PUTIN is TIME's Person of the Year!

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Re: PUTIN is TIME's Person of the Year!

Post by CottonCandy » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:29 am

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Post by Morgana » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:10 pm

browneyedgirl wrote:Morgana? ??? Who else posts here that lives in Russia?
Sorry guys who doesn't like Russia, or Putin, or something... But shut up please, you don't know what was life in Russia looked like when all the power was in Eltsin's hands. Yes, Putin made some mistakes as in situation with "Kursk" when two hundred people were under tons of cold north water without any hope and any chanse... But believe me - it's not easy to be a president of such big country as Russian Federation, especially in that times of 90's. I remember as I was a child and there was nothing in the shops and my cat ate not a special food for fat cats but mise that he could catch himself. Then Putin took the power. And now I have a good education, an own flat, a good job, and my parents don't care about what we'll eat tomorrow. All this thanks to Putin. He made an order in the country where the mess was.

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Post by browneyedgirl » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:03 am

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browneyedgirl wrote:Morgana? ??? Who else posts here that lives in Russia?
Sorry guys who doesn't like Russia, or Putin, or something... But shut up please, you don't know what was life in Russia looked like when all the power was in Eltsin's hands. Yes, Putin made some mistakes as in situation with "Kursk" when two hundred people were under tons of cold north water without any hope and any chanse... But believe me - it's not easy to be a president of such big country as Russian Federation, especially in that times of 90's. I remember as I was a child and there was nothing in the shops and my cat ate not a special food for fat cats but mise that he could catch himself. Then Putin took the power. And now I have a good education, an own flat, a good job, and my parents don't care about what we'll eat tomorrow. All this thanks to Putin. He made an order in the country where the mess was.
Thank you! :)

From what I gather, all Yeltsin thought about while he was in office was Wine, Women&Song. In that order. :roll:
Seriously, Russia is in good shape now? Thats good to hear.
What about the new President? Wonder how he will be?
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Post by Morgana » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:12 pm

Hahah, after my yesterday post I told my husband about this topic. And he said: "Tell them that very soon Putin will take the power all ower the world and all countries' sitizens will clear away for bears on Tverskaya street" :lol: Don't take offence guys, it's just a joke :lol:

Yes, I think that Russian Federation is in a very good shape. More that this, Putin will make influence on the politics in Russia and in the world even when his "president time" will end.

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Post by black death » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:43 pm

Morgana wrote:Putin will make influence on the politics in Russia and in the world even when his "president time" will end.
And is it a positive thing?? Why do we have in our constitutions these restrictions on the highest officials' term of office?
It's a safeguard to avoid the high official to stay at the power for too long. But you know...if anybody wants to go around it, he/she will.

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Post by Morgana » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:23 pm

If power makes good things for country - why not? Why not to keep this power for longer? :wink:

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Post by Stealth » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:14 pm

I agree with black death. The whole point of the democratic system is to regulate how much power a single individual can have by decentralizing duties. An almighty, centralized power which overrules all other decisions is not usually a good thing (in fact, it never is). Centralized governments erode the role of democracy, which is based on people's participation in political decisions (at least to some extent). A single individual with too much unregulated power can be very harmful. Here are a few examples:

Italy: Mussolini
Germany: Hitler
Portugal: Salazar
Argentina: Onganía, Videla, Galtieri
Chile: Pinochet
Yugoslavia: Tito
Romania: Ceausescu
Spain: Franco
Paraguay: Stroessner
U.S.: Bush
North Korea: Kim Jong-il
Irak: Saddam
France: Louis XIV
Russia: Stalin
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Post by NeonVomit » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:28 am

Stealth wrote: U.S.: Bush
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The others weren't puppets! He doesn't belong on this list.
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Post by Stealth » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:37 am

Hahhah, I know... It was meant to generate some controversy. :D
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Post by black death » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:17 pm

Morgana wrote:If power makes good things for country - why not? Why not to keep this power for longer? :wink:
If a person has too much power and knows that nobody can take it from him, he can do what he wants...without any limitation. That's always bad and that's why there are these statutory restrictions, even in Russian costitution.

Have you seen Stealth's list? Putin is very close to it...

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Post by Morgana » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:17 pm

black death wrote:Have you seen Stealth's list? Putin is very close to it...
Oh come on guys!!! :lol: Putin and Stalin have not anything common!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Believe me, I'm Russian and know about Stalin and Putin more that you :)

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Morgana wrote:Putin and Stalin have not anything common!!!
Well, I should say what I wanted to say more precisely. No, you're right, Putin and Stalin have nothing in common right now, but if Putin will not give up his attempts to stay at the power (as a president or prime minister or whatever else), they may start to have something in common.

