[Cowabunga]

Hi Zimek.

Yes, sometimes that's true, like in Poland's case, I know you guys currently have a bad government. But every country has its own people, I've never met a Polish person before so I don't know about your country's people, but I'm getting a bit tired of the portuguese people. I'm 18 and most people around my age in my country only care about smoking weed and getting drunk. Also, it's disgusting that many portuguese still defend Salazar the fascist dictator, although the dictatorship ended in 1974 many old people and even younger people defend it. Salazar isolated the country from the rest of the world during three generations and while the rest of Europe started to develop its industry, Portugal continued being a farming country, people were forced in school to attend religious classes, a boy couldn't approach a girl on the street, schools were segregrated (boys and girls) the first time people had classes together with the opposite sex was in college, and only about 3/4% were able to go to college, half of the population was iliterate, there was poverty everywhere, the police had the right to violently beat WITNESSES(!), African countries (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea, S. Tome and Principe) were still colonies.

It's pathetic and disgusting that many portuguese miss that period saying they had a better life. How can someone prefer dictatorship over freedom?
Portuguese also complain that one of the biggest problems of the country is that people are losing their national pride. That's a lie, according to a survey I read in a newspaper (Year 2007) Portugal was the most patriotic country in Europe while Sweden was the least, I think it's safe to say that Sweden is much better than Portugal overrall. In that survey 51% said they would support Portugal in a war whether Portugal was on the right or the wrong side, that means if Portugal did something like Germany once did, more than half of the portuguese would still support their country, that's disgusting! Portuguese think national pride = ultra nationalism, they are proud that once Portugal colonized territories in South America, Africa and Asia and think that portuguese were "cool" an never murdered a single native, they think that the Spaniards were the only murderers, History school textbooks actually try to brainwash us that way.

Other problem was in Euro 2008, people skipped their jobs and school to watch the national team play, and put flgs on their windows, used them as picnic towels, they don't know, but actually using the flag that way is a bit disrespectful, LOL!

Sorry for the long rant.