Or simply a case of "shut up and do it". Never mind that the "laws" were formulated as a caricature of small town behavior by a known misanthrope. They are no

Or simply a case of "shut up and do it". Never mind that the "laws" were formulated as a caricature of small town behavior by a known misanthrope. They are not and never have been a formal guiding principle for Scandinavian thought.