Vlad Doktor Buh ® Buhtoyarov
Well I think there are a few other European countries that are at least as democratic as England. I don't think any country has real democracy but I think we are one of the closest to it.
Andrew, we've got absolutelly different scales for emotions. What you would mark as inapropriate, we'll probably consider weird.
The same with democracy. GB is the only sound(ing) example.
I have been to England, long time ago, though. I have friends there, Russians. I've heard that the country changed quite a bit from what it used to be. Mainly due to the immigration practices.
Everything is going downhill: health care sucks, overall standards of service suck too, population dramatically changed, school system....
These are just some complains. If you read some of the last articles - everything seems to be not as good as it used to be.
Yes England has changed. The jury is still out on whether the mass immigration has been a good or bad thing. In my opinion our stance on immigration has been too 'PC', we need to make the process more strict. Our healthcare has its problems but I still think the overall standards are still good. I read recently that our schools are in bad shape at the moment. To be honest I think that they need to reform the whole school system. Teachers need more rights and need to be given more help from the government.
I have never been to England (nor to the UK). But I have been listening to the BBC World Service and other BBC programs for over 20 years. Some of the programs I listen are devoted to local issues of the UK. So, I have a feeling that I know about the UK more than an average person not living there. I know that this is a great country with great past and, probably, great future. I know about many problems there, like those with NHS (degrading quality of medical service, shortage of skilled medical personnel etc.), railways (delays of trains, which became commonplace after the privatization of the railways), royal mail, pensions (to little money to support too many old people), huge bonuses of top bankers regardless of their performance, environmental problems, etc. But these problems, as well as approaches to solving them, are freely discussed. Which means, they will be solved, or at least, mitigated. This is not like in my country, where many problems are discussed between friends, but not in public, and where high authorities proclaim on TV that there is no need to consult with the people on important issues that affect lives of millions in my country.
Andrew, in one of the discussions in this group you announced your Skype login. It was about 24 hours ago, and there have been no posts there since then. I wonder if anyone has requested you adding him/her to your Skype contacts? Sorry, this question is not in line with the discussion that you initiated. Just my curiosity.
Vladimir no one has added me. I think some people have a hard time believing I'm really English, for some reason. Or maybe they just don't want any help. I have deleted it now though.
Andrew, I believe that they were scared. One thing is dreaming about "improving verbal skills by talking with somebody good at English, preferably a native speaker", but answering a real invitation is quite different. Do not judge them strictly.
There are some countries, which are a little bit more fucked-up than England, and which are much closer to the majority of the participants of this social network, than England. Corruption and embezzlement are rife there. Human rights do not seem to be an undisputed value for leaders of these countries, and neither for many of their citizens, so we can skip this subject. I would not like to call names.
All countries have good sides and bad sides to them,,like all the people of those countries there are good and bad,,,Being a native of England i can comment that the school/education system sems to be going downhill, the health care system has changed many times since its creation, as to immigration I welcome it but the process needs to be changed,,,to much freedom is being given to people with serious criminal records, along with why do people wish to relocate to Britain. I openly welcome critisicm of Britain, this opens dialogue and discusion, allows people to understand the diference in cultures...
When I think of England, I imagine the way how English speak, a big difference from american english, which i hear much more often. It seems that English are very intelligent. The movie Hot Fuzz come to my mind also, really funny and nice :)
The phrase about England, which I learnt in school:
"London is the capital of Great Britain" with a strong russian accent. epic.
Unfortunately, England is not in the Schengen Area, so it's kind of problem to travel there, but one day I will go there though :)
It's hilarious to listen to Russian' reasoning about imperfections of English education, health care, immigrant issue,etc.Will we ever wake up to look where we live right now?Oh,And yes I'm Russian citizen, so far
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