Talk:Moral Code of the Builder of Communism

Please elaborate
Mikkalai,

Thank you for your intriguing articles concerning contemporary (20th Century) Soviet history. Like the article on the First Tractor, this article gave me insight into both the world view and day-to-day values of that time. Yes, I do see similarities with the Ten Commandments, but what I find more interesting is what might be different. For this reason, could you kindly elaborate on, say, the four values that were of a political nature? Or, ideally, listing each of the values in the moral code one by one.

Unrelated to this is the whole issue of the Hammer-and-Cycle symbol. I sense a great degree of ambivalence toward this symbol, not only among those in Anglophone cultures (ie: U.S.A.) but among those from the former Soviet Union. This had led to debates in WikiPedia as to whether or not to show this symbol on USSR-related pages. I feel that it should be shown, since this is an undeniable, and highly important part of contemporary world history.

I sense that the only shame that could have been associated with this symbol was in conjunction with Stalin. I do not feel that one bad person should ruin a perfectly good symbol, one that is highly recognizable and uncompromising. Every country has its controversial symbol. The U.S.A. has the Confederate Battle Flag. Although I am opposed to both its public display and official recognition, I do not feel it should be banned from encyclopedias. If it were, it would allow all of us, including the youth who use WikiPedia, to forget that each and every one of us are fallable.

'nuff said   Vonkje 00:13, 31 May 2005 (UTC)