what the hell is a quisling..?

[Thedelldays]

ffs

[Deppo]

A traitor who aids an occupying enemy force, a collaborator.

[eelpie]

From Wikepedia:

 

Quisling, after Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany to conquer his own country, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborators. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and paramilitary forces in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II, as well as for their members and other collaborators.

The term was coined by the British newspaper The Times in its leader of 15 April 1940, entitled "Quislings everywhere." The editorial asserted: "To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters. Actually it contrives to suggest something at once slippery and tortuous." The noun has survived; for a while during and after the War the back-formed verb "to quisle" (pronounced "quizzle") was used. One who was "quisling" was committing treason.[3]

That Quisling's name should be applied to denote the whole phenomenon of collaborationism is probably due to the place of Norway on the list of countries occupied by the Third Reich.[citation needed] Unlike Poland, Norway was considered 'Aryan' in Hitlerian ideology, and unlike Denmark, it was further off, nearer Britain, and did not share a land border with any territory under German control. Thus, Norway was the first country where local, non-German, fascist parties took part in the conquest of their own country after the start of the war. The universality of the term in the English language may be due to the involvement of Britain in the battle for Norway so early on in the war.

In contemporary usage, "Quisling" is synonymous with "traitor", and particularly applied to politicians who appear to favour the interests of other nations or cultures over their own. In American English, the term is less well known than the equivalent phrase "Benedict Arnold". Also, in Norwegian, when one removes the "q" and the "i" in "quisling" - the result is "(a) usling" which means "someone who is ignoble or iniquitous". This was used more or less humorously during WWII in Norway.[citation needed]

[sidthesquid]

Somebody who quisles

[sidthesquid]

Or maybe a small quisle

[david in sweden]

From Wikepedia:

 

Quisling, after Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany to conquer his own country, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborators. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and paramilitary forces in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II, as well as for their members and other collaborators.

The term was coined by the British newspaper The Times in its leader of 15 April 1940, entitled "Quislings everywhere." The editorial asserted: "To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters. Actually it contrives to suggest something at once slippery and tortuous." The noun has survived; for a while during and after the War the back-formed verb "to quisle" (pronounced "quizzle") was used. One who was "quisling" was committing treason.[3]

That Quisling's name should be applied to denote the whole phenomenon of collaborationism is probably due to the place of Norway on the list of countries occupied by the Third Reich.[citation needed] Unlike Poland, Norway was considered 'Aryan' in Hitlerian ideology, and unlike Denmark, it was further off, nearer Britain, and did not share a land border with any territory under German control. Thus, Norway was the first country where local, non-German, fascist parties took part in the conquest of their own country after the start of the war. The universality of the term in the English language may be due to the involvement of Britain in the battle for Norway so early on in the war.

In contemporary usage, "Quisling" is synonymous with "traitor", and particularly applied to politicians who appear to favour the interests of other nations or cultures over their own. In American English, the term is less well known than the equivalent phrase "Benedict Arnold". Also, in Norwegian, when one removes the "q" and the "i" in "quisling" - the result is "(a) usling" which means "someone who is ignoble or iniquitous". This was used more or less humorously during WWII in Norway.[citation needed]

 

Good quote .......

and for those who've never heard of Benedict Arnold, he was a general (?) serving in George Washingtons "rebel" army fighting the British, who went over to the British side with information in the last days of our colonial occupation.

Soon after that, GW declared independance in 1776 for the 13 colonies and wrote a constituition allowing everyone

to "bear arms" (not bare arms ) in order to be able to protect themselves against the British Army.

 

230 years later the Americans still manage to slaughter around 35,000 of their fellow citizens (with guns) in order to exercise their democratic rights. Who said Benedict Arnold was wrong ?

 

(not a lot of people know that, Michael !)

[Nadia Sllim]

I'll take a Wilde guess!

[itchen]

Good quote .......

and for those who've never heard of Benedict Arnold, he was a general (?) serving in George Washingtons "rebel" army fighting the British, who went over to the British side with information in the last days of our colonial occupation.

Soon after that, GW declared independance in 1776 for the 13 colonies and wrote a constituition allowing everyone

to "bear arms" (not bare arms ) in order to be able to protect themselves against the British Army.

 

230 years later the Americans still manage to slaughter around 35,000 of their fellow citizens (with guns) in order to exercise their democratic rights. Who said Benedict Arnold was wrong ?

 

(not a lot of people know that, Michael !)

 

They would have done better to have the right to arm bears.

[Block 5]

Good quote .......

and for those who've never heard of Benedict Arnold, he was a general (?) serving in George Washingtons "rebel" army fighting the British, who went over to the British side with information in the last days of our colonial occupation.

Soon after that, GW declared independance in 1776 for the 13 colonies and wrote a constituition allowing everyone

to "bear arms" (not bare arms ) in order to be able to protect themselves against the British Army.

 

230 years later the Americans still manage to slaughter around 35,000 of their fellow citizens (with guns) in order to exercise their democratic rights. Who said Benedict Arnold was wrong ?

 

(not a lot of people know that, Michael !)

 

 

 

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what happened to the going into administration today rumour.

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