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Odds & Ends: All Russia Lovefest All The Time, Vol.37 | 25 comments (25 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Hammer and Sickle (none / 1)
Symbol of a totalitarian state and ideology.

That's only a part of what they represent. You may choose to discard the rest, but that's awfully hard to do in a room full of middle-aged russians...

by balbuz on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 03:21:45 PM EST
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Re: Hammer and Sickle (none / 0)
Well, you asked, I answered. And given that the hammer and sickle is also a symbol of the struggle against Nazi Germany for Russians, and post Stalinist communism was nowhere near as bad a system as the antebellum South, I do give them somewhat more of a pass than I do the TiDoS folks.
by MarekNYC on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 03:46:31 PM EST
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