: ) Yes, but it does help. For instance, I know that Moscow public transportation has not collapsed because I took it this morning. I mean, just LOOK at the thing: http://www.voentour.com/excursion/metro.shtml. I also know that wages for Russian public employees have doubled in the past 4 years because I know a lot of Russian public employees. (And American newspapers wonder why people like Putin. Ho hum. I find it telling that the same people who spent the 90s singing the praises of Russia's least popular leader ever now spend their time bashing Russia's most popular leader ever.)
It reminds of a (Russian) friend of mine who had an Internet-sex fling with an American women who thought that Moscow was built of mud huts. > > Chris Doss wrote: > > > It's all a function of geographic location and knowledge of the > > relevant language. :) > > Perceiving others truly is a bit more complex than this suggests, isn't > it? :) > > Ted >
