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Russian TV spits out soap operas almost daily now. Tom Send a noteboard - 19/05/2010 03:19:22 PM
I can't even figure out which one is which anymore, because their preferred format is to film something with a beginning and an end and then air it every day for a month and move on to something else. My wife likes watching some of the shows.

The Putin/police points just show how the Czech Republic is very different from Russia. There are a lot of things that Russians and Czechs have in common (not just language) due to a common Slavic cultural heritage. On the other hand, the Czechs have that German sense of order and propriety that keeps police, politicians, etc. from amassing too much power. In Russia, it's the opposite. I suspect it's because it's a facet of Russian life that a failure to have strong, even oppressive control over people leads to total anarchy. The 1990s showed that once again.

It also might explain why my wife sometimes says I act just like a Russian but then will say from time to time, "You're so typically German", particularly in matters like keeping the house clean, etc.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

*MySmiley*
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