All you need to understand Russia's 'paranoia' is the death toll by country for WWII. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh... Hmmm... I thought you were actually talking /directly/ to me. My bad. > Sorry. > > Russia is a big country and as such it participated in great many wars. The > culture of Motherland and defense thereof is very strong in Russia or at > least so it was when I was being brought up. To the outsider indeed Russian > people may come across as paranoid, but in fact they are not, as you > probably observed yourself during your visit. > > It is unfortunately true, that the chasm between two great countries on this > plant is still very deep. > > /sigh/ > > Boris > > > On 1/5/2011 5:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Sorry Boris. I did not make that comment for your benefit, or to >> correct you. It was something I didn't realize until we visited >> Russia several years ago, and I think it is an important insight into >> the deep significance that WW II has for Russians. >> >> Many of us Americans view the Russians as paranoid, mostly because we >> fail to recognize the many times that Russia has been invaded from >> Western Europe (not to ignore the more successful and longer-lasting >> invasion from the East). >> >> Dan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
