[QUOTE] Russia is demanding that Bulgaria try harder to prevent vandalism of Soviet monuments, after yet another monument to Soviet troops in Sofia was spray-painted, ITAR-Tass reported.
The Russian Embassy in Bulgaria has issued a note demanding that its former Soviet-era ally clean up the monument in Sofia's Lozenets district, identify and punish those responsible, and take "exhaustive measures" to prevent similar attacks in the future, the news agency reported Monday. [/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.themoscowtimes.com/upload/iblock/721/Bulgaria-soviet-monument-painted.jpg[/img]
[url]http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/505354.html[/url]
Really? This is 3 years old.
Time for Russia to liberate the ethnic Russian monuments in Bulgaria.
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
Also, those are all mostly DC comic heroes....then there's Captain America :v:
This isn't vandalism; it's pure art :v:
lol why should bulgaria give two shits
let all of the soviet monuments be vandalized, or even destroyed if people want
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45740396]Time for Russia to liberate the ethnic Russian monuments in Bulgaria.
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
Also, those are all mostly DC comic heroes....then there's Captain America :v:[/QUOTE]
Not to forget Comrade McDonald.
Send it back to the USSR
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45740396]
Also, those are all mostly DC comic heroes....then there's Captain America :v:[/QUOTE]
How about the fucking santa?
Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45740654]Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.[/QUOTE]
I think there's a political statement in there somewhere. I'm against vandalism, but this is indeed really well done.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;45740644]How about the fucking santa?[/QUOTE]
dc comic hero
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45740654]Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.[/QUOTE]
I am completely against just destroying monuments permanently but this is just a layer of paint, it can come off with bit off a thinner and the monument will be back in it's former glum glory.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45740654]Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.[/QUOTE]
Invading our country and forcing us into being a satellite state for 60 years was a pretty dickish thing too.
[editline]20th August 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=HGrunt;45740385]Really? This is 3 years old.[/QUOTE]
The article refers to recently painted over monuments - it's an ongoing occurrence. They just used an old photo. The caption reflects that: "[I]Figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of a Soviet Army monument were previously transformed into superheroes in Sofia, Bulgaria.[/I]"
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45740396]Time for Russia to liberate the ethnic Russian monuments in Bulgaria.
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
Also, those are all mostly DC comic heroes....then there's Captain America :v:[/QUOTE]
Third from the right?
[QUOTE=HGrunt;45740385]Really? This is 3 years old.[/QUOTE]
Well then, did it work?
This is an actual photo of the last incident.
[img]http://85.14.28.164/d/images/photos/0234/0000234367-article2.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Stopper;45741163]This is an actual photo of the last incident.
[img]http://85.14.28.164/d/images/photos/0234/0000234367-article2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]Guessing that's meant to be a political statement about blood on Soviet hands or something. The OP one is at least much more amusing and equally as harmless to the actual monument.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45740654]Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.[/QUOTE]
if it was made by a foreign invader, why should the country retain it?
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45740654]Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.[/QUOTE]
Germany is extremely apologetic about WW2, of course they're not going to remove an Ally monument.
[QUOTE=HGrunt;45740385]Really? This is 3 years old.[/QUOTE]
I guess The Moscow Times runs on Valve time then?
As much as we like soviet monuments painted, imagine what would happen if the Vietnam memorial was painted over.
[QUOTE=Megadave;45741907]As much as we like soviet monuments painted, imagine what would happen if the Vietnam memorial was painted over.[/QUOTE]
Vietnam memorial is actually in our country though.
Imagine if the US built a giant bronze eagle in Afghanistan then got all pissy when Afghans started to deface it.
"Hey Bulgaria, don't vandalize those; It'll be way easier just to keep those than build new ones when we conquer Europe again."
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;45740654]Such a dickish thing to do.
Even Germans keep the signs of Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag wall as a monument. Show some fucking respect.
And it's a work of art after all, it's not even a symbol of power that you might have a reason to hate.
Fine drawn though.[/QUOTE]
Not really, when the GDR was collapsing and the West German laws were coming to play a lot of things were happening including the removal of soviet objects
[IMG]http://www.darrelplant.com/images/goodbyelenin.jpg[/IMG]
This is from the movie "Goodbye Lenin!" (2003) when the main characters mother steps outside and see's widespread capitalism hit the GDR along with anything with soviet influence being removed
It was rapid, Germany erased as much as it could from the soviet satellite times
[editline]20th August 2014[/editline]
btw Goodbye Lenin is a great film, highly advise you watch it
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;45741740]Germany is extremely apologetic about WW2, of course they're not going to remove an Ally monument.[/QUOTE]
Too bad the fucking communists were responsible for far more suffering and oppression in Deutschland than Hitler could have dreamed of.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45744652] [editline]20th August 2014[/editline]
btw Goodbye Lenin is a great film, highly advise you watch it[/QUOTE]
Yeah, gonna second this. Spectacular movie.
[QUOTE=certified;45744668]Too bad the fucking communists were responsible for far more suffering and oppression in Deutschland than Hitler could have dreamed of.[/QUOTE]
They raped 3 million German women and girls during WW2. They weren't nice people.
At least its vandalism with message, not some random tag gopniks love to spray, locals problably want to make a message about what soviets did 70 years ago
[QUOTE=certified;45744668]Too bad the fucking communists were responsible for far more suffering and oppression in Deutschland than Hitler could have dreamed of.[/QUOTE]
I think it was easy for the GDR to be put into place because it was basically a continuation of Nazi oppression just under a different government, plus the population had already been conditioned in totalitarian rule for 12 years.
Even though it's painted good, i don't think that painting any monument is ok. I mean, it's a part of history, it has some aesthetic value, and it's a monument to those who gave their lifes to fight fascism after all. It has nothing to do with commies being bad for you or anything.
I understand that you guys don't give a thing about our feelings about theese paintings, and it's normal, i guess. We've been enemies for 60+ years, and we're hastily becoming enemies again at this very moment. But just imagine if something like this will happen to some monument to soldiers of your country, and everything will fall into it's place.
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