what do you like or dislike about Russia?

[Chumblywumbly]

Like: vodka.

Dislike: vodka.

[Sibirsky]

I dislike them because their Russian.

Racist

[Andaluciae]

If they didn't obtain the nuclear bomb, who knows if America would have stopped with nuking Japan.

...well considering it took them a couple years to get the bomb, I think the answer is yes.

meh, certain generals have lobbied for the possible use of nuclear weapons throughout later wars...especially the Korean war. Good thing Russia by then had a bomb.

Not really, as by that point it would have been utterly irrelevant. Truman, having ordered the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had come to develop a pretty negative perception of the bomb as a weapon of war. Even if the Soviets had not had the bomb, it's virtually impossible for Truman to have used it, as by that point the Administration saw it as such a qualitative leap beyond conventional weapons, as to forbid its further use.

There are some pretty good discussions that occurred after the bombs fell, that came to several very interesting conclusions about the bomb, trying to sort out the moral implications of the device.

[Andaluciae]

The inexplicably goofy hats.

these ones?

i like them.

Nah,those are downright sensible compared to some of the hats I've seen. I'm off on a google image search right now to find some.

[Sibirsky]

[Mad hatters in jeans]

it looks like she rammed her hat on so hard half of it fell to her neck.

[Andaluciae]

it looks like she rammed her hat on so hard half of it fell to her neck.

That would classify as one of the odder hats out there...

[Tiesabre]

In Soviet Russia-shot-

No but seriously I love their ushankas.

A hat everyone in this thread loves, i also have one. STRAIGHT FROM THE MOTHERLAND!

[Hydesland]

I like the interesting history, I dislike the corruption.

[Andaluciae]

Kokoshniks!

Got it!

[Andaluciae]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budenovka

And the Budenkova! So strange--too strange for words.

[Dyakovo]

Я так люблю тебя !

I love you so much too... I guess...



What I like about Russia:
The women, not all obviously...
The language
The history
Ария & Кипелов

[Dyakovo]

The inexplicably goofy hats.

these ones?

i like them.

I need to get myself one of those.

[Dyakovo]

it looks like she rammed her hat on so hard half of it fell to her neck.

That would classify as one of the odder hats out there...

There's a hat?

[Peterbolton]

I like Russia because my all time favourite band (tATu) is from there and so is my ancestory. I also love their language and history.
I don't like the fact that they have a terrible and corrupt economy.

[Teccor]

I like that they're becoming democratic, even if I have a bit of mistrust for them still.

I dislike their police, their leader, and and their boring, boring flag.

[Dyakovo]

I like Russia because my all time favourite band (tATu) is from there.

All time favorite?
I get enjoying watching them, I even get enjoying listening to them... But all time favorite?

[Birnadia]

I like them because their Russian.

fixed.

[Dyakovo]

I like that they're becoming democratic, even if I have a bit of mistrust for them still.

I dislike their police, their leader, and and their boring, boring flag.

Their coat of arms is good...

[United South-Africa]

Likes:
Vodka
Their Weapons
Their History

Dislikes:
Their current government
Their previous government
The one before that (I mean, seriously, have they ever been democratic?)

Edit: Their current flag is also quite boring, their previous (soviet) flag, while unoriginal, was at least not as boring.

[Dyakovo]

Likes:
Vodka
Their Weapons
Their History

Dislikes:
Their current government
Their previous government
The one before that (I mean, seriously, have they ever been democratic?)

Yes, or at least to an extant...
It was a long time ago, like circa 900 AD...

[Peterbolton]

I like Russia because my all time favourite band (tATu) is from there.

All time favorite?
I get enjoying watching them, I even get enjoying listening to them... But all time favorite?

Yes...is that such a problem?

[Panzerjaeger]

I like Russia because my all time favourite band (tATu) is from there.

All time favorite?
I get enjoying watching them, I even get enjoying listening to them... But all time favorite?

Yes...is that such a problem?

It shows a lack of musical taste.

[Dyakovo]

I like Russia because my all time favourite band (tATu) is from there.

All time favorite?
I get enjoying watching them, I even get enjoying listening to them... But all time favorite?

Yes...is that such a problem?

No... It just strikes me as odd for someone's all-time favorite band to be one that was out together with the intention of garnering attention based on the (false) premise that the singers are lesbian lovers...

[The chrisman union]

In Soviet Russia, Russia dislikes YOU!

I really like Russia. It has such an epic history, an epic army and a sort of coolness about it. Everything is cooler when said in a Russian accent. True fact. However, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's kind of gone madly capitalist and apparently there's rampant inequality there. Kind of Ironic.