Yes, Paul, but Ukrainians are emotional people. <G> The song I quoted in my original post is now the Ukrainian national anthem. It is 150 years old. The original version contained a verse that makes it quite clear who the enemy is and always has been:
"Oh Bohdan, Bohdan Our great hetman What for did you give Ukraine To wretched muscovites?! To return her honor, We lay our heads We shall call ourselves Ukraine's Faithful sons! Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation!" Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:31 PM, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are a bunch of them. I didn't see any that get into what's going on in >> the Ukraine. > > The protests began when President Yanukovych ruled out an accord with the > European Union and instead moved to form a close alliance with Russia and > Putin. Many Ukranians, apparently, would rather be part of the union than a > Russian puppet state. They’ve been occupying the square for a long time, but > the demonstrations have now spread, probably because with the olympics taking > place not far from there, they get more exposure. It’s an ugly situation, but > most westerners, myself included, tend to come down on the people’s side and > favor the Ukraine as an European Union state rather than a Russian ally. It > may be politics, but it’s not something that list members are likely to get > emotional about, other than lamenting a bad situation. > > Paul >> >> Interesting art form though and she's quite good at it. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> On 20 February, 2014 2:06:12 PM EST, mike wilson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Search for "Ukraine has talent" and choose the one featuring Kseniya >>> Simonov. >>> >>> On 20/02/2014, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android >>> in >>>> Canada). >>>> >> >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
