Progressive Ears

Svetonio, who returned to this forum several times under duplicate accounts (the last one was Boboulo), is a troll who likes to spread his delusional theories compiled in his book Alternate History of Everything. 

I remember some time ago I have posted a bit too wide comment on what I think was the Soviet proto-proto-prog and the other forum members called me Svetonio and I had to look for the ancient historian's Wikipedia entry (Gaio Svetonio Tranquillo) and wondered what was the connection with me. Then I was informed and the situation was solved and nobody was hurt. No problem in it, at all. I must say, though, that the Soviet performers that I mentioned as somewhat-prog-for-their-time, were not recorded in the kitchen and were all of a legendary status in the former USSR and still are. My political views are also obvious: I don't think the USSR was catastrophically bad. The USSR was definitely a deadborn creation that was destined to die from its very beginning - creating a Utopian society with non-Utopian people is an unachievable goal. However, although I do not want the USSR back, I feel strong nostalgia for it. Like tens of millions of other former Soviet citizens. I can clearly understand the other tens of millions that hate the USSR, too. But there was not a catastrophe in the post-Stalin USSR, in the least. It was a weird pythonesque country that had its unique excellent facets. It is true that I sort of dislike Solzhenitsyn - mostly, because for all I know, he was not much better than Stalin, he simply had much less power in his hands... For instance, as far as I can get, Solzhenitsyn was imprisoned in 1945 because in February of that year he wrote a letter to his friend where he criticized Stalin. Now, let's look at it the other way: good or bad, but Stalin was the general military commander of the fighting Red Army. The war against the nazis was still active, Berlin was not yet captured, there were heavy losses and other wartime misfortunes. When the war reaches its final stage, the soldier of the fighting army criticizes the general commander of his army and proposes the creation of another political system in the country... Uhm... Wartime rules, wartime laws are strict. Certainly, the Soviet system overreacted and played it very tight. But, anyway, it was a bit insanely stupid or stupidly insane to act that way that Solzhenitsyn did under those circumstances, I'd say. 

So, in some aspects, I may also sound like Svetonio, probably. There's probably a few percents of Svetonio in many people. I hope I'm adequate and sane, though. Thank God for that! 

Yes, they have a Way Off Topic forum, but do not allow religion or politics in any of their spaces.

Well, you would be more than welcome 

I listen to a certain prog radio station a lot and sometimes feel that way when I listen to a different prog internet radio station(or stations). 

yeah I can dig that sentiment.. but from prisim of Mick

I'd rather have have freaky kinky sex to JB albums on PA than falling asleep to the coital version of Genesis albums over at PE.

Nope, no we don't