Comments on: Khors – Mysticism http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/04/khors-mysticism/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:36:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Helm http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/04/khors-mysticism/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Helm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:48:27 +0000 http://www.invisibleoranges.com/?p=165#comment-1122 I was similarly confounded about how Poland could have such a strong nazi metal/rock scene (given how they were treated by the Germans) until I visited there and had the situation explained to me by Polish people. It's not a simple matter.<br /><br />The music in the post is really bad. I was similarly confounded about how Poland could have such a strong nazi metal/rock scene (given how they were treated by the Germans) until I visited there and had the situation explained to me by Polish people. It’s not a simple matter.

The music in the post is really bad.

]]> By: Graeme http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/04/khors-mysticism/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Graeme Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:01:30 +0000 http://www.invisibleoranges.com/?p=165#comment-1123 Historically speaking, that's about correct, but the issue has more to do with how people now interpret that history and to what ends. Historically speaking, that’s about correct, but the issue has more to do with how people now interpret that history and to what ends.

]]> By: Invisible Oranges http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/04/khors-mysticism/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Invisible Oranges Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:30:44 +0000 http://www.invisibleoranges.com/?p=165#comment-1124 Graeme - thanks for the elucidation. From my brief reading on the topic, it seemed that most of Ukraine resisted the Nazis, but evidently the interplay among locals, Communists, and Nazis was more complex than I thought. Graeme – thanks for the elucidation. From my brief reading on the topic, it seemed that most of Ukraine resisted the Nazis, but evidently the interplay among locals, Communists, and Nazis was more complex than I thought.

]]> By: Graeme http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/04/khors-mysticism/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Graeme Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:39 +0000 http://www.invisibleoranges.com/?p=165#comment-1125 And this shit is tacky. And this shit is tacky.

]]> By: Graeme http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2009/04/khors-mysticism/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Graeme Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:51:00 +0000 http://www.invisibleoranges.com/?p=165#comment-1126 "I don't get how Ukrainians can be pro-Nazi, given WWII, but that's another matter."<br /><br />The *very* short answer to that question is that in a lot of the former Soviet Bloc countries, Nazi occupation is taken to be one of the moments of genuine resistance against communism and it's glorified because of that. And there is also, of course, plenty of antisemitism in Ukraine. This topic is probably too big for a comment box! “I don’t get how Ukrainians can be pro-Nazi, given WWII, but that’s another matter.”

The *very* short answer to that question is that in a lot of the former Soviet Bloc countries, Nazi occupation is taken to be one of the moments of genuine resistance against communism and it’s glorified because of that. And there is also, of course, plenty of antisemitism in Ukraine. This topic is probably too big for a comment box!

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