> I know how I get annoyed when my country gets generalized as "Eastern Europe" (first, we're Central Europe, and second, countries in this part of Europe are q

> I know how I get annoyed when my country gets generalized as "Eastern Europe" (first, we're Central Europe, and second, countries in this part of Europe are quite different from each other) Good point, I'm not fond of that oversimplification, either. I wrote about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6584077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6584077 That's a classical read worth recommending for those willing to understand the subject better: http://www.euroculture.upol.cz/dokumenty/sylaby/Kundera_Tragedy_(18).pdf http://www.euroculture.upol.cz/dokumenty/sylaby/Kundera_Trag...