Red October

[llnick2001]

The superintendent recently sent this to the brigade at USNA. Am I way off or does this just seem...odd?

Comrades,



I’d like to take a moment of your time to remind you about something very dear to my heart, the Great Communist Revolution. 89 years ago tomorrow, October 25 (by the Julian calendar), the great Comrade Vladimir Lenin led the glorious Bolsheviks and the Proletariats of St. Petersburg in a stunning uprising against the brutal and oppressive Bourgeois mechanism. The day would be forever remembered as Red October.

While Communism has been demonized due to the abuses of a few dictators who strayed from its core principles, the ideals of Comrades Marx and Engles are not only perfectly legitimate, but laudable. Indeed, the struggle for Egalitarianism is as alive in America today as it was in St. Petersburg almost a century ago, and this is something we reinforce every day within the Brigade of Midshipmen. As Comrade Lenin said, “Give me four years to teach the children… and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.”

As officers, we must never take for granted our great fortune. While rank hath its privileges, as we are too often reminded in this environment, these privileges must be earned through the burden of great responsibility—and to presume that we are deserving of such privilege and responsibility, or to abuse the privilege or to neglect the responsibility… makes us no better than the Bourgeois of Lenin’s day. As you enjoy the scalloped potatoes at noon meal tomorrow, please bear in mind that while delicious, they are the fruits of labor, watered by the sweat and blood of the Proletariat.

The ideals of the Great Communist Revolution are no less relevant today than they were 89 years ago, and are no less intrinsic to human dignity than the central tenets of our own free society in America . In memory of the sacrifices made by our distant brothers in the name of this noble and universal cause, tomorrow shall be a day of equals among equals. All class distinction shall be suspended. Plebes shall be absolved of all duties relegated specifically to their derisory caste, and instead shall simply carry on as contemporaries with the rest of us. Instead of “Sir,” we will all be “Comrade,” as we are indeed all comrades here. In short, everyone will give and receive the great respect that each of us, as human beings, are due.

As you go about your routines tomorrow, remember your comrades and live the ideals of communism. Let all your actions promote the principle of egalitarianism. All thoughts and actions should beg the question, “How will this make me a better Communist?”



And finally, of course, please consider the words of this cherished song:



Sing to the Motherland, home of the free

Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.

O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,

To Communism’s triumph lead us on!



-Comrade Supe

 

[scoober78]

In memory of the sacrifices made by our distant brothers in the name of this noble and universal cause, tomorrow shall be a day of equals among equals. All class distinction shall be suspended. Plebes shall be absolved of all duties relegated specifically to their derisory caste, and instead shall simply carry on as contemporaries with the rest of us. Instead of “Sir,” we will all be “Comrade,” as we are indeed all comrades here. In short, everyone will give and receive the great respect that each of us, as human beings, are due.

I like the idea behind it...but unfortunately Comrade Supe is a bit misguided when it comes to Communist philosophy...

Damn...USNA does some odd stuff.

 

[wiseguy04]

Hmmmm, is this for real??? Because I'm hearing alarm bells ringing from my bvllsh!t detector.

**Sigh** How things have changed since I left there only a couple years ago. What's next, the Marxist Midshipman Society?

"Yes!! Now these capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes against humanity!! Eh, comrade?"

 

[xmid]

I like the idea behind it...but unfortunately Comrade Supe is a bit misguided when it comes to Communist philosophy...

Damn...USNA does some odd stuff.

LOL, theres no way this sh!t is real. No freakin' way... When did you ever get an email from the supe where he actually refered to himself as "supe". Among other things...

 

[llnick2001]

Yes; it is for real. I barely believe it myself. It is the same admiral that makes the brigade sing during parades though...

 

[xmid]

How'd you get it? Do you still have a squirrel mail account or something? Someones playing an evil joke here. So the plebes just got recognized 2 months in to the ac-year? Wow, how times have changed... And whats gonna happen when theres a Forrestal lecture and someone calls the CNO or somebody "comrade"... man the sh!t would hit the fan.

 

[llnick2001]

I got it from a mid and just asked a few others about it. One says it was a plebe that found a way to basically hack his email. Sounds like it probably was a joke. Thank god. I'm still upset about the singing though.

 

[xmid]

I got it from a mid and just asked a few others about it. One says it was a plebe that found a way to basically hack his email. Sounds like it probably was a joke. Thank god. I'm still upset about the singing though.

If it was a plebe that hacked the supe's e-mail thats one hell of a prank, maybe even worth the next 300 days he spends on restriction...

 

[llnick2001]

If it was a plebe that hacked the supe's e-mail thats one hell of a prank, maybe even worth the next 300 days he spends on restriction...

amen to that.

 

[Fly Navy]

Yeaaaah, a superintendant of the USNA sending out a Pro-Communist email? A guy that would have grown up during the Cold War and probably fought some of it? Yeaaaah, I don't think so. Communism has done nothing but bad for this world.

 

[xmid]

Yea thats what I just heard also. They think it was a plebe that did it on a community computer. Danmav1156 if this is your doing you might wanna hide out under schnuggs desk for a while...

 

[AllAmerican75]

Wow, you boat school bubbas are weird.

 

[BrandonJ1780]

Not weird, AA. If the guy thinks it was worth the grief that's coming to him, that was genius...Funny stuff.

 

[Rubiks06]

Well...yes we had to sing at p-rades...and well..yeah the supe calls himself supe in his e-mails....but damn....i think he might just have pushed it over with this one. The alumni association is going to have a field day with this one...hehe..

 

[xmid]

ITS NOT REAL. It went out after COB yesterday. Long after the supe went home. The entire brigade is sure it was a plebe. I always thought Admiral Rempt was a pretty good supe, alot more personable that most. And if you were there for the one that got the boot, then you know how bad they can be.