* In Western culture lying, stealing, cheating is frowned upon. It is something that will make people around you look at you with disgust and avoid you. It is not so in the Russian culture where it is seen as undesirable, but still socially acceptable. I know guys who have built their houses by using stolen materials and stolen tools, and brag about it and nobody even bats an eye. Heck, Russians even have a proverb "Не пойман — не вор", which in English means something like "Unless caught stealing, one is not a thief".
49 posted on 05/12/2022 1:55:55 PM PDT by kiryandil
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