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General Discussion / Re: Vladimir Askinadzi
« Last post by GlennM on Today at 12:59:52 PM »In my country there is an expression, " haters got to hate." It is easy to heep hate on those who can not defend themselves. They were all dead. It is easy to curry favor in an organization by applauding what ever point of view those who are higher up wish to claim. Everyone was trying to improve their standing in the Party and get a favorable nod from Khrushchev. Therefore, we certainly do not want the West to know our youth are not equal to the rigors of Soviet sport. We absolutely do not want any question that the tourists were disloyal. We absolutely do not want a Stalinist type execution of people suggested.
Therefore, even though the hikers died in a tragic combination of natural occurrences, if it suited someones personal agenda then or now to cast aspersions in order to curry favor, well...haters got to hate.
Therefore, even though the hikers died in a tragic combination of natural occurrences, if it suited someones personal agenda then or now to cast aspersions in order to curry favor, well...haters got to hate.