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Censorship cuts at the deepest part of my soul. sam
posted by
sam444
on March 20, 2008 at 11:43 AM
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Re: Troosha
Yes Troosha, I imagine it was :) With all the planted bugs in hotel rooms etc..
But we didn't have poverty, actually, as you "rotten capitalists" ;) know it - money was not a problem, the problem was to find something to buy for the money. People were standing in lines for hours in order to buy sausages or, for example, toilet paper (which was a luxury product, normally we'd use old newspapers); and I still remember the excitement, the almost religious experience when I was some 6-7 years old and for the first time in my life I tasted a BANANA! Now that was something. I tried to recall that beautiful taste for months.
posted by
hagi
on March 20, 2008 at 9:31 AM
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Excellent!
In a story, the antagonist has to be sympathetic.
posted by
BC-A
on March 20, 2008 at 9:26 AM
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hagi
I visited Moscow when the USSR was still the USSR and the was a sense of "censorship" in everything we did - where we went, what we were allowed to see (the good only and not a glimpse of people living in poverty), where we ate, etc. It felt very strange...
posted by
Troosha
on March 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM
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wow, you and your family must have gone through a lot...thanks for
sharing your account on censorship!
posted by
Ariala
on March 20, 2008 at 5:51 AM
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