Does anyone have a picture of Mao's mausoleum? I can't find it anywhere.
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Jemarus — 19 years ago(December 30, 2006 10:40 AM)
there's never been a picture. You have to visit, photography is not allowed, you can get the death penalty for such an offense if you are a chinese citizen
I think that's ridiculous. I understand that many Chinese viewed him as a God, but stillthe death penalty? Communism can really go to unfair extremes sometimes.
I gotta get a bazooka! -
CharlesVariations — 18 years ago(December 30, 2007 01:10 PM)
Maybe that's what they tell them just to be sure there's no pictures taken. I think that did a pretty good job.
Nothing stops people over in the US from taking pictures of the declaration of independence, even though it's prohibited. -
Kawada_Kira — 11 years ago(September 06, 2014 06:54 AM)
I think that's ridiculous. I understand that many Chinese viewed him as a God, but stillthe death penalty? Communism can really go to unfair extremes sometimes.
Outrageous claims require outrageous proof, and that person (whose account has since been deleted, so I can't demand proof of him anymore) didn't provide any. It's not so much that communism goes to "unfair extremes" as that anti-communists feel free to pull outrageous claims about communist countries straight out of their asses without a shred of evidence, and state it as fact without being challenged because of the prevalence of the anti-communist narrative of history.
I very highly doubt you can get the death penalty for taking a picture of Mao's remains. However it is considered disrespectful and cameras aren't allowed in the mausoleum. Chances are though you'd just be punished with a fine if you did it.
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of history.
-Mao Zedong
