Jan 28, 2010

Lenin for Sale


According to YahooNews, the city of Voronezh (a city South of Moscow) cannot afford to repair its bronze statue of Lenin, so the city intends to sell the statue. It's win freaking win, baby. Wait, what's the catch?

"[The statue] is under state protection and the law dictates that the owner is obliged to provide free access to it."

What the heck is the point of buying a Lenin if you have to share him with the people? You can't mix capitalism with communism! If you sell a statue it has to become personal property. Get your own Lenin!

6 comments:

Jeff said...

Does that mean whoever buys it has to live in Russia? I have trouble seeing the Russian government enforcing Lenin's public access somewhere in the middle of Texas.

Ern said...

Excellent point... I wonder if there is a Lenin-statue-specific tariff law...

surrey said...

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Pirates(and)Diplomats said...

@Jeff, lol, agreed. I don't think they thought this one through.

nimh said...

Is that a gun in his pocket or is he just happy to see the revolution?

Anonymous said...

Go to the Fremont district of Seattle, Washington and you will see Lenin on the corner.