>We don't espouse Multiculturalism here on FR.
Oh, I see. It's a conservative resource. I got here via direct links to pages.
It is funny, then, that a "thin veneer of civilised Russians" is mentioned here. Because those, luckily, few "civilised" Russians are liberals of the worst sort. Sickeningly multicultural. The very kind of people you ought to despise. So should be the guy who referred to them.
Russian conservatives, on the other hand, do not think of themselves as "westernised" and never treat westernisation as a synonym of civilisation.
> And yes, Western civilization far exceeds All others.
A useful and laudable conviction for any conservative (after substitution of his own civilisation).
> Once upon a time, even the Czar of Russian accepted that
> and set off to become more civilized ( read WESTERN )and
> you folks added Great, to Peter's name.
This is a matter far too complex to be discussed on a forum. There are different opinions on the nature of Peter the Great's reforms and his greatness. One of the immediate results, however, is certain: a great European power of that time, Sweden, was crushed. If that "thin veneer" gets thick, and you are right about the value of Westernisation, it may come to Russians removing another superpower, say, the USA. Do you really want that?
I'm not the one who posted the :"thin veneer of civilized Russians" quote. But since you seem to revel in barbarism, the other poster wasn't really all that far off. And if you think that WESTERNISED" is a dirty word, then I suggest that you've been brainwashed to within an inch of your life.
And again, nobody here on FR, is pro multiculturalism; a term you appear to not truly understand.
When Peter made his European tour, your nation was living in conditions far removed from the then minimum level of technology. But hey, if you want to return to a pre Peter time, you can always become an al Quaeda/Taliban type Muslim and allow the Chechnians to take over.