Perhaps, although having Russian family and having spent a few months in Kyoto, my impressions are quite different. To be clear: Russians are much more collect

Perhaps, although having Russian family and having spent a few months in Kyoto, my impressions are quite different. To be clear: Russians are much more collectivist than, say, the French. There's no doubt about that. Either way, this entire thread of conversation remains a pedantic derailment of an original point that still stands.