look, yes we do have a conservative people here, but u do have em too. we do have corruption, and so do you, but we have it more. yes we have long way to go but it doesnt mean that eveyone is moron here and corrupted, in some ways our society is even more opened to some new things and stuff that is too "wrong" or too tough to accept/learn for that ultra conservative old europe. latvia, estonia, lithuania, poland are not 3rd countries, and if u think so, then im sorry, but u should fly down from your "royal altitude attitude" and get your head out of your butt and see that even your beloved finnland is very far from being perfect. but latvia and other countries that mentioned are not that bad @ all, the problem is that the most part of the society doesnt realise that they have they rights to speak act and so on and what good things we can take from democracy, but thats another story. peace.
reger, latvia.