Re: The History of Latvia

On May 6, 4:21=A0pm, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dmitry wrote:
> >> Any sensible person would
> >> realize that the existence of the totalitarian Soviet state required
> >> continuing sup****t and acceptance from the Russian people. You are
> >> trying to explain away this simple fact by again and again bringing
up
> >> the riflemen.
>
> > There are only two things to bring up, "riflemen" and "SS". =A0The
> > choice is rather limited. =A0However, =93sup****t and acceptance=94
from
> > Russian people was done largely by force, both physical and mental.
> > And as we know, after few generations of such treatment reverse gear
> > is very hard to locate.
>
> You know, Dmitrij, there is quite a lot of proof of genuine sup****t. Not
> all the newsreels were fabricated. Many people really hailed the new
> system, the Stakhanov workers, Father Sun****ne.

So you take Sovok propaganda at face value.  Look at what happened
when the Germans initially invaded the USSR (not after they showed
their nature after a couple months).

> They enthusiastically
> joined the pioneers, Komsomol, the Party. And even if it was improbable
> that 99% gave their votes to KPSS candidates, I think it would be a fair
> estimate to say that more than 50% did. The shock and grief when Stalin
> died was genuine too. And so many are still celebrating him and Lenin.
> Not to mention those who claim that the fall of the USSR was the
> greatest tragedy of the 20th century. What a preposterous thing to say,
> g. Putin!

Are you confusing Stalin-era USSR with Brezhnev's USSR?

> No, no, the Soviet state was not something that the 'Latvian' riflemen
> forced upon the Russians, it was something that the Russians wanted to
> have,

That's just your sick fantasy, easily disproved by the cir***stances
of the takeover.

BM

> to keep, and many even want to have back.



> Regards,
> John