Russians Asked to Vote on Whether to Bury Lenin 12
20 years after the fall of communism the United Russia party wants to ask the Russian people if they think Vladimir Lenin should be buried. Unlike the US, where we would put the body in a house with other famous dead people, and let the TV audience vote on who gets buried, they've decided to put up a poll. From the article: "It is not clear whether the government intends to abide by the outcome of the United Russia party's poll, but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said that the fate of Lenin's body will in the end be decided by the Russian people."
Decided by Putin (Score:2)
decided by the Russian people.
Right, so if the people decide Lenin ought to be hacked up into small pieces, burned, and fed to the sharks at the Moscow aquarium, he's going along with it?
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What did they use to keep that body viewable after this long?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin's_Mausoleum#Preserving_the_body [wikipedia.org]
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It's a miracle!!! [wikipedia.org]
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Stalin killed millions.
Let's give him full credit. He was a world class asshole.
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Indeed he was. However, ironically enough, life expectancy in the area in question increased markedly during his reign... despite all the victims. Generally, bringing a very backwards country up to the status of a superpower.
Even better: sure, heavy censorship. But at the same time - first largely literate generation.
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First thing you have to realize is that people will not make a decision to do that. For one because such things have never been committed even by revolutionists. Kings were beheaded, yes, but that's basically execution. Secondly Putin is part of the Russian people, and what you do here is pit him against the people by making up imaginary circumstances that actually allow you to prove a point but in no way are realistic. So if you can be unrealistic, in assuming that the people of Russia may want to do what
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That would probably run counter to some existing Russian laws against desecration of human remains...
But burial - sure [nytimes.com], why not? [wikipedia.org]
That reminds me of a commercial... (Score:2)
By Lenin!
That reminds me of a movie, instead... (Score:2)
Goodbye, Lenin! [good-bye-lenin.de]
Worth watching.
Cheers,