Kremlin wants resignations after Olympic pride dented

Yahoo News ^ | 3-1-10 | Conor Sweeney, Reuters

[TexasRepublic]

So is "The East Is Red". However, the political murder of 100 million people is a high price to pay for a couple of spiffy songs.

What's your point? Can you not appreciate something just for what it is?

I do appreciate the beautiful melodies for what they are, but for me me hearing them is bittersweet, knowing they are the crowning expressions of monstrous regimes that killed 100 million people. Those songs also have lyrics expressing ideas that are murderously at odds with me. I'll give another example - could a Jew that lived through the Holocaust listen indifferently to the beautiful strains of "Deutschland Uber Alles" without remembering some bitter associations? I grew up in the cold war period and have no love for Communists, including the one in the White House. Some music conjures up such memories. That's my point.

[brewcrew]

'Kay.

Try sometime to just listen to it for what's there, and to remember that the vast majority of people are just like you and me. Most Russian people who are stirred by the beautifully haunting melody and harmonies have as much contempt for the Soviets as you and I do.

[TexasRepublic]

You might enjoy watching this high-watermark of Mao worship, since you can disassociate the art and the regime. It has great tunes, great sets and costumes and great choreography. As one reviewer said, “One of the very best unintentional comedies ever filmed.” I also heard that the musicians playing western instruments were killed for that sole reason during the Cultural Revolution. Enjoy!

http://www.archive.org/details/The_East_is_Red

[Tijeras_Slim]

I wonder what the penalty will be if medal output doesn’t increase in 2014??

Probably similar to the 1937 Census Board.