| ▲ | lysace 6 hours ago |
| The linked project web site (https://free.oberon.org/en) proudly features a video with a thumbnail showing a rendition of the USSR's parliament, the so called Supreme Soviet, with some screenshots added in. Extremely poor taste. |
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| ▲ | throwaway7356 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| They use Yandex for e-mail, so probably a Russian group behind this. |
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| ▲ | nine_k 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I suppose it's just imagery from the heyday of Wirth's Oberon, ca 1987. BTW Oberon was / is not just a language, but a whole very interesting interactive computing environment. |
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| ▲ | shrubble 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think some of the devs are Russian and a quick scan of the video doesn't show anything other than a shared screen for the bulk of the time (using the mouse to grab the time pointer and move it quickly through the length of the presentation). |
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| ▲ | eschaton 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Extremely poor taste. How so? |
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| ▲ | lysace 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That's bait. Go find your history school books. Byebye. | | |
| ▲ | eschaton 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | How about you just explain what you mean? You’re the one who made the statement. It’s on you to support it. | | |
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| ▲ | przemub 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Soviet imagery in countries that have been conquered by or subject to Soviet imperialism is seen extremely poorly.
USSR loved its ethnic cleansing and purges, with several declared as genocide.
Try, for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lentil_(Caucasus)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD
Soviet imagery has also been widely used by Russian propaganda in its current war against Ukraine, so it’s not only a historical matter. | | |
| ▲ | eschaton 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure. But there are also a significant number of people who are nostalgic for it and might be offended by this use for that reason, hence why I asked. Given the existence of both groups I think just the claim that it’s offensive, without explaining why, is ambiguous and just reacting defensively doesn’t address that. | | |
| ▲ | tgv 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Given all we know about the USSR, I don't think anyone needs to explain why. This plus your other comment suggest you're replying in bad faith. | | |
| ▲ | Mikhail_Edoshin 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. | |
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| ▲ | eschaton 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Nope. I just evidently know people with more varied opinions on the USSR than you do. (Including people who grew up there.) | | |
| ▲ | jibal 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Indeed, that accusation of bad faith is such blatant projection ... essentially "It's bad faith to disagree with me, and there's no need for me to justify my claims." This whole diversion is off topic and can be seen as a form of bad faith. |
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| ▲ | koutakun 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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