A newly appointed district director chaired a meeting of the district representatives in Moscow Province — his predecessor had just been imprisoned. Every time when they read the name of Stalin, all representatives would rise immediately, and yell “Ula!” At the end of the meeting, they approved the letter pledging allegiance to Stalin. All stood up and the sounds of applauding thundered the auditorium. It then turned into a long lasting cheer. Three minutes later, four minutes later, five minutes later, the sounds of clapping kept roaring, and the cheering remained enthusiastic. People’s hands were hurting. Their arms were numb. The elderly were out of breath. But no one dared to stop first. The clapping kept on. Six minutes, seven minutes, eight minutes, all representatives looked at one another, pretending to be full of joy. Nine minutes, ten minutes, and at the eleventh minute, a member of the chairing group — the president of the paper factory– returned to his normal look, and sat down on his seat. Then a miracle happened. The unstoppable clapping stopped. That night, the president of the paper factory was arrested, and sentenced to ten years in prison. When he signed his name on the record of investigation, the investigator said to him: “Never be the first to stop clapping."
Louis:
ReplyDeleteEsta mañana estaba pensando en postear esta misma historia en castellano. Tenía que buscarla en un blog que anda por ahí. Finalmente la dejé con este asunto de la "ley terrorista".
Creo que viene justito para los chupa culos del kirchnerismo.
Si dejan de aplaudir y hacer circo el régimen se acaba. Y ahí a muchos le va a tocar el gulag. Es decir: se van a quedar sin lo privilegios que otorga el Estado a la casta dominante. Ni laburo van a tener muchos.
Creo que es un acto de justicia ir anotando nombres y enrostrar adhesiones posteriormente.
Don Freeman, si es así, todavía queda la esperanza de que mucha gente se da cuenta de que la cosa no tiene la menor posibilidad de funcionar.
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