I remember that quite well, thank you, without mementos of the killers in my house.
Joe, if you remember quite well without them, then their presence should not bother you any extra. I think you worked yourself into a contradiction.
No contradiction. It also won't bother me any less. Is there some reason I
must have relics of murderers in my house? Those of you who are, seemingly, so concerned that Bolshevik/Stalinist/Soviet atrocities will be forgotten could preserve relics of those who were killed, could you not? Do you?
BTW, a clarification is in order.
This post from me:
I find keeping such items in my home to be the same as memorializing the deeds done with them. Memorializing murderers and oppressors is not only rather creepy, but is precisely what Nazi and Soviet apologists do.
Was a sarcastic reply to this post:
I find that anthropomorphizing a bit of metal and wood as if it carries the thoughts and intents and personality of the people who may have made or misused it is not only rather silly, but precisely what the antis do.
I should have included an
to make the sarcasm clearer.