Yeah you could take a leaf out of Stalin's book..Victor_D wrote:Of course. I just thought that since the human worlds haven't yet appeared 'officially' in your work, it's still time to adjust the 'canon' so that it reflects the reality better I am fine with it either way, it's a minor and unimportant detail as you said
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Stalin wrote comic books?Smithy wrote:Yeah you could take a leaf out of Stalin's book..
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Re: Tau Ceti probably has five planets, one in habitable zon
A horrifying and intriguing thought...Victor_D wrote:Stalin wrote comic books?Smithy wrote:Yeah you could take a leaf out of Stalin's book..
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Yes of courseVictor_D wrote:Stalin wrote comic books?
. You may have heard of his many popular heroes like: Captain Soviet (Captain America).
Stalin Man (Iron man)
Super Leader (Superman) did you know that Kim Jong Il sued Stalins publisher claiming that "Super Leader" Was a trademark name for his dad.
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. General C.H Melchett commander of some unknown british regiment in the western front.
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There seems to be a bit of time displacement going on here.Jericho wrote:Super Leader (Superman) did you know that Kim Jong Il sued Stalins publisher claiming that "Super Leader" Was a trademark name for his dad.
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GeoModder wrote:There seems to be a bit of time displacement going on here.
In soviet Russia there is no time displacement
. In soviet Russia Time displaces you 
.If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. General C.H Melchett commander of some unknown british regiment in the western front.
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Actually I remember watching on TV some Russian comic artist talking about Stalin's era.
He worked at a newspaper (Pravda if I remember correctly) and they did a political comic for tomorrow's issue. He and his colleagues were at the end of their shift and were planing how to spend the rest of the evening drinking vodka. Then he got a phone call. The operator told him that Comrade Stalin will speak to him. He immediately stood at attention. After that, Comrade Stalin himself spoke on the other end of the line. He didn't like the punchline of the joke in the comic, so he told the artist exactly what each character should say and how each palen should be changed in order to make it better and then hung up. From the shock, the artist collapsed back into his chair. Then he told the rest of the guys in the office what happened. They immediately stopped the presses and remade the comic.
So yes, Uncle Joe did make comics, even if it was a little bit indirect.
He worked at a newspaper (Pravda if I remember correctly) and they did a political comic for tomorrow's issue. He and his colleagues were at the end of their shift and were planing how to spend the rest of the evening drinking vodka. Then he got a phone call. The operator told him that Comrade Stalin will speak to him. He immediately stood at attention. After that, Comrade Stalin himself spoke on the other end of the line. He didn't like the punchline of the joke in the comic, so he told the artist exactly what each character should say and how each palen should be changed in order to make it better and then hung up. From the shock, the artist collapsed back into his chair. Then he told the rest of the guys in the office what happened. They immediately stopped the presses and remade the comic.
So yes, Uncle Joe did make comics, even if it was a little bit indirect.
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It actually doesn't surprise me. Stalin was pretty cool because his sense of humorAndrejaKo wrote:Actually I remember watching on TV some Russian comic artist talking about Stalin's era.
He worked at a newspaper (Pravda if I remember correctly) and they did a political comic for tomorrow's issue. He and his colleagues were at the end of their shift and were planing how to spend the rest of the evening drinking vodka. Then he got a phone call. The operator told him that Comrade Stalin will speak to him. He immediately stood at attention. After that, Comrade Stalin himself spoke on the other end of the line. He didn't like the punchline of the joke in the comic, so he told the artist exactly what each character should say and how each palen should be changed in order to make it better and then hung up. From the shock, the artist collapsed back into his chair. Then he told the rest of the guys in the office what happened. They immediately stopped the presses and remade the comic.
So yes, Uncle Joe did make comics, even if it was a little bit indirect.
.If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. General C.H Melchett commander of some unknown british regiment in the western front.
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... he murdered 6+ million of his own people.It actually doesn't surprise me. Stalin was pretty cool because his sense of humor
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Yes and he also had a joke about thatGrayhome wrote:... he murdered 6+ million of his own people.
. "The death of one man is a tragedy, the deaths of millons is a statistic" Joseph Stalin.
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. General C.H Melchett commander of some unknown british regiment in the western front.
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I am not sure whether he was joking or if it was more of a philosophical musing.Yes and he also had a joke about that
"The death of one man is a tragedy, the deaths of millions is a statistic" Joseph Stalin.
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More like 40+ million if you count in all the victims of his WW2 "strategy".Grayhome wrote:... he murdered 6+ million of his own people.It actually doesn't surprise me. Stalin was pretty cool because his sense of humor
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I'm pretty sure he did both. The man wasn't known for his mental stabilityGrayhome wrote:I am not sure whether he was joking or if it was more of a philosophical musing.
.If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. General C.H Melchett commander of some unknown british regiment in the western front.
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You have to admit most of those were shot (by Germans).Victor_D wrote:More like 40+ million if you count in all the victims of his WW2 "strategy".Grayhome wrote:... he murdered 6+ million of his own people.It actually doesn't surprise me. Stalin was pretty cool because his sense of humor
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Can't blame the grinder for being fed meat.GeoModder wrote:You have to admit most of those were shot (by Germans).Victor_D wrote:More like 40+ million if you count in all the victims of his WW2 "strategy".
(I am quibbling now, I know what you mean. It's just that Stalin's political and especially military strategy was extremely costly in terms of human lives and he didn't give a damn.)
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victor: i believe the correct term is 'cost effective management', if warm human bodies are plentiful and cheap... as a statesman it would in fact be criminally negligent to NOT use them, such a persons right to be called a human being is questionable though.
politicians are the same everywhere, similar circumstances will create similar people.
politicians are the same everywhere, similar circumstances will create similar people.
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Don't defend Stalin, please. The man was a monster who is directly responsible for the deaths of millions - not because he couldn't save his country otherwise, but because he saw little value in human life. Had America had someone like that in position of unquestioned, near-absolute power, the US would probably have lost 10 million soldiers in the war.discord wrote:victor: i believe the correct term is 'cost effective management', if warm human bodies are plentiful and cheap... as a statesman it would in fact be criminally negligent to NOT use them, such a persons right to be called a human being is questionable though.
politicians are the same everywhere, similar circumstances will create similar people.
Stalin would do well as the leader of the Umiak, though...
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Sad part: no. Stalin holds the title of the bigest murderer of the XX cent. He got out of this nicely, because in the middle of WWII he switched sides. Until german invasion on CCCP soil, nazi invaded 8 countrys and commies 5 (with Poland holding the title of only country being invaded by both commies and nazis in this war - yap we poles have a *luck* for this kind of events). I strongly advise Rising '44 by Norman Davies.GeoModder wrote:You have to admit most of those were shot (by Germans).Victor_D wrote:More like 40+ million if you count in all the victims of his WW2 "strategy".Grayhome wrote:
... he murdered 6+ million of his own people.
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I think Mao Zedong beats Stalin in the mass-murder department. Estimates range from 45 to 78 million.
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And both are still loved by a significant part of the (surviving) population of their respective countries.Arioch wrote:I think Mao Zedong beats Stalin in the mass-murder department. Estimates range from 45 to 78 million.
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