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In reply to the discussion: Ukrainian city demolishes monument to Russian general who beat Napoleon. [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)The question was rhetorical. It wasn't whether Napoleon passed through exactly that town. The French did conquer that territory, and were later pushed out. Some people wanted a statue to honor the general. People who aren't insane obsessive nationalists would leave the damn statue alone and maybe put up one to their own hero (unfortunately in this case it might be some collaborator to the Nazis). And in the context of this ongoing discussion, your pointing out that the statue isn't of Napoleon (as if to imply I'd said anything of the sort) is cheap. About as relevant and necessary as pointing out that you're not actually the mayor of Baltimore. Now maintain your boyish good looks and stop trying to justify the reactionary right-wing extremists who are trying to seize power and start a civil war with the Russians who live in the Ukraine.