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| shadowzoid Groupie United States Joined 5683 days ago 76 posts - 85 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 7 31 March 2010 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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For example, Americans love America. Filipinos are quick to insult their country as
corrupt. Australians are neutral to their nation. How about Russians? and Germans? Last time I posted this, people got into an argument about generalizations, and British people were saying thins. All were out of topic. Keep to the topic please. "All generalizations are false, including this one" Mark Twain 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6479 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 2 of 7 31 March 2010 at 8:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think, they do :) Nevertheless, they are quick to call it corrupt (it's the truth, not an insult, moreover, it's about the people, and they are just part of the country). Russians can call their country any name, but they'll be very much offended if someone else says bad things about it.
Michail Lermontov put it thit way: РОДИНА Люблю отчизну я, но странною любовью! Не победит ее рассудок мой. Ни слава, купленная кровью, Ни полный гордого доверия покой, Ни темной старины заветные преданья Не шевелят во мне отрадного мечтанья. Но я люблю - за что, не знаю сам - Ее степей холодное молчанье, Ее лесов безбрежных колыханье, Разливы рек ее, подобные морям... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 3 of 7 31 March 2010 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | ||
"Garbage in, garbage out" as we say in the software industry. You are not going to get any good answers to this question because the underlying assumption that people of these nationalities need to justify or explain their reasons for loving their countries, is flawed. But tell me, why do YOU love your country despite its' political and economical aggressiveness around the world? (This question is about as relevant as the one you asked, and incidentally it has nothing to do with languages...) Everyone loves some things about their countries, and dislike other things about it. This is true for all countries including the ones you mentioned. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| shadowzoid Groupie United States Joined 5683 days ago 76 posts - 85 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 4 of 7 31 March 2010 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm talking about overall. There is no flaw. Want to know what I love about my country?
Nothing. I hate America. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6493 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 5 of 7 31 March 2010 at 11:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Are you planning to move elsewhere? Edited by Siberiano on 31 March 2010 at 11:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 6 of 7 31 March 2010 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh dear. The USA has great nature though, excellent religious freedom and fantastic entrepreneurial spirit among the citizens.
But if you are looking for a sharp contrast to the USA politically then Germany doesn't really fit the bill and Russia has still not found it's new political identity; the people there seem disillusioned with democracy but are also well aware of the negatives about the Soviet Union. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6379 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 7 01 April 2010 at 2:45am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm closing this thread for the same reason the previous one was closed: it is not related to language learning, and it discusses politics.
Shadowzoid, please don't start another thread on the same topic. Eric Edited by newyorkeric on 01 April 2010 at 2:46am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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