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I'm not sure what your point is kuujis, but I fear that if a real war would break out on the ground of any western europe country the animals inside many here would come out pretty fast. Cultural values well and good, but once it get's ugly most people can't forget about that fast enough.
The point is that when some people tell me I'm living in a glass bell - they do not know, that at some point baltic states were kinda like Mexico: gangsters ruled the streets, the only way to transport a train of gasoline was with armored guards, etc, etc. When people say "go 500 meters and you will find worse" (thus I imply, that its a NORM for them), I call that bullshit, unless you are in a backwards country on par with russia, so called "novorussia", random african 3rd world countries, etc.
I don't need explanations, that "its war, ugly shit happens", but there is a tremendous difference between what happens in field of battle and what you do with prisoners. Ever wondered why towards the end of WW2 german soldiers were FLOWING towards west to give up to the allies and not the SU? That's the difference I talk about and the shit you see with these "novorussian" punks - its a perfect illustration.