Comments on: Former Communist leader of Poland: I sinned http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/former-communist-leader-of-poland-i-sinned Religion editor Frank Lockwood's spirituality blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: José http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/former-communist-leader-of-poland-i-sinned/comment-page-1#comment-18365 José Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:55:16 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=1721#comment-18365 What a beautiful and hopeful thought, that redemption is available to anyone regardless of the past. Nice. Jaruzelski is an interesting figure in history and I believes he deserves some credit for clearing a path to the end of the Cold War. He could have done more to crack down on the Polish democracy movement, but he allowed a lot more freedom than many other national leaders, and other Eastern Europeans took notice. It was the right action (or inaction) at the right time. Caleb, I have a book for you. "The God That Failed" is a series of essays by some folks who were Communist Party members or sympathizers in the pre-WWII era. It's really interesting to read their stories of disillusionment as they grew to realize that the Communist party leaders were disinterested or even opposed to their noble liberal ideals. Maybe there will be a similar book about Communists during the Cold War. Surely there are a lot of good tales to tell. What a beautiful and hopeful thought, that redemption is available to anyone regardless of the past. Nice.

Jaruzelski is an interesting figure in history and I believes he deserves some credit for clearing a path to the end of the Cold War. He could have done more to crack down on the Polish democracy movement, but he allowed a lot more freedom than many other national leaders, and other Eastern Europeans took notice. It was the right action (or inaction) at the right time.

Caleb, I have a book for you. “The God That Failed” is a series of essays by some folks who were Communist Party members or sympathizers in the pre-WWII era. It’s really interesting to read their stories of disillusionment as they grew to realize that the Communist party leaders were disinterested or even opposed to their noble liberal ideals. Maybe there will be a similar book about Communists during the Cold War. Surely there are a lot of good tales to tell.

]]> By: Caleb Powers http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/former-communist-leader-of-poland-i-sinned/comment-page-1#comment-18363 Caleb Powers Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:03:26 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=1721#comment-18363 This is quite interesting. We tend to see communists as gray Stepford-politicians, all the same. In fact, there was a great deal of variation between communist countries and communist leaders. It would be interesting if some of these leaders would write autobiographies that told how things really were and how they really progressed. I suspect that period in the late '80s and early '90s when the old communist regimes fell apart is a period in history that will never be documented very well because few who were there will tell what went on. This is quite interesting. We tend to see communists as gray Stepford-politicians, all the same. In fact, there was a great deal of variation between communist countries and communist leaders. It would be interesting if some of these leaders would write autobiographies that told how things really were and how they really progressed.

I suspect that period in the late ’80s and early ’90s when the old communist regimes fell apart is a period in history that will never be documented very well because few who were there will tell what went on.

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