random person nobody would care at all. — javi2541997
Yeah, some feel that way. Yet I think a more pressing issue is that this administration is spending like crazy, trying to stimulate things when there is rampant inflation going on. Not a good policy I say. The issue is that when you don't have the best team possible to lead.Everybody suffering from the gas and oil prices crisis and those politicians having fun... It is not correct to me. — javi2541997
Yet I think a more pressing issue is that this administration is spending like crazy, trying to stimulate things when there is rampant inflation going on — ssu
Can anybody notice a trend here from the pictures? — ssu
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