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От : Dmitry Protasoff 2:5001/100 14 авг 26 14:59:22
К : Ward Dossche 14 авг 26 18:00:02
Тема : Re: bike ride..
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Hello Ward!
In a message of 14 Aug 26 09:12, Ward wrote to Dmitry:
WD> I`ve been to Russia only once, so I can`t pass judgement on a
WD> country with a history so rich and a geography exceptionally large,
WD> but ...
I think the difference between people in Liege and Antwerp (1 hour
drive) is much larger than between people in Kaliningrad and Vladivostok
(almost 6 days drive) :)
Soviet Union was like an assembly line, producing "soviet people".
WD> ... in 2009 I noticed in St.Petersburg that people never looked at
WD> you, and when you looked at them they immediately looked away ...
Yes! Looking at someone or even worse - looking and smiling was
considered as an aggression.
Violence was an important part of Soviet culture, from the maternity
hospital (where women were treated like shit: were not allowed to have their
own clothes, had no right to be visited by relatives and very rarely
had access to anesthesia) till the army, where conscripts were humiliated
on a daily basis (bullying by second year conscripts, officers very
much supported it).
But things are changing. New generations are much more like Western
kids, just live in very different circumstances.
WD> of whatever ... And the whores just casually strolling through the
WD> lobby of the hotel ...
Despite Putin`s talks about "traditional values", prostitution is
widely available (both sexes and same sex) and cheap. Even officers near
the front line have access to paid sex, many girls work there.
See you,
dp.
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