07-25-2009, 03:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2009, 03:19 AM by Kirchgoens.)
It's way more complicated than some exchange programs. There are also definite degrees and scale of odor when evaluating the scent of sovereign fecal matter. A small dropping can smell pretty bad when held under your nose, but that doesn't mean you are knee-deep in a sewage plant.
I will say this also: it actually wasn't Russians who starved those Ukrainians. It was the Soviets. The lead dude was a Georgian, and the boys doin' the doin' fell under a number of nationalities, many of them Russian, many of them NKVD, all of them Soviet.
As an indication of what can come to pass, I attempted to open that BBC news URL in a former republic, but could not because BBC is apparently unavailable. Maybe next time I'm stateside I'll be able to read it...
On the Aussie issue, I figure after being a US citizen, my list of choices would certainly be topped by Canada and Australia if I ever had to change!
I will say this also: it actually wasn't Russians who starved those Ukrainians. It was the Soviets. The lead dude was a Georgian, and the boys doin' the doin' fell under a number of nationalities, many of them Russian, many of them NKVD, all of them Soviet.
As an indication of what can come to pass, I attempted to open that BBC news URL in a former republic, but could not because BBC is apparently unavailable. Maybe next time I'm stateside I'll be able to read it...
On the Aussie issue, I figure after being a US citizen, my list of choices would certainly be topped by Canada and Australia if I ever had to change!
