Polaky

14 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Need to streamline entry for Russian mafia and Chinese triads. Don't know where the poor ole Indians fit in.

Should get the girls to vote and see which tourists they prefer to come, I am pretty sure it won't be the above.

21 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Such bizarre people. Such social misfits. I have friends who know younger Russians. And they say they are kind, friendly and progressive. I have no idea what percentage of the population these younger people represent, nor how representative they are of the Russian population. Personally, I have met very few friendly Russians. Anywhere in the world. The vast majority of Russians I have met, seem to have very, very few redeeming qualities. It is no wonder.

 

I can only speak from my experience. Have run into alot of Russians both in the US, and on Phuket and Samui, 98% of them seem to be grumpy, unfriendly and gruff. Some of them are downright hostile. Likely a reflection of a very, very rough culture and environment. So, perhaps it is not a coincidence that the world is not standing up to support them and show them kindness? 

 

I do not think it is a sense of entitlement. I think it is a reflection of the current culture. It was destroyed by over a century of callous and murderous leadership. Stalin, Lenin, Khruschev, now Putin. They have become somewhat savage and crude. No grace, no finesse, no courtesy. Rather uncivilized.

 

My family was from Russia a few generations back. I used to ask my great-grandmother when she was still around, why they didn't teach us anything about the old country. She would give me this look, and tell me "the reason we never taught you about the place we came from, is because the place we came from was the most horrific country on earth, it was the most destitute, horrible, oppressive place and we were thrilled to finally get out of there and leave it behind. That's why we don't teach you about the old country, the old country doesn't exist for us".

Having been to both Moscow and St petersburg just before the war started I can only say that the women are great, but the men do not make you feel welcome, the country itself is wonderful, I did not need a haircut while I was there 😆

16 minutes ago, Spock said:

It would be nice if Australians were included too. 

Downunder is insignificant, we are happy to pay for visas, and take out extraordinary expensive health insurance.

If it's a magic mushroom, why didn't he make it disappear , and meanwhile in the news..gold necklaces being ripped off tourists, crazy Russian's running around naked and assaulting people, taxi drivers being killed, corruption in the police force, but we will talk about magic mushrooms 🍄 

We older guys can go straight through priority lane 😀

Clean up your own backyard first, corruption within the force is rife, one small business owner at hua hin market tells me they are being hounded by the cops to pay ongoing "protection fees", lucrative business being in the force.

They should have restricted it to gender, females only 🙂 All the men will be busy doing the devils work.