http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B_x884R...ture=c4-feed-u
Russians. You're doing it wrong. Not enough tactical tango like these guys.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B_x884R...ture=c4-feed-u
Russians. You're doing it wrong. Not enough tactical tango like these guys.
I feel that if a gun is good enough to protect something as important as a bar, then its good enough to protect my family. - Homer Simpson
Excellent point. Most cultures include a fair degree of diversity.
My maternal grandmother was born in Russia, and I have a number of close Russian friends. One is a highly educated lawyer from excellent family, and she previously did a stint as a New York City fashion model. One is a former Soviet SGT and now CAD operator who lives a very quiet and predictable life and dislikes controversy. Another is an apolitical rock climber who came here to scale El Capitan... OK, perhaps this last one fits some definitions of crazy, but I met this person through a bunch of Americans who do the same thing.
Are there differences in cultural outlook? Sure there must be, their entire history is different than ours. They were a monarchy for centuries, absorbed massive casualties in WWII and then lived through a political and economic system very different than ours. But it's not fair to characterize an entire nation in one sentence or one paragraph. Having read Bernard Pares "A History of Russia" some years ago (recommended to me by a prof who specializes in Russian history), I think it's fair to say that book, about an inch thick in the paperback version, barely begins to skim the surface of who they are. If you were asked to explain the full diversity of American culture to someone who had never been here, where would you start and how long would it take? (According to my email spam filter, we're all materialists fixated on black friday shopping....
Last edited by Salamander; 11-27-2013 at 01:23 AM.