jesus X wrote:
> Jacek Piskozub wrote:
>
>>Using a state symbol [*] of a oppresive country (the red star) in
>>clearly Stalinist context. For me it is not much better than using the
>>Wehrmacht cross and marching troops as the symbol of Mozilla.
>>
>>The problem is there are still some some people around (like me) who had
>>to live in the shadow of this very symbol. It's not funny for me. Rather
>>pathetic.
>>
>
> yes, but that symbol was appropriated by the Communist governments,
Not all. Cerrainly Soviet and Chinese. Even in my native communist
Poland the red star was never used as it was a state symbol of another
country (true, some other communist states used it in some contexts but
much more sparingly that Soviet Union).
To sum it up: 20 million people were murdered in the Soviet Union and
neighboring countries(no exagerration here) by men with this symbol on
their uniforms. This is even more murders than Nazis managed to commit.
The difference is that the Soviet did not ose the war, so thei crimes
were fully reveald only after the system collapsed.
For me using this symbol is as offensive as using the Nazi swastika.
Remeber that swastika was an old solar symbol appropriated by the Nazis.
Does that make it possible to use it now in good faith? I believe not.
Jacek
