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Stańczyk by Jan Matejko; source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Stanczyk_Matejko.JPG
May 09
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the image above is from here it’s by way of introduction to this quotation from here: During the Velvet revolution of 1989 I spied an improvised poster in a Prague shop window. It showed “68” spun through 180 degrees to make “89”, with arrows indicating the rotation. the “68” was referring at least (but probably only) to the “Prague Spring” of 1968; more information about the Velvet Revolution of 1989 can be found here the Stumblng Tumblr tries not to throw superlatives around carelessly, but, immediately on reading the above quotation, he thought that the poster’s idea was brilliant he tried to find an image of it on the Web, but, alas, without success ——
  • the image above is from here
  • it’s by way of introduction to this quotation from here:

During the Velvet revolution of 1989 I spied an improvised poster in a Prague shop window. It showed “68” spun through 180 degrees to make “89”, with arrows indicating the rotation.

  • the “68” was referring at least (but probably only) to the “Prague Spring” of 1968; more information about the Velvet Revolution of 1989 can be found here
  • the Stumblng Tumblr tries not to throw superlatives around carelessly, but, immediately on reading the above quotation, he thought that the poster’s idea was brilliant
  • he tried to find an image of it on the Web, but, alas, without success

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