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Stalin's Palace Still Glares at Warsaw
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| 22 July 2005
| Staff
Posted on 07/22/2005 3:59:27 AM PDT by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
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To: Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
The Palace of Science and Culture. Only a commie would name a building something like that.
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posted on
07/22/2005 4:32:39 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: TonyRo76
Guess that is why they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
To: Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
Socialist realism art is interesting to me because of it's complete absurdity and it's place in history. I collect old Soviet doodads that have it on there, medals, tea glass holders, postcards, etc.
Warsaw might consider keeping the building as a reminder of what NOT to let happen in the future. That's how I look at my collection - a reminder of how stupid people can be and how freedom must be guarded lest we end up like the hammer-carrying drones on my collection.
LQ
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posted on
07/22/2005 4:40:54 AM PDT
by
LizardQueen
(The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.)
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To: Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
I bet Stalin stole the idea from Milwaukee. Absolutely looks like Milwaukee's City Hall. But instead of muscle-bound workers decorating the facade, Milwaukee's building has pigeons and smells of perch.
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posted on
07/22/2005 4:50:03 AM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Marxism has not only failed to promote human freedom, it has failed to produce food)
To: anonymoussierra; Grzegorz 246; lizol; Lukasz
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posted on
07/22/2005 4:58:15 AM PDT
by
Wiz
To: Cincinatus
And what a curious similarity in Communist architecture with another landmark...in our very own New York City!
Can you name the structure on the (of course)LEFT?
You just can't make this stuff up. Heh.
To: Mad Mammoth
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:15:18 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: TonyRo76; jb6
Sounds like Rush's suggestion: even after liberalism/socialism/communism is completely and utterly defeated, we should still keep a few of 'em around as specimens on college campuses—just to remind everyone how absurd and stupid their philosophy was. A good incentive never to try their ideas again.
Unfortunately the communists are still in power in Poland.
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:16:38 AM PDT
by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
Have our men from Vegas take it out. They are good at large urban renewal.
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:19:17 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(We broke Pink's code and found a terrorist message.)
To: Cincinatus
The New York TIMES building!
Home of displaced and formerly unemployed Pravda and Tass writers since 1991!!!!
I love it.
To: Mad Mammoth
ROFL! Stalinists everywhere seem to have the same tastes!
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:26:25 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: Cincinatus
I have a better similarity ....
-R
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:27:23 AM PDT
by
talosiv
To: TonyRo76
I am a Clevelander and I was just thinking the exact same things. No flames here.
To: TonyRo76
Yes, compared to most other Soviet built buildings, it's not bad at all. I'd take that building over some of the architechural wonders that we have in my home town.
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:29:38 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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