[Seascamp]

And Neil,

With regard to Russia, you are partially correct but not entirely so. I have worked there recently and what I see is a culture that doesn’t trust anybody. The radical leftists proofed anybody that had independent thoughts and did so for seven decades. From 1990 till now what is seen is a rebellious culture that wouldn’t piss on the communists if they were on fire, and have similar thoughts about the corrupt politicos pretending not to be punk-ass dictators and murderous bastards. Perhaps same game-different name.

All I know for sure is that the Russians are not mindless at all, and have yet to meet one, even one that are as foul-mouthed and insulting as the dynamic duo politico scripted ones that hang out here.

In critique; out spoken, hell yes, now feeling independent as individuals, hell yes, Olga standing up to Ivan and smacking back for once, oh hell yes n‘ oh yikes. A new generation of Russians happening and where all that goes I have no idea. Kind of like a bunch of Irish, but with more spunk n’ fire, assuming that is possible, not likely, but still possible. A lot of steam venting from decades of being captive human beings and things get more than a bit wild, more than a bit, I‘d say. Moving from shades of inhumane gray corruption to bright neon is a bit much for any culture to adsorb easily. All n’ all, an Ok bunch as far as I could tell, in most instances.

Scamp