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Post by NeonVomit » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:46 pm

black death wrote:
Morgana wrote:Putin and Stalin have not anything common!!!
Well, I should say what I wanted to say more precisely. No, you're right, Putin and Stalin have nothing in common right now, but if Putin will not give up his attempts to stay at the power (as a president or prime minister or whatever else), they may start to have something in common.
Dude, Putin will never be the same as Stalin. Firstly, he hasn't got the right hair.
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Post by black death » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:57 pm

:lol:
Dude, I never wrote that he'll be the same.

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Post by Carcass » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:09 am

NeonVomit wrote:
black death wrote:
Morgana wrote:Putin and Stalin have not anything common!!!
Well, I should say what I wanted to say more precisely. No, you're right, Putin and Stalin have nothing in common right now, but if Putin will not give up his attempts to stay at the power (as a president or prime minister or whatever else), they may start to have something in common.
Dude, Putin will never be the same as Stalin. Firstly, he hasn't got the right hair.
It's not about the hair, it's the moustache!

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Post by Stealth » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:26 am

Btw, if you put the stress on the second syllable of Putin (to pronounce it "Putín"), it sounds better. It means "little male-bitch" in Spanish (Puto = a male-bitch; Putín = the same, but a little one). :D
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Post by Morgana » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:15 am

black death wrote:Well, I should say what I wanted to say more precisely. No, you're right, Putin and Stalin have nothing in common right now, but if Putin will not give up his attempts to stay at the power (as a president or prime minister or whatever else), they may start to have something in common.
In my opinion, Stalin lived in such hard time that very often circumstances were the causes of his actions. Anyways, we didn't live then and cannot know everything, we can just guess... And about Putin - his time is more quiet. We Russians have seen just good things from him, so I'd like to see him every day on TV in his president role or premier role or something. I think - every person is individual, and every history time is individual, and we shouldn't generalize... :roll:

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Post by NeonVomit » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:55 am

Morgana wrote:
black death wrote:Well, I should say what I wanted to say more precisely. No, you're right, Putin and Stalin have nothing in common right now, but if Putin will not give up his attempts to stay at the power (as a president or prime minister or whatever else), they may start to have something in common.
In my opinion, Stalin lived in such hard time that very often circumstances were the causes of his actions. Anyways, we didn't live then and cannot know everything, we can just guess... And about Putin - his time is more quiet. We Russians have seen just good things from him, so I'd like to see him every day on TV in his president role or premier role or something. I think - every person is individual, and every history time is individual, and we shouldn't generalize... :roll:
From an outsider's point of view, Putin is what Russia needed at this time. After the Yeltsin years, a strong decisive leader is what the country required to get it back on its feet.
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Post by Morgana » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:51 pm

NeonVomit wrote:From an outsider's point of view, Putin is what Russia needed at this time. After the Yeltsin years, a strong decisive leader is what the country required to get it back on its feet.
+1 :rvd:

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Morgana wrote:Putin and Stalin have not anything common!!!
Well, I should say what I wanted to say more precisely. No, you're right, Putin and Stalin have nothing in common right now, but if Putin will not give up his attempts to stay at the power (as a president or prime minister or whatever else), they may start to have something in common.
wow, how brave are you! Stalin was one of the biggest murderer ever in history and I don't know who could be compared with him (except Hitler, who was even worse)....
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Post by Morgana » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:51 am

nepi wrote:Stalin was one of the biggest murderer ever in history and I don't know who could be compared with him (except Hitler, who was even worse)....
But don't forget that Stalin made USSR a strong country as so as Putin did :wink: Well, maybe I was wrong - they HAVE something common. But it's not the way of reaching the goals, of course...

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Post by Carcass » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:38 pm

Morgana wrote:But don't forget that Stalin made USSR a strong country as so as Putin did
That's exactly what some countries (such as Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine, to some extent Finland too) are worried about.

Personally I don't think that Russia is a threat to Finland. But I can understand why countries in the former East block feel awkward.

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Post by black death » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:35 pm

nepi wrote:wow, how brave are you! Stalin was one of the biggest murderer ever in history and I don't know who could be compared with him (except Hitler, who was even worse)....
Firstly, it was NOT me, who started comparing.
Secondly, you absolutely didn't catch what I was speaking about! The only thing I said is that the presidential term of office is in many countries limited for some time period and that it's not without reason.
Carcass wrote:Personally I don't think that Russia is a threat to Finland. But I can understand why countries in the former East block feel awkward.
Yeah, probably some people feel awkward about it. But the only problem I have with Putin's doing-everything-possible-just-to-stay-at-the-power is that it has nothing to do with democracy. It's absolutely the same undemocratical regardless if it's in Russia or Trinidad or wherever else. If our (ex)president started behaving like Putin, I would critisize him in the same way.

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Post by browneyedgirl » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:11 am

Considering the past 7 years&what the USA has endured, thank God the terms are limited. Of course, realisticly the leader of a country cannot be blamed for everything&everybody's problems. But, limiting one individual from a long series of terms prevents an overdose of power&its dangers.
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