Basic characteristics of your culture.

Ukraine

                        - negative -

Thiefs and cheaters rule the country

Bureaucracy is a national policy

You must be drunk to be Ukrainian. I'm not use alcohol, so I'm kinda stranger

Everybody are possessed with media and gave up their own ways of thinking

The youth is doomed on dying from cheap drugs and sex dicesases



                        - positive -
Salo
Borsch
Vareniki



I hate our state, but still love our country

Yes, when everybody's not drunk, they seem to be quite good

Bad health

Edited by Hyperborea - April 28 2007 at 18:02

Hyperborea wrote: Bad health Alcoholism Drugs Obesity Crap teeth A hatred of our neighbour, but a love and freindliness tof all other nations The most friendly nation on health, when we're not in hospital, drunk, stoned, at the dentist or eating. Always laughing at ourselves And finally probably the best engineers in the world (maybe not today, but we were once)   Where am i?

England!

greenback wrote: speaking of quebec:   our women abuse too much of their rights.   the average Joe lives a deep identity crisis: he wonders what is his role in the society as a father   people with permanent bad breath are forever singles   more than anywhere, the woman chooses her partner   our province  is feminized.   every home interior is designed by women (violet walls, flowers as ornaments, tons of mirrors, brass/china  handles)   many women try with other women just for having fun   the goal of young women here is to have fun, nothng else.   i think the worst nightmare here for a young woman is to spend the  night alone.   sounds like i had a bad day? YEP   HOPE this helps

I live in this same country,
where some will whine that others are given preferential treatment due to an attribute than can identify them as a "minority"
Where most will agree that these same whiners simply are looking for excuses to explain why some have more success than they do.
I live in a country where we acknowledge our shortcomings re : prejudices,
yet accept that some will disagree with identifying such shortcomings.
I live in a country where we believe we are superior to our southern neighbour,
yet, envy much of what that country has achieved & stands for.
I live in a country whose cultural history is a mix of two ancient Europeen powers,
with a recognition of  our aboriginal community that does not always live up to our ideals.
I live in a country that welcomes immigrants, and always has. We encounter problems, we fret over whether our standards are high enough, yet the majority seem to prefer to weigh in on the softer side. We see what newcomers bring to us, what they can add to the mix to keep our country the best place to live in this world.
I live in a country that most inhabitants truly believe is the best country in the world, yet do not indulge in a mindless jingoistic nationalism that precludes an appreciation that others love their countries just as much as we may love ours.
I live in a country that has seen major changes, sometimes grudginly accepted, but usually with time, old battles are left to the past.
I live in a country that accepts that regions will have their own perceptions, problems, & proposed solutions to these without having to resort to civil war or violence. Heated interminable debate is preferred to brute prower & authorarianism.
And finally I believe the preceding post that is quoted ill represents my country & its' people.
But I believe that in my country we support his right to state his opinion, without the possibility or threat of state, media or mob censorship. For to censor reprehensible ideas is to endow them the status of martyr, when exposure to the public eye allows them to be found to be what they are - wrong.


Edited by debrewguy - April 30 2007 at 22:58

Alcoholism! Lots of it!

I think I won't be overly pessimistic.  When I think of American culture, I think of jazz, the greatest cultural achievement of all time for me.

Edited by DarioIndjic - May 02 2007 at 00:44

As an addendum. My country has given new meaning to turkeys voting for christmas. The nationalists have won, one more seat than labour, look out out for higher taxes, and a form of childishness that will be unsurpassed anywhere in the whole world.

I would say it would have to be: "I R bettur thun U is"