I fail to understand what you’re getting at. Sure, Russian culture is different from other Europeans but since when is German culture, French culture and Italian culture homogeneous? I mean, the USA has subcultures itself – whether it’s New England versus Southern; West coast versus East coast, etc.
It has to do with the statistics we’re dealing with and the state of Russia (the State of Russia, when it comes down to it). In comparison with Western Europe, Russia is something of the ‘Wild East’ . . . mind you, it always has been - despite the dreams of Russian regimes from Peter The Great onwards.
Ah, thanks, I was just seeking clarification.
We’ve been out and about all day and are pretty tired.
The only thing I can see that is relevant to my comment and you getting cross about it, Al, is a table: ‘International Homicide Rates & Gun Ownership’ which does seem to agree with my comment about Americans being just, well . . . more homicidal than Europeans.
The prejudice existent in the comment itself would appear to cut into your integrity.
So how come in state after state when laws are passed to allow honest citizens to carry guns, violent crime goes down?
“Gun Control” is the essense of nannyism. “You can’t protect yourself. Get rid of those nasty old guns and let nanny do it for you.”
The pompousness existent in that comment itself would appear to cut into yours.
Ask the people who brought it up.
Riiight.
Scorpions were never legal in Britain. So how would banning legal ownership have prevented criminals from having them?
It’s possible (but very difficult) for somebody to take a rabid animal into the UK, one rabid dog taken into the UK wouldn’t be a recommendation for general importation of rabid dogs.
Do you have illegal drugs in Britain? How do they get there? Do you think the people who smuggle in the drugs can’t smuggle in something else?
Meanwhile, you’re ignoring the desire amongst the US general public to have gun ownership legal
There is no doubt that they do but that’s an argument for better controls not laissez faire.Do you have illegal drugs in Britain? How do they get there? Do you think the people who smuggle in the drugs can’t smuggle in something else?
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Allowing people to defend themselves, while the police finish their coffee and doughnuts is simply unthinkable, eh?
What part of my statement that gun ownership in the US wasn’t something that I cared about did you find difficult?Allowing people to defend themselves, while the police finish their coffee and doughnuts is simply unthinkable, eh?
Thank you for recognizing that.,
Right – however, I’ve lived in many countries, and not seen the sort of police efficiency of which you speak.If your comment was supposed to be about the UK, you might consider the cultural imperialism inherent in imagining that British cops (and certainly Italian, French, German, Spanish) are wedded to an American icon - the ‘coffee and doughnuts’ cop.
The Gendarmerie and Caribinieri, even the Vigili Urbani, would do very much better!
Different cultures.
I didn’t just recognize it - I proclaimed it from the start, you just didn’t notice!
The choice of snack foods isn’t a matter of efficiency, it’s a matter of taste. Good grief - you’re so convinced of the superiority of the American Way that you don’t believe that the Italians and French can’t find better snack food than doughnuts?
Hey, I bet you can leave your truck unlocked in Mongolia but what would that tell anybody? When I lived in California, we locked the cars.
In point of fact, I recall being in a bus stuck on an overpass in Italy. We could see the traffic accident that was blocking traffic, and keeping us from entering the motorway.
The People’s Republic of Kalifornia – one of the states that imitates Europe.
Italy is, indeed, another country where they do things differently. You can’t see how the place can possibly ‘work’ but it does - wonderfully - that’s one of the reasons why it’s my favorite country.In point of fact, I recall being in a bus stuck on an overpass in Italy. We could see the traffic accident that was blocking traffic, and keeping us from entering the motorway.
Almost directly below us was a little eatery, with a police car parked in front. We sat and waited and waited.
Finally, the police came out, climbed into their car – and our Italian driver made an inimatable gesture and said, “Good Morning!”
I expect that’s why I ended up liking it so much.The People’s Republic of Kalifornia – one of the states that imitates Europe.
So inefficient law enforcement is something you like?
No doubt if you’d been mugged or your home burglarized, you’d have liked it better.