Статия на българин в The Ottawa Citizen
Статия на българин в The Ottawa Citizen
Revival of Soviet symbols appalling
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Chris Kostov says he experienced Soviet communism when he lived in Bulgaria so he finds it difficult to understand how the world can remain silent as Russia restores the symbols of the U.S.S.R.
Re: The U.S.S.R. is cool again, Nov. 10.
The U.S.S.R. was an evil empire that devastated half of Europe. The U.S.S.R. was as cool as Nazi Germany was. Both regimes caused terrible suffering and the deaths of millions of people in a variety of countries.
Nothing can justify the disgusting crimes committed by Hitler, Lenin, Stalin and all their puppets. Nothing can justify the renaissance of Nazi or Soviet symbols, either.
I wonder what would be the reaction of most countries, including Canada and the United States, if Germany decided to make the swastika the flag of the German army and the German authorities launched a mass restoration of Nazi monuments and symbols. How appalled and disgusted would be all human-rights activists, left-wing movements and European Union governments if Nazi swastikas and other trinkets became available for purchase everywhere in Germany? Would they perceive it as "simple capitalism?" I doubt it.
Yet the world is silent as Russia restores the symbols of the U.S.S.R., and President Vladimir Putin additionally offends millions of victims of the terrible Soviet regime and numerous countries in Europe and Asia, former Soviet satellites and victims of the ruthless Soviets, by making outrageous speeches and restoring hammer-and-sickle banners for the army. Nobody protests and nobody boycotts Russia. That's a shame.
It's a shame for Canada, and for the civilized world. It shows quite clearly the double standard we have about Nazism and communism. Just because North America and Western Europe were lucky enough not to experience communism and the Soviet boots does not mean that it is better than Nazism or that the restoration of its symbols should be tolerated.
I come from Bulgaria, a former Soviet-bloc country. I still remember that on Nov. 10, 1989, the spooky communist regime in Bulgaria crumbled. It's a day I can't forget and it is always a reminder to me about what communism was. I don't want to experience it again. Nor do I want to see the symbols of unpunished criminals.
Chris Kostov,
Gloucester
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawaciti ... 02b07b5533
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Chris Kostov says he experienced Soviet communism when he lived in Bulgaria so he finds it difficult to understand how the world can remain silent as Russia restores the symbols of the U.S.S.R.
Re: The U.S.S.R. is cool again, Nov. 10.
The U.S.S.R. was an evil empire that devastated half of Europe. The U.S.S.R. was as cool as Nazi Germany was. Both regimes caused terrible suffering and the deaths of millions of people in a variety of countries.
Nothing can justify the disgusting crimes committed by Hitler, Lenin, Stalin and all their puppets. Nothing can justify the renaissance of Nazi or Soviet symbols, either.
I wonder what would be the reaction of most countries, including Canada and the United States, if Germany decided to make the swastika the flag of the German army and the German authorities launched a mass restoration of Nazi monuments and symbols. How appalled and disgusted would be all human-rights activists, left-wing movements and European Union governments if Nazi swastikas and other trinkets became available for purchase everywhere in Germany? Would they perceive it as "simple capitalism?" I doubt it.
Yet the world is silent as Russia restores the symbols of the U.S.S.R., and President Vladimir Putin additionally offends millions of victims of the terrible Soviet regime and numerous countries in Europe and Asia, former Soviet satellites and victims of the ruthless Soviets, by making outrageous speeches and restoring hammer-and-sickle banners for the army. Nobody protests and nobody boycotts Russia. That's a shame.
It's a shame for Canada, and for the civilized world. It shows quite clearly the double standard we have about Nazism and communism. Just because North America and Western Europe were lucky enough not to experience communism and the Soviet boots does not mean that it is better than Nazism or that the restoration of its symbols should be tolerated.
I come from Bulgaria, a former Soviet-bloc country. I still remember that on Nov. 10, 1989, the spooky communist regime in Bulgaria crumbled. It's a day I can't forget and it is always a reminder to me about what communism was. I don't want to experience it again. Nor do I want to see the symbols of unpunished criminals.
Chris Kostov,
Gloucester
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawaciti ... 02b07b5533
Wow, yavno agenti na bgcanada chetat i Ottawa Citizen
Samo edna greshka e dopusnata, az ne sam bulgarin, a kanadec ot bulgarski proizhod. No, ne si kriya proizhoda de, daje yasno sam go spomenal v statiyata otkade idvam.
Beshe mnogo interesno kato doyde fotografa na Ottawa Citizen vkashti i kato vidya kolko kanadski znamena ima u nas, napravo kato v kanadsko posolstvo se pochuvstva choveka.
Samo edna greshka e dopusnata, az ne sam bulgarin, a kanadec ot bulgarski proizhod. No, ne si kriya proizhoda de, daje yasno sam go spomenal v statiyata otkade idvam.
Beshe mnogo interesno kato doyde fotografa na Ottawa Citizen vkashti i kato vidya kolko kanadski znamena ima u nas, napravo kato v kanadsko posolstvo se pochuvstva choveka.
Per aspera ad astra!
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Mite, toya tikvenik Putin vazstanovil savetskoto zname kato zname na ruskata armiya, kakto i melodiyata na savetskiya himn kato nay-frapantni primeri. Az lichno smyatam da boykotiram Russia i ya vklyuchvam v lichniya mi spisak za no-go countries, kadeto sa oshte Severna Korea i Cuba, razbira se.
Per aspera ad astra!
Горд канадски гражданин в Мадрид
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Ааа, ясно. Ма трябваше да ги напишеш тия неща щото статията е готина обаче без това пояснение малко е мътно кво-що. Иначе за no-go countries, Куба определено ми е в definitely-go списъка , даже преди Мексико. Ох, да се изтегне батко под палмичките с Куба-Либре в ръката пък ако ще и Фидел Кастро да седи отстрани и да ми чете 48-и том на събраните Ленински съчинения
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Браво
Браво,Cunuck !!!
На канадците ще им е трудно да разберат каквото и да е за комунизма.За да го разбереш трябва да го изпиташ на свой гръб.
Но важното е да се има едно наум.И да се споменава името на България.Омръзна ми да ми казват любезно,че знаят къде е България ,а да е ясно като бял ден ,че и името й не са чували...
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На канадците ще им е трудно да разберат каквото и да е за комунизма.За да го разбереш трябва да го изпиташ на свой гръб.
Но важното е да се има едно наум.И да се споменава името на България.Омръзна ми да ми казват любезно,че знаят къде е България ,а да е ясно като бял ден ,че и името й не са чували...
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