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Terrorism is powerless anger.

     Here is my definition of terrorism:

     Terrorism is powerless anger.

     Why anger?

     Because in all cases of terrorism, some group of people are dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs, embittered by this and trying to change the existing order of things.

     Why powerless?

     Because, according to these …

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Liberal or Socialist.

     Check yourself: do you belong to liberals or to socialists. Answer the seven questions, respectively putting the letter L or S. At the end of the test, add all the answers with the letter L and with the letter S.

     So:

     1. If you think that the human personality is the highest value in …

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Etiquette.

      Almost every time I go to Astana’s public places, it ends with a psychological trauma. Every time I want to hang huge posters on the skyscrapers of the city:

     “People! Be tactful and polite!

     Do not jump the queue. Do not push people around. Do not stand close to the person standing in …

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Unity in diversity

          We are so different: red and dark, tall and low, fat and thin, funny and sad.

          Some of us like beshbarmak, others – he, some dance the polka, others – lezginka, some wear a skullcap, others – a papakha.

          There …

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Rich and poor

           With the development of market relations in any society, a stratification of the rich and poor is inevitable. It is natural as well as the fact that some of us are smarter, others are sillier, some are more goal-oriented, others are lazier, some are braver, others are more cautious. This is how it should be.…

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Policemen and protesters

         When I see how the police brutally and rudely disperse rallies and demonstrations, I always have one question for these policemen: why do you hate these people so much? These are not murderers, not rapists, not robbers. These are the same citizens of our country, like you, your parents, friends, etc. You go with these people …

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Homosexuality

          How do I feel about homosexuality?

          It’s hard to explain in a few words.

          The first postulate I adhere to is that homosexuality is a deviation from the normal behavior of a biological individual. Nature has established a mechanism for the reproduction of humans through …

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Queues

          I never understood people who having stood for hours in the queue, pushing their elbows, fainting, hurry to buy a new iPhone on the first day of sales or see Star Wars on the day of the premiere, or to have a cup of coffee in the new Starbucks on the opening day.

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Openness

           Last night, walking along the busy embankment, I heard Chinese, Turkish, English, French, Arabic speech.

            It pleased me.

            A large number of foreigners in our country attests to our openness and attractiveness. So it is safe, interesting and finally, profitable in our country.…

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Intent and result

             Sometimes a good intention leads to the opposite result.

             I remember when I was 5 years old I saw that the postman was bringing the newspapers in our five-story building only to the second floor and putting them there in the mailboxes.

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