Life /
Polish Integration with other Nationalities [150]
Shelley I conclusively refuted your statement which was meant to imply that Russia was some kind of paradise that didn't have to deal with poverty, alcoholism, bad health,etc, no I haven't been to russia and I am not tempted. While I'm sure there are some fine places, and that stereotypes are exagerrated, many Poles here corroborate the stories of low quality of life for workers in Russia, hence the violence, crime, mortality rates, and alcoholism. You're not very in tune to your surroundings.
You can conclusively refute whatever you want, but what you just described can be attributed to any country in the world...alcohol abuse is prevalent in all countries, Russia is by no means the leader. As for my implying that Russia was some form of utopia, I don’t see that I did, I was merely pointing out that they had a very good economy and are at the moment doing very well when the West are suffering.
You say that Poles corroborate you stories regarding Russians, prey tell how many Poles did you pole to come to this conclusion? Would it be fair to say that you spoke to a few people and they said that Russians are poor? If that’s the truth, we in the UK could conclude that all of Poland is poor because so many come here but that would be really just too stupid for me to believe since I’ve actually visited Poland, you however have never visited Russia, so you don’t have an informed point of view.
I’m very in tuned to my surroundings thank you very much, I’ve also taken time to do some research about Russia, you however didn’t do much research about Poland apart from get the opinions of a few ignoramuses!
Stereotypes are often outdated and somewhat like caricatures, they have a resemblance but are merely there for amusement.