Sex for the motherland: Russian youths encouraged to procreate at camp

by nk | July 28, 2007 at 03:58 pm
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couples move to a special section of dormitory tents arranged in a heart-shape and called the Love Oasis, where they can start procreating for the motherland.
[...]

Nashi's annual camp, 200 miles outside Moscow, is attended by 10,000
uniformed youngsters and involves two weeks of lectures and physical
fitness.

Attendance is monitored via compulsory electronic badges and anyone who
misses three events is expelled. So are drinkers; alcohol is banned.
But sex is encouraged, and condoms are nowhere on sale.

[...]

The Kremlin sees no role for a democratic opposition, denouncing its
leaders as stooges and traitors. Sadly, most Russians agree: a recent
poll showed that a majority believed that opposition parties should not
be allowed to take power.

[...]

Every blot on the Soviet record was matched by something, real or imagined, that the West had done.


Hard to believe a little. But the Wikipedia Talk page on the much disputed Nashi organization reveals a few interesting tidbits:





        In this "who's the Nazi now?" hullabaloo, it's important to understand that 'fascist' means different things for Russians than it means to people of Western cultural background. Specifically, for a Westerner, fascism is a matter of ideology: a fascist is one that subscribes to an ideology that is fascist. For a Russian, fascism is a matter of allegiance: a fascist is one that adheres to the Nazis. Thus, for a Russian, pointing out that Nashists oppose Nazis is conclusive proof that they're anti-fascists *and* not fascists. Westerners tend to be puzzled over that proposed "proof", because Western treatment of WWII history does not gloss over the issue of various fascist organisations opposing each other; a Westerner does not consider organisation's X opposition to a known fascist organisation a refutation of organisation's X fascist tendencies.




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jordan
jordan
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at 07:40 on July 29th, 2007

No matter how hard I try, I cannot think of a less sexy slogan than "remember the mammoths".

gryphon
gryphon
flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 08:24 on July 30th, 2007

nk, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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