I think it was more "natural evolution"/ de-volution To answer your question, imagine if you lived in say... South Africa. And like most people, you were black. You went to a university or a well paid employer. And found virtually everyone was white. And they would spend all day telling you how white people were so much better etc. Now imagine they used words like "niggers" and "gollywogs" to describe black applicants and would generate stereotypes of speech and behaviour to perpetuate their claims. Now imagine these white people were actually useless at the job, and much better black applicants were turned away in their thousands. While white applicants kept getting all the posts, because their family worked at the uni/company. Or because they wrote out a cheque. Imagine if this extended into politics, business, the judiciciary, nearly all aspects of life. Apart from say sport, music and stuff. Your best way round it might be to emigrate, or just work with foreigners or something. There'd probably be international condemnation. Yes? Well this is basically how the so called upper class of Britain operates. Many people dont know it, because they never cross paths with them.
Me too. It is a privilege to live in a place where we are really free to read (and write!) what we want Why do you assume that? It depends on the rebels of course, there are different factions with different motives. Some are definitely better than a leader of state that (ordered to) shoot people at a peaceful demonstration. That's where he already lost any sympathy from me. I guess you think that was alright then?
Like the people who wanted to write that Jimmy Savile was a paedophile? Or the people who wanted to write that the Italian press claimed *Prince* Charles was a homosexual rapist? Or the people who wanted to read in 2010 what happened between British negotiators and Hitler 70+ yrs ago? Maybe the people who wanted to read why David Kelly was killed/Britain blew up Iraq? etc, etc, etc x 10,000 Maybe we're not quite so free after all?
Where it comes to media and writing and sharing what we want you can't possibly be serious that russians are better off than west european countries.
The problem most people in the West have with the Russian press isnt how it operates. Its how the Russian press states an unpalatable truth. The Russian press calls out the warmongers, neo-Imperialist and troublemakers like Bush, Cameron and Obama etc for what they are. They expose the injustices that the Club in Britain and America etc all want to paint over. And they point out when (cough) "harmless" people like Merkel are causing coups in democratic states to have Nazis take over. I'd love to know what else people base their assessment of the Russian press on. Especially when they can't read more than 5 letters of Cyrillics. The British press is either run by old Etonians etc, or slime like Murdoch. The level of spin,or outright bullshit is so ridiculous, finding the truth is beyond many people. Just look how scandals like Iraq, Hillsborough and Savile were buried in spin often for decades. Britain's so called privacy laws and libel laws are about the most draconian in the World. Thats how Savile and others escaped. Have a story on the "Club" and it wont get printed, end of story. Challenge a gagging order, and guess what? The judge will be an old schoolfriend of the person you want to expose. Example.Our Foreign Secretary regularly yaps on about "family values". Guess what? He is a complete homosexual who was told to enter a sham marriage by his bosses. Loads of people in politics know this. I know it from xxx. Will this ever be written about in the press? Will it fuck! +a million and one other stories. Free press? Hmm 'course it is...
I wouldn't have the first idea what they were like behind closed doors. I didn't want to get you started, because 95% of what you would say would be pulled out of your ass.
Tell me Odie, were you born that much of a pain up the arse? Or did you study for it? Say like "Finishing School for Pains up the Arse"? Forgive me for sounding negative "old chap", but I suspect most of what comes out of *anyone's* arse has more intrinsic value than anything you've ever produced. --------- :2thumbsup: Correct, you don't have the first idea. So why don't you utilise a good opportunity to keep your gob shut! Might save you looking even more silly than usual, eh? ---------- Don't bother replying, I'm logging off.
Ok, what is the Queen and her immediate family like behind this so-called facade? You only need go as far as Prince Harry in the family circle. Maybe Andrew if you have the time. That gives you a dozen or so people to talk about. Tell us all about the quality time you spent with 'the Royals'. How they dropped their guard, and you got to see what they were REALLY like. Or don't you feel like sharing anymore?
Not only my tiny nation happily. And hey, there's always room for improvement but where it comes to media and freedom Russia has still a lot more room for improvement Please don't forget to respond to my reaction to you about Syria. I'm curious why you made that assumption (really mean it) and what you think about Assad!