amp@pobox.com writes:
so saith ichudov@algebra.com ...
Looks like Jim has been sentenced to 10 years without the right to correspondence.
To those who do not understand the cultural connotations of this phrase, I will explain. During Stalin's purges around 1937, a lot of people were arrested and nothing could be found out about them -- not even when they were held. Their relatives were later notified that the prisoners were sentenced to 10 years without the right to correspondence.
the parallels between modern america and just about an other totalitarian regime to date are hitting frighteningly close to home.
I remember when I was told about the horrors of the nazi and russian children turning their parents in for whatever the state considered to not be proper. now we have D.A.R.E.
i doubt such things are mentioned in public schools anymore.
I mentioned in a private e-mail to Igor that the though of "10 years w/o correspondence" occured to me too. That what a great-grandfather of mine got. As for DARE, it reminds me of the great Soviet hero - Pavlik (Paul) Morozov, a 13-year-old boy who grew up in a small village in the northern Ural mountains. One day the Soviets decided to force all the peasants to join a collective farm by confiscating their food and causing an artificial famine[1]. Pavlik's father buried some grain hoping to feed hid family. Pavlik squealed on his father, who was shot. Pavlik's grandfather later killed Pavlik with an axe. The Soviets then shot the grandfather and a bunch of other villagers, and made Pavlik a great hero worthy of emulation by all Soviet children. [1] Interesting enough, anyone in the U.S. who expressed the opinion in the 1930's that there's a famine going on in Russia, or that the public confessions made at the show trials might be questionable, was branded a fascist by the new York Times crowd and was likely to lose his job. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps