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The Fencer

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Posted on August 31, 2021 at 23:03:16
violinist3
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 This is a well filmed feel good story about a Russian school teacher who starts a fencing class for young grade school students ( grades 2,3,4,5). Production qualities are top notch.
On Crackle free.

 

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Never... ever... , posted on September 1, 2021 at 04:53:05
Victor Khomenko
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 ...call an Estonian a Russian. :)


 

Or a Ukrainian, or or or or.... :-) nt, posted on September 3, 2021 at 08:00:42
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Poland, posted on September 3, 2021 at 11:58:57
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 I've known several polish people who complained about russian rule. Any country inside the CCCP and outside Russia complained a lot. There were a lot of ongoing jokes about their overlords. One of them was about cucumbers being forced on peoples diets. Classical music on radio stations was emphasised.

 

RE: Poland, posted on September 3, 2021 at 12:18:42
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 Classical music was emphasized by the absence of a modern western music- an Iron Curtain effect. Also , you know, the west was rotten to the core and its exploited masses were being purposefully dumbed down with decadent art & culture to further the exploitation..
After I read Archipelago Gulag and the Children of Arbat my entire world collapsed..☺

 

"Classical music on radio stations was emphasised." One of few positives, posted on September 3, 2021 at 13:05:29
Victor Khomenko
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 By the age of 8 I could vocalize many major classical pieces. Somehow classical resonated in me even at that age.

I would not say it was the predominant music on radio - there was plenty of easy listening too, but classical did indeed have very strong presence.

Unlike, regrettably, here... for all the garbage on radio there is one semi-classical station in our area.


 

Speaking of "world collapsed:"where would the world be today if not for the Polish, posted on September 5, 2021 at 12:16:54
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 WWII code breakers?

 

RE: Speaking of "world collapsed:"where would the world be today if not for the Polish, posted on September 5, 2021 at 15:40:50
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 They get little recognition for their input in Enigma code breaking and for extracting and smuggling the machine over to allies.

Some Polish historians begin to question expediency of Polish resistance movements during WWII in breaking German supply lines to Russian front. It had caused immense suffering and repressions of Polish cities and villages and at the end it only strengthened Soviets and resulted in occupation of Poland for next 40 years.
Because USA didn't really suffer much during WWII and acquired it's empire almost cost free.( Some say it's arguably the cheapest and easiest acquirement of imperial status in a history of empires ) war isn't present in the psyche of the nation. In Poland (and Russia ) it is still a hotly debated subject.

 

US lost less than 1/2 million service personnel. Close to zero civilians. Europe? , posted on September 7, 2021 at 07:48:51
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 10s of millions, both military and civilian. Russia? It's uncountable.

 

About 5000 Americans were lost to Uboat activity..., posted on September 7, 2021 at 19:43:05
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From NYC to Galvestone, Tx. A little something we never learned on history class.

 

Worse than 9/11. Hard to believe the figures for Russia, Germany, or Poland. , posted on September 9, 2021 at 12:24:48
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 If we'd lost more civilians, if the war had been fought on our soil with the consequent devastation, perhaps the military worship would have been less, the VA support of any and all wars less enthusiastic.

 

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