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From: Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
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Subject: Re: CRIT awards code of conduct
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 19:19:54 -0400
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On 7/4/24 8:54 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
>> On 7/3/24 12:15 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>
>>> Its perhaps interesting to compare this to moves to
>>> exclude Russians from many competitions, out of (wholly
>>> justified) horror at the invasion of Ukraine.
>>>
>>
>> Tchaikovsky has been removed from some concerts for that reason. Since
>> he died before the invasion started, not to mention before Putin was
>> born, it's quite a stretch to blame him.
> 
> He DID write an opera glorifying the secret police after all.
> --scott

The Oprichnik? That one's so obscure I never heard of it before doing a 
search just now on "Tchaikovsky secret police". Perhaps for good reason.

-- 
Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com