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Old 10-31-2013, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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“It should be remembered that, when saving the lives of San Francisco residents, the Russian sailors did not differentiate among sexual orientation and saved everyone they could ” --oh look, common ground.

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“We had an agreement with the City Hall, with its fire department, police department, port administration, that they will participate in the event,” said Leonid Nakhodkin, chairman of the nonprofit United Humanitarian Mission (UHM), a civil society group which describes its mission as the promotion of “universal human values.”

“At the last minute, I got a message from the City Hall of San Francisco saying that the municipality ceases all plans to participate in this event, and the same message was received by the Consulate General,” said Nakhodkin, who was born in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan and raised in Ukraine before immigrating to the United States

“Why? Because gay community threatened the San Francisco City Hall to hold a protest against Russia at the event,” he told RIA Novosti in recent conversations about the ceremony originally slated for Oct. 23.
San Francisco Backs Out of Historic Russian Commemoration

Anyway, I do get the opposition and concern but is there any room for putting aside political differences and celebrating what happened in 1863 when these people saved the lives of locals? IJS.
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Old 10-31-2013, 11:19 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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This is sad. Heroes should be honored. Besides, it was a very different Russia back in 1863, needless to say.

Thanx for posting.
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Old 10-31-2013, 12:25 PM
 
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Putin is like Hitler was back in the 30s.
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Old 10-31-2013, 08:54 PM
 
Location: California
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Embarrassing.
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Old 11-01-2013, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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Sochi should be getting more attention, anyway. Boycott that.
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