Thanks for the post Meggysue. I edited it a bit because it could not get the upvotes it deserved because the arrows were obscured by the ad.

An incredible man. RIP.

Thanks Moe! I'm still learning. :^) Would love to fix my spelling error (bt for but), however THE AD'S IN THE WAY. Frustrating.

Oh, I was just get ready to post this. You beat me :P

You guys should look up a guy named Pavel Litvinov. Another Soviet Dissident. He was my girlfriends teacher in high school. Cool guy. Exiled to siberia for throwing rocks at Stalin's tanks. Twice.

Oh no sweat, I fixed that too. 8OP

AND I double posted!

Why twice? Because the first stone didn't do the damage he'd thought it might?

I admire his courage and resolve but practically speaking, a stone, versus a tank, really?

Haha, I think it was more of a symbol than anything else. And I meant it happened on two different occasions. He was arrested and exiled for throwing stones at Stalin's tanks. Then when they let him back in years later, he threw rocks at Stalin's tanks again, and was arrested and exiled a second time.

The man was exiled to f**king Siberia twice.

This did more far more damage to China than would have an RPG aimed at that lead tank.

I'm sure it was a symbolic gesture, and not one taken lightly by Stalin's henchmen. Both he and the gent in Tienamen Square paid dearly for their boldness, as did Solzhenitsyn. They put ideas into action, and ideas have consequences.

Yes, it just sounded amusing, the fact that he'd taken on a tank with a stone. I get the symbolism.

Also, China didn't seem to learn much from Tiananmen Square, they're still pretty much the same oppressive a*****es they were back then.

Hey, keep the a*****es unknown. You know, to protect the innocent or something...

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I learned about this guy in my Russian History class....still haven't read his stuff yet though, I want too......but my pile of books to read is growing by the day.....someday I shall read his work.