Ukraine protesters fell Lenin statue in challenge to Yanukovich

Reuters ^ | Sun Dec 8, 2013 | By Alissa de Carbonnel and Pavel Polityuk

[1rudeboy]

Frank Zappa monument in Vilnius.

[1rudeboy]

Some irony there, yes. But relativism of your sort? No.

[Verginius Rufus]

Goodbye, Lenin

(Name of a movie about the end of East Germany.)

[Publius]

One of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen.

[Impy]

That phukkin statue should have come down a long time ago.

Beautiful sight.

[GOPsterinMA]

Yep.

[Verginius Rufus]

Agreed--a very funny money, which incidentally shows a lot about what it was like to live in East Berlin.

For a more serious take on life in a totalitarian state, The Lives of Others is highly recommended. Maybe all Americans need to see it to know what our future holds...especially if Obama is followed by another Democrat President.

[Publius]

I saw that one too. It’s a sobering film.

[Verginius Rufus]

That should have been “a very funny movie,” of course.

[preacher]

Lenin Shoots a basket.

[1rudeboy]

There's a story (possibly apocryphal) about how the Soviets wanted to erect a statue of Lenin in Lithuania. It was one of those, "come follow me and go in the direction I'm pointing" types of socialist-realism statues.

So the Lithuanian workers erected it so that it was pointing at the city prison.

[NFHale]

The man with the sledgehammer I say, “Get a couple whacks in for me...We’re right behind you.”

They need to track them all down and remove them from their society - and outlaw the communist party like the Polish did.

Find the cockroaches, and eliminate them, so they’ll never be a threat again.

[GeronL]

bump

[GOPsterinMA]

“Find the cockroaches, and eliminate them, so they’ll never be a threat again.”

So...the answer is really what I preach...EINSATZGRUPPEN?

I thought so.

[Verginius Rufus]

Maybe “Lenin shoots a basket” was inspired by the giant mural at the University of Notre Dame of Jesus signalling a touchdown.

[1rudeboy]

[RginTN]

Some irony there, yes. But relativism of your sort? No.

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I can’t see the positive in these protesters desiring to join the EU.

[1rudeboy]

Right, but you claimed that the EU is “worse” than Russia. Basically indicating that you don’t follow foreign politics.

[Revolting cat!]

Can the protesters have their own local reasons to want to join the EU that we with our pariochal outlook are incapable of understanding?

I’ll give you one: a citizen of an EU country can live and work in any other EU country. D’UH!

[1rudeboy]

Yes, that is one reason. The other (obvious, I would think—until FReepers fell in love with Vladi), is that these countries are weary of living under the Russian boot, and are trying to attach themselves to the West.