Thread: Liberties of the Russian people .

Originally Posted by Basil77

All politicans are crooks and liars, didn't you know that?

Absolutely true. This is not just a usual politician-baiting rant from Basil. It's a basic fact. Not a single politician has become a politician for the good of the public. Politics is an endless quest for power. And corruption is in the nature of power. There's no room for optimism.

Hanna, you originally come from one of the most democratic parts of the world, and live in one of the oldest continuous democracies. It's no surprise that you find Basil's (and Ramil's) views rather cynical. But a Greek, or an Iranian, would be much more likely to agree with them.

@Basil:
Two questions:
1-What do you think of Vladimir Zhirinovsky? I'm just curious.
2-That Soviet joke. Here's a slightly different version, told by someone you definitely know (starting from around 2:13). What do you think of that guy?

Nice new avatar, by the way!

Originally Posted by Misha Tal

@Basil:
Two questions:
1-What do you think of Vladimir Zhirinovsky? I'm just curious.

You should ask Ramil about Zhirinovsky, at least he voted for him. I think that if all politicans are cynics than Zhirinovsky is a squared super-cynic. His party was known as 'pay and we vote for anything' in the former Duma while their votes still mattered. He sucsessfully playing a role of clown to stay in the politic. I really wonder how people can vote for such a jerk:

2-That Soviet joke. Here's a slightly different version, told by someone you definitely know (starting from around 2:13). What do you think of that guy?

I think of him exactly as the joke says - he was complete as$hole. His 'star wars' doctrinie (so-called strategic defence initiative), 'Empire of Evil' (wtf!), even current financial world crisis is a result of financial policy started by the same ol' Ronny. He should stay an actor and play in sh!tty movies instead of becoming a politican.

Nice new avatar, by the way!

Thanks! I took it from here: It's from 'Scandinavia and the World' series by Danish cartoonist.