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]]> By: Michael Averko http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8767 Michael Averko Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:59:07 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8767 Don't get carried away. The SRB "On Language" segment. His political commentary aside, Bill Safire has at least one good point to him. Don’t get carried away.

The SRB “On Language” segment. His political commentary aside, Bill Safire has at least one good point to him.

]]> By: Chrisius Maximus http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8742 Chrisius Maximus Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:21:32 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8742 I am quite flattered to see my sentence analyzed for meaning as if it were a line from I Corinthians. I am quite flattered to see my sentence analyzed for meaning as if it were a line from I Corinthians.

]]> By: Michael Averko http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8718 Michael Averko Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:50:13 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8718 "Thanks Lyndon. I expected them to be less laissez-faire." ***** ???? Whatever. “Thanks Lyndon. I expected them to be less laissez-faire.”

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Whatever.

]]> By: Chrisius Maximus http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8667 Chrisius Maximus Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:16:57 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8667 The sentence was "I expected them to be less laissez-faire." The meaning of this sentence, in context, is "They are more laissez-faire than I expected them to be." The sentence was “I expected them to be less laissez-faire.” The meaning of this sentence, in context, is “They are more laissez-faire than I expected them to be.”

]]> By: Michael Averko http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8665 Michael Averko Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:04:07 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8665 "Laissez faire" relates non-interference. "Less laissez faire" indicates a certain restrictiveness. “Laissez faire” relates non-interference. “Less laissez faire” indicates a certain restrictiveness.

]]> By: Chrisius Maximus http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8663 Chrisius Maximus Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:47:33 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8663 "He said “less laissez faire” to apparently mean a somewhat restrictive manner. " No, I meant the opposite. “He said “less laissez faire” to apparently mean a somewhat restrictive manner. ”

No, I meant the opposite.

]]> By: Michael Averko http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8662 Michael Averko Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:45:11 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8662 Lyndon: I don't think so. He said "less laissez faire" to apparently mean a somewhat restrictive manner. Someone from the area further confirmed this article's contents: http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/news/ukraine_voters_not_allowed_to_cast_their_ballots_in_pridnestrovie.html Russia isn't monolithic on the former Moldavian SSR. A Ukrainian OC (Kiev Patriarchate) friend with ties to Prid. says that Prid. is Ukrainian. He also sees Russia and Ukraine as being very close to each other to the point of existing almost as one, if not one. He periodically refers to himself as Russian. Among Ukrainians, he's not alone in that regard. http://us.f348.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=6747_4958784_323910_1627_122780_0_18620_297226_2464924612&Idx=3&YY=75066&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#a10 The UOC Church (Kiev Patriarchate) near me has pro-Russian sympathies. Its congregation's views on Prid. are on par with my own (at least among those having an opinion on the matter). Among other Russians and Ukrainians, Ukrainian political figure Natalia Vitrenko and her Russian couinterpart Natalia Narochnitskaya are sympathetic to Pridnestrovian independence. The two of them are also very sympathetic to a Russo-Ukrainian reunification. Keep in mind that many Pridnestrovian independence advocates aren't hostile to a former Moldavian SSR confederation arrangement, where Tiraspol will have autonomy from Chisinau in a Russocentrically geared direction. Lyndon:

I don’t think so. He said “less laissez faire” to apparently mean a somewhat restrictive manner.

Someone from the area further confirmed this article’s contents:

http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/news/ukraine_voters_not_allowed_to_cast_their_ballots_in_pridnestrovie.html

Russia isn’t monolithic on the former Moldavian SSR. A Ukrainian OC (Kiev Patriarchate) friend with ties to Prid. says that Prid. is Ukrainian. He also sees Russia and Ukraine as being very close to each other to the point of existing almost as one, if not one. He periodically refers to himself as Russian. Among Ukrainians, he’s not alone in that regard.

http://us.f348.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=6747_4958784_323910_1627_122780_0_18620_297226_2464924612&Idx=3&YY=75066&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#a10

The UOC Church (Kiev Patriarchate) near me has pro-Russian sympathies. Its congregation’s views on Prid. are on par with my own (at least among those having an opinion on the matter).

Among other Russians and Ukrainians, Ukrainian political figure Natalia Vitrenko and her Russian couinterpart Natalia Narochnitskaya are sympathetic to Pridnestrovian independence. The two of them are also very sympathetic to a Russo-Ukrainian reunification.

Keep in mind that many Pridnestrovian independence advocates aren’t hostile to a former Moldavian SSR confederation arrangement, where Tiraspol will have autonomy from Chisinau in a Russocentrically geared direction.

]]> By: Lyndon http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/comment-page-9/#comment-8661 Lyndon Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:24:36 +0000 http://seansrussiablog.org/2007/09/09/reconcilable-contradictions/#comment-8661 Chris, officially they make it quite easy to spend up to 24 hours in the PMR; after all, it does lie on some important transit routes, and I believe the 24-hour no-registration is considered to be a transit period (a great improvement from the 3 hours allowed a few years ago). By way of a disclaimer, I probably don't have to tell you this, but notwithstanding the official policy you should be prepared for the usual possibilities from border guards and other law enforcement officials that you'd expect in the post-Soviet space. I have had several interactions with the PMR's finest, and they've been about evenly split between friendly and professional (one guy stamped me both in and out on a day trip last summer, and he was cordial, smiled and remembered me on the way out) and, well, rent-seeking, so будь готов. If you do take a trip to the left bank of the Dnestr, I'm sure we'd all love to hear about it. By the way, did anyone else notice that this thread has now officially <i>destroyed</i> the previous record for most-commented-on SRB post? Call the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records... Chris, officially they make it quite easy to spend up to 24 hours in the PMR; after all, it does lie on some important transit routes, and I believe the 24-hour no-registration is considered to be a transit period (a great improvement from the 3 hours allowed a few years ago).

By way of a disclaimer, I probably don’t have to tell you this, but notwithstanding the official policy you should be prepared for the usual possibilities from border guards and other law enforcement officials that you’d expect in the post-Soviet space. I have had several interactions with the PMR’s finest, and they’ve been about evenly split between friendly and professional (one guy stamped me both in and out on a day trip last summer, and he was cordial, smiled and remembered me on the way out) and, well, rent-seeking, so будь готов. If you do take a trip to the left bank of the Dnestr, I’m sure we’d all love to hear about it.

By the way, did anyone else notice that this thread has now officially destroyed the previous record for most-commented-on SRB post? Call the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records…

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