Comments on: Communist Porsche turned away at Lithuanian border

By: Moze

Moze — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:20:00 +0000

My family were hiding couple jewish children from Nazis. So we all know what Nazis were. But still Soviets were worse and they did the same thing. You guys don’t know how bad Soviets were, western countries closed their eyes on Soviets, because of war against Nazi Germany. Western history does not represent Soviets in true colors.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:13:00 +0000

I guess you’re not Jewish or gay or Roma.

By: Moze

Moze — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:08:00 +0000

Because many Eastern European countries saw Nazies as liberators from Soviets… Because soviets were much worse then Nazis.

By: Moze

Moze — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:06:00 +0000

I read comments and it sickens me. Do you guys at least know how much Lithuanians suffered from soviet oppression? And it’s not about communism, it’s about russian soviet regime. All Lithuanians hate everything that is related to it.

By: Moze

Moze — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:01:00 +0000

It’s because swastika was used in old religion.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:27:00 +0000

Nothing says “Communist” like an expensive sports car.

By: tnmc

tnmc — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:38:00 +0000

What are you trying to say here?

By: sigdrifa

sigdrifa — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:16:00 +0000

A *Porsche* with a communist flag? Does anyone see the irony? Does this guy know his history?

By: autark

autark — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:10:00 +0000

Bizarre… I’ve driven through Russia and many former Soviet states, and I just drove through Lithuania last month, it was one of the still most Soviet feeling places I’ve traveled through.

More likely they wanted him to leave the Porsche behind so they could disappear it while in customs.

By: Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:53:00 +0000

interestingly enough swastikas are perfectly legal in Lithuania.

By: Michael Wiik

Michael Wiik — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:52:00 +0000

Maybe he should’ve used the flag of the National Bolshevism party, guaranteed to offend no one.

By: kraut

kraut — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:59:00 +0000

I was thinking “on what grounds”? But the article explains that “Lithuania and Hungary are the only two European Union countries to outlaw public displays of Soviet symbols.”

So fair enough. Try driving into Germany with a swastika on your car and see how far you get ….

By: Taavet Ropp

Taavet Ropp — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:53:00 +0000

Seeing that we’re dealing with Eastern Europe here, the matching set would be completed not with stars-and-stripes, but with a swastika.

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Unfortunately, because of traffic, the driver of the stars-and-stripes painted Yugo was separated from his compatriot, spoiling the intended effect…