Gulag - Bino lets start up the discussion!

[the_alcatraz]

holy fuckin pm's lol

LOLz

 

[the_alcatraz]

 

[binö]

so bro, how far along?
you finding this read interesting?share

 

[wootoom]

Lock this piece of shit thread

 

[Lestat]

He called me to. Said your scam is weak. So get a new one.

what scam?

 

[Lestat]

so bro, how far along?
you finding this read interesting?share

good, but depressing, I'll update again soon, I was out of town all weekend but will get more done this week. I just got through the chapter on transport.

 

[binö]

and lestat, i gotta great stalin book that concides nicely with gulag if your interested
gives you a more complete pic of ussr
i would be willing to mail it to you

any suggestions for books for me? i only like nonfiction

 

[Lestat]

and lestat, i gotta great stalin book that concides nicely with gulag if your interested
gives you a more complete pic of ussr
i would be willing to mail it to you

any suggestions for books for me? i only like nonfiction

I'd appreciate you mailing that to me.

I read almost only non fiction.

Here is one I suggest you get ASAP if you haven't read it yet:

Amazon.com: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda: Philip Gourevitch: Books

Buy it used on half.com or amazon.

Amazing book about the Rwanda genocide and all the behind the scenes nuances that went into it.

After that I'd suggest this one:
Amazon.com: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything: Christopher Hitchens: Books

Its not as easy to digest as End of Faith, but still well written and eye opening for most.

 

[Lestat]

He called me to. Said your scam is weak. So get a new one.

Also Bino, so far, I'd prefer the gulag over nazi camps at SOME points. If I had to work in the foresty area with no food, or be in a 30+ day transport with no water or bathroom, or be tortured until I couldn't walk, I'd take the nazi camp.

Nazi camp is good if I get on a train, get off, and get in the gas chamber. BUT if I had to work with Dr. Mengele and be subject to medical experiments, then I'd take the gulag and the neglect over the direct torture.

 

[Lestat]

Also in the gulag, my goal would be to be a "shock worker" and get extra food and chum up with administration to a point where I could somehow flee or escape.

That's what I don't get, why didn't these THOUSANDS of prisoners all collectively rise up on the guards? They were under prepared in most cases to deal with so many people, if they all collectively rose up couldn't they have free'd themselves?

Also, mind blowing to think that this took place in the 1950s.. when our parents were alive here in the US growing up in suburbia (in some cases) those people were getting fucked up by another world "super power"