Статья в NYTimes и взаимонепонимание
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mkay422Про статью в Нью Йорк Таймс, ее анонс в ЖЖ, переведенные российские комментарии и свежедобавленные американские - все, наверное, видели-слышали?
http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/02/24/world/europe/24putin.html?s=2
Как мне кажется, взаимонепонимание, disconnect обеих сторон лучше всего выражен вот этим американским комментарием:
What we see in Russia today is a new, softer, tyranny.
What I find most interesting is that so many of the Russian readers who commented on this article 1) seem to equate The New York Times with the government of the United States and 2) do not seem to understand a constitutional system where administrations (governments in a parliamentary system) change.
Both of these habits are strong proof of the central point of this article: The Russian Republic has turned into a disguised dictatorship. Clearly, the overwhelming majority of the Russian commenters on this article assume that the Times is an arm of the American government, which is of course ludicrous.
There is also a huge sense of resentment of the outside world in the Russian comments. And a great deal of blame laid on others. Democracy is about responsibility. Are there a lot of Americans who do not accept responsibility and point fingers at others? There sure are. So? Does that make it right? Of course not.
I don’t think there can be much doubt that without our long history of constitutional government, the Bush administration could be very much like the Putin administration. But it is not. And that is the real point.
The article is simply good reporting. It’s just the sort of thing that the Times does best.
Прежде чем вы отметитесь в комментах, обратите внимание: я сказал - "взаимонепонимание ОБЕИХ сторон".
http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/02/24/world/europe/24putin.html?s=2
Как мне кажется, взаимонепонимание, disconnect обеих сторон лучше всего выражен вот этим американским комментарием:
What we see in Russia today is a new, softer, tyranny.
What I find most interesting is that so many of the Russian readers who commented on this article 1) seem to equate The New York Times with the government of the United States and 2) do not seem to understand a constitutional system where administrations (governments in a parliamentary system) change.
Both of these habits are strong proof of the central point of this article: The Russian Republic has turned into a disguised dictatorship. Clearly, the overwhelming majority of the Russian commenters on this article assume that the Times is an arm of the American government, which is of course ludicrous.
There is also a huge sense of resentment of the outside world in the Russian comments. And a great deal of blame laid on others. Democracy is about responsibility. Are there a lot of Americans who do not accept responsibility and point fingers at others? There sure are. So? Does that make it right? Of course not.
I don’t think there can be much doubt that without our long history of constitutional government, the Bush administration could be very much like the Putin administration. But it is not. And that is the real point.
The article is simply good reporting. It’s just the sort of thing that the Times does best.
Прежде чем вы отметитесь в комментах, обратите внимание: я сказал - "взаимонепонимание ОБЕИХ сторон".
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