EZ wrote:
> On May 15, 11:47 pm, Vladimir Makarenko <vmak...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> or Polish.
>>
>> I guess the piece below reflects rather well perceptions of many if not
>> majority of ex pats, whether the perceptions are right or wrong (in
>> Russian, with link to the original in Polish) :
>>
>> http://inosmi.ru/stories/05/09/02/3453/241383.html
>>
>> VM.
>
> I think this is affected by self-selection. Those who become ex-pats
> try to find the reasons to justify their choice (thus the 'majority'
> opinion); those who come back find the reasons to justify theirs.
>
> -EZ
Well, self justification is sometimes part of it but one can notice as
this Polish article exhibits rather explicitly - "loss of touch"
produces arrogance with some judgments simply outlandish, e.g. how long
time Poland would need to reach "a decent Euro level", what the author
said - 60 years? My bet is 10-15.
After some time in a different society some people got so used to its
everyday norms that they use them to judge the old countries. Even
though the common sense says that such judgment should be based on
comparing what is one country is today with what it was yesterday rather
than how it looks vs. third country. The outcome of such invalid
comparison is often drives people to such psychotic criticism that one
can only shrug in response.
VM.
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