Comments on: Ashamed to be Romanian? http://www.blogofromania.com/ashamed-to-be-romanian/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: gabriel http://www.blogofromania.com/ashamed-to-be-romanian/#comment-4 gabriel Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:12:32 +0000 http://www.blogofromania.com/ashamed-to-be-romanian/#comment-4 I'm not ashamed to be romanian. Really! I just wish other romanians felt like me. If they'd just listen to our hymn a bit more they'd realize that it speaks the truth. WE DO NEED TO WAKE UP! I didn't always think this way though. When I was younger I always wanted to live in the US, but never got the chance to do so. I hear lots of stories about people who've been there and said they miss their country but I don't think that's at all true. When it comes to greed, I believe romanians are more confortable being somewhere where there's allot of money. And basically that's all it comes down to. It doesn't matter we live in a jungle as long as we have money. My parents got divorced because they started fighting about money. And sometimes it seems like they couldn't care less what happened to us as long as they got their stupid money. As for the beggars and the poor, they're probably worse than anyone else. That's how they came to be. There was noone to take care of them or tell them how to live, so they just did what anyone would do. Fortunately, I took a better path. So I guess I'm the proof that beggars aren't supposed to exist. They're just lazy people that need to wake up. I’m not ashamed to be romanian. Really! I just wish other romanians felt like me. If they’d just listen to our hymn a bit more they’d realize that it speaks the truth. WE DO NEED TO WAKE UP! I didn’t always think this way though. When I was younger I always wanted to live in the US, but never got the chance to do so. I hear lots of stories about people who’ve been there and said they miss their country but I don’t think that’s at all true. When it comes to greed, I believe romanians are more confortable being somewhere where there’s allot of money. And basically that’s all it comes down to. It doesn’t matter we live in a jungle as long as we have money. My parents got divorced because they started fighting about money. And sometimes it seems like they couldn’t care less what happened to us as long as they got their stupid money. As for the beggars and the poor, they’re probably worse than anyone else. That’s how they came to be. There was noone to take care of them or tell them how to live, so they just did what anyone would do. Fortunately, I took a better path. So I guess I’m the proof that beggars aren’t supposed to exist. They’re just lazy people that need to wake up.

]]> By: nwradu http://www.blogofromania.com/ashamed-to-be-romanian/#comment-3 nwradu Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:52:48 +0000 http://www.blogofromania.com/ashamed-to-be-romanian/#comment-3 We get judged by whatever people perceive us to be... and right now they're only meeting out beggars, and thieves and prostitutes and troublemakers. It's a normal result of years of living under the Communist Regime, with a useless economy and industry, low wages and the difficulty of living a decent life. And authorities not doing anything to stop it. And while every country has it's "bad apples", ours have ran away to France, to Italy or Spain. You can't expect someone who's wallet was stolen by a Romanian thief to believe your "We are a good, smart and educated people" when he has clear proof of the contrary. To him, the reality he sees around him is what's important and believable. He is educated to work for money, while most of the Romanians he sees are educated to steal and cheat him. I've been in Paris twice and I know they have their own problems and troublemakers there, but I've seen more Romanian beggars than there are in Bucharest. However, Paris isn't a good example, as I've stayed in more French cities, as well as through Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Czech Rep. or Italy, and the only Romanians I've seen there were tourists. In time maybe they'll see as like that, or foreigners will come and visit Romania and discover there's more to this country than beggars (well, if they're not overrun by them the moment they leave the hotel) We get judged by whatever people perceive us to be… and right now they’re only meeting out beggars, and thieves and prostitutes and troublemakers. It’s a normal result of years of living under the Communist Regime, with a useless economy and industry, low wages and the difficulty of living a decent life. And authorities not doing anything to stop it.

And while every country has it’s “bad apples”, ours have ran away to France, to Italy or Spain. You can’t expect someone who’s wallet was stolen by a Romanian thief to believe your “We are a good, smart and educated people” when he has clear proof of the contrary. To him, the reality he sees around him is what’s important and believable. He is educated to work for money, while most of the Romanians he sees are educated to steal and cheat him.

I’ve been in Paris twice and I know they have their own problems and troublemakers there, but I’ve seen more Romanian beggars than there are in Bucharest. However, Paris isn’t a good example, as I’ve stayed in more French cities, as well as through Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Czech Rep. or Italy, and the only Romanians I’ve seen there were tourists. In time maybe they’ll see as like that, or foreigners will come and visit Romania and discover there’s more to this country than beggars (well, if they’re not overrun by them the moment they leave the hotel)

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