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The attack on the peasant economy was accompanied by a fierce campaign against the Orthodox Church, the center of traditional peasant culture, which was seen by the Stalinist leadership as one of the main obstacles to collectivization.
[Alan Bullock, "Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives" (Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, ISBN 0-394-58601-8), p. 264, in the chapter "Stalin's Revolution", showing that Stalin's motivation for destroying churches was because of their threat to his political plans and not communistic "atheism"]
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Posted on: January 25, 2006 1:01 PM, by PZ Myers
A nice surprise in the comments: Oliver Sacks and I have something in common. That's one of my favorite shirts, too.
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Posted by: Ocellated
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January 25, 2006 1:28 PM
I guess now's as good an opportunity as any to show off my homemade shirt...
Cephalopods Rule
Posted by: Anonymous | January 25, 2006 9:57 PM
It's strange: ever since I read one of Sacks' books, everybody seems to be mentioning him.
Posted by: Matt | January 25, 2006 9:59 PM
PZ - as a cephalopod fanatic you may enjoy a fine SF novel by Stephen Baxter entitled "Manifold: Time" (first of a trilogy). It features genetically enhanced squid (already smart but a hand up can't hurt) piloting interstellar craft and evolving among the stars.
Posted by: Brian Kirkbride | January 26, 2006 1:16 AM
http://imomus.livejournal.com/2005/02/18/