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Fanya Baron

I'd never heard of her before I read your question at the reference desk. I'm getting all of my information from her article. She was an anarchist revolutionary - the Cheka, the secret service, arrested her and killed her. Bear in mind that she was shot only four years after the Bolshevik revolution, and she seems to have been part of an attempted anarchist revolution - there may very well never have been an official reason for her execution. If you want more information than that, your most profitable route might be to read some background - I don't know what you already know, but I would start by reading some or all of Bolshevism, Anarchism, Russian_Revolution_of_1917, Third_Russian_Revolution and Russian Civil War. My knowledge of all of that is fairly sketchy, but there seems to be quite a lot of stuff in wikipedia. Good luck. --Hughcharlesparker 22:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

de Sade

Yes, but the main point is (as per the talk page I linked to) that the narrator of tMoV is a persona adopted by de Sade. Of course, another possibility is that de Sade was exposing the silliness of the "put up with suffering in life for your reward in heaven" trope through irony. --Bth 14:19, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Reference desk

Hi, please don't post questions more than once on the Reference Desk. We have a lot of questions as it is. Henry^Flower 18:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

PRC photos

Judging by the quality of the photograph and the clothing worn by the prisoners, I would informally date it to the late 80's or early 90's. I can't prove the veracity of the photos, but having some knowledge of medicine and the effects of bullets upon the body, I see no reason to doubt their authenticity. Why exactly do you think them false? I realize the idiots at Free Republic use them to advance a reactionary agenda, but that doesn't change the fact that the PRC executes people. There is no doubt that such activities happened (and continue to happen) there. As a socialist and a Marxian, I deplore the PRC and its heavy-handed, provincial attitude to crime. I have no sympathy for what they're doing and no inclination to cover up their excesses. Bhumiya (said/done) 12:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Why do you suppose the victims are juveniles? They're almost as tall as the soldiers, and they seem to have undergone puberty. Where is it written that people must be executed on their feet? I'm afraid I can't see any pressing reason to doubt the veracity of the photos. If they're fakes, they're good fakes. Incidentally, even if the photos are phony, there's no doubt in my mind that the PRC has done things like this. It's a moot point. Why do you feel the need to establish that they are fake? The PRC's human rights record is abysmal, whether or not these photos are real. Bhumiya (said/done) 22:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

What more can I say? I disagree with your assessment of the photos. Until I see something concrete, I have no basis for contesting their authenticity. The victims look like adults to me. I know nothing about the position prisoners are placed in while being executed, but the injuries look fairly real. I'm neither an expert on Chinese law nor a medical doctor. I admit the photos may be hoaxed. I simply don't have enough information to make that assertion. These are old photos. They've been on the web for at least three years. Frankly, I'm not very interested in the matter anymore. Bhumiya (said/done) 21:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Red Army

No, women were not conscripted. And I used to live in the USSR, so I know what I'm talking about. Women were not conscripted in the USSR, never, and still are not in Russia. (unless you're talking about World War II of course, and even than women's conscription was not universal).

See conscription for details. -- Grafikm ^(AutoGRAF) 11:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Huh?

With all due respect, Wikipedia_talk:Village_pump#Sex_in_Donald_Duck_and_Mickey_Mouse this is one of the most confusing postings I've seen. It is certainly in the wrong place, but also I cannot work out whether you are asking whether we can cite for Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse being male, or whether you are asking about some sex act involving said 'toons, or what. - Jmabel | Talk 04:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

To tell you the truth...

I don't have the Dragon Ball/Z manga fansubb on this computer right now. And if you're going by the English anime versions of 1%—50% power levels, I suggest you don't go by it. The English anime messed up a lot of the power levels and translations from one character to the other. ----Power level(Dragon Ball)^{Stacy's Mom} 18:58, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Dragonball Z question

I've answered your "question" as the Entertainment reference desk. Hope that helps. --Taraborn 09:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)