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This is merely an observation. English is not my first language, but I assure you wasn't specifically aiming at insulting anybody.

Unless observations hurt the observer, of course.

P. S. I think I am a bit wrong: people who clearly are not in their right mind don't want to live in Russia either.

There are of course people who are content to live in Russia right now or don't have much choice, but pretty much everybody eyes the possibility of escaping, if not for themself then maybe for their children or relatives. Russia is a nation of emigrants run by emigrants, using emigration as a reward for best achivers.

P. P. S. This compares to prevailing number of people in e.g. Japan or USA, for whom emigration has literally never in their lives crossed their mind. I hope I got myself clear this time.

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> everybody eyes the possibility of escaping, if not for themself then maybe for their children or relatives. Russia is a nation of emigrants run by emigrants, using emigration as a reward for best achivers.

For what it's worth, I found this to be a fascinating statement. It's an elegant way to convey the psyche of the citizenry from places like Russia or China.

If you're interested I can produce a whole article on that topic along with recommended reading.

For example, some morning post:

http://krocodl.livejournal.com/1235708.html "How I left to work in Luxembourg"

"Скажем так, "уехать" никогда не было моей мечтой, но тем вариантом развития событий, который я никогда не выпускал из виду."

"Let's say, leaving abroad was never my dream, but it was an option that I always kept in mind"

Sums up my ramblings nicely.

I have every respect for the learners of any language, but this response is evasive. That was obviously not an observation. It was a slur, and you can't do that here.

https://www.google.ru/search?ie=UTF-8&hl=ru&q=%22nobody%20in... Are all these slurs?

If we read "nobody in their right mind" as "they're all batshit insane", we'll suddently see slurs against: prison guards, option holders excercising shares in certain fashion, developers preferring js to typescript, just from one page of search results.

But I'm just trying to convey the prevailing line of thought in the society.

It is an article of faith among some these days that observations hurt the observed.

This time, observation hurts the observer.

We call this effect "правда глаза колет".

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