Nokia Cell Phones with Stalin Wallpaper Show Up in Russia

Iria · Dec 31, 2008, 04:50 AM

I'm not sure why this is such a surprise. In a recent poll Josef Stalin was deemed the third-greatest Russian of all time. Based on that, why wouldn't Russians want cell phones with Stalin wallpaper?
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Source: Tech-Ex

mike2h · Jan 1, 2009, 01:40 AM

fuck stalin. he was a psychotic, murderous prick. right up there with hitler & his ilk.

mkk · Jan 1, 2009, 01:49 AM

Yeah but he was the right prick on the job for defeating Nazi Germany.

mike2h · Jan 1, 2009, 02:03 AM

actually he made that much worse than it actually should have been. part of the soviets military problems were directly linked to the fact that he had 'purged' most of the militaries best leaders. u combine that with th rest of his 'ideas' on how things should be done & it was a disaster.
not taking anything awat from all the brave & selfless acts that were performed by russian soldiers & citizens during ww2 just sayin stalin was directly & indirectly responsible for a whole lot of uneeded deaths in that war.
let alone the millions he killed thru 'purges' & famines thru his forced agriculture policies. still debate today wether the ukranian famine was actually by design- a form of genocide.

mkk · Jan 1, 2009, 02:28 AM

On the other hand he learned from the early problems and allowed the generals to handle the war more and more autonomously, going in the direct opposite of the german political high command. I don't doubt that Stalin would have been able to use food supply in such a mannor, especially as it was a common way to control people in various regions of the predating tsarist Russia. The early Soviet leaders didn't have any higher moral standard preceeding them so a character like Stalin could certainly be expected to use any known means to rein in an empire. By the way it's a bit sad that Ukraines agriculture still to this day remains highly undeveloped, when they have such superb soil. On the other hand, give it another fifty years and we may all want to import some natural soil from them.

Dec 31, 2008, 04:50 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Nokia Cell Phones with Stalin Wallpaper Show Up in Russia I'm not sure why this is such a surprise. In a recent poll Josef Stalin was deemed the third-greatest Russian of all time. Based on that, why wouldn't Russians want cell phones with Stalin wallpaper? _______________ Source: Tech-Ex

Jan 1, 2009, 01:40 AM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Nokia Cell Phones with Stalin Wallpaper Show Up in Russia fuck stalin. he was a psychotic, murderous prick. right up there with hitler & his ilk. __________________

Jan 1, 2009, 01:49 AM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,384 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	Re: Nokia Cell Phones with Stalin Wallpaper Show Up in Russia Yeah but he was the right prick on the job for defeating Nazi Germany.

Jan 1, 2009, 02:03 AM	#4
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Nokia Cell Phones with Stalin Wallpaper Show Up in Russia actually he made that much worse than it actually should have been. part of the soviets military problems were directly linked to the fact that he had 'purged' most of the militaries best leaders. u combine that with th rest of his 'ideas' on how things should be done & it was a disaster. not taking anything awat from all the brave & selfless acts that were performed by russian soldiers & citizens during ww2 just sayin stalin was directly & indirectly responsible for a whole lot of uneeded deaths in that war. let alone the millions he killed thru 'purges' & famines thru his forced agriculture policies. still debate today wether the ukranian famine was actually by design- a form of genocide. __________________

Jan 1, 2009, 02:28 AM	#5
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,384 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	Re: Nokia Cell Phones with Stalin Wallpaper Show Up in Russia On the other hand he learned from the early problems and allowed the generals to handle the war more and more autonomously, going in the direct opposite of the german political high command. I don't doubt that Stalin would have been able to use food supply in such a mannor, especially as it was a common way to control people in various regions of the predating tsarist Russia. The early Soviet leaders didn't have any higher moral standard preceeding them so a character like Stalin could certainly be expected to use any known means to rein in an empire. By the way it's a bit sad that Ukraines agriculture still to this day remains highly undeveloped, when they have such superb soil. On the other hand, give it another fifty years and we may all want to import some natural soil from them.