Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, most of the Russian players were in fact members of the armed forces, at least nominally, and very much part of the power apparatus. This was usually the case with top athletes in the Soviet Union. So yes, it was entirely appropriate to wish evil on them--they richly deserved it. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Richard Man wrote: > I totally understand the sentiment, but as a pacifist, lets remember that > the Russian players themselves were not (hopefully) directly responsible > for > whatever atrocious acts their government have committed. > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> Wonderful, Ted--I take it the Kyle is the Kyle who visited us 2 years ago? >> And I enjoyed seeing the Czech goal against the bastards. I remember that >> game, I was 9 years old and it was the year after the rape of Prague. We >> still lived in Poland and EVERYONE supported the Czechs and wished injury >> and worse on the Russians. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >