# "We have outlawed Russia.."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-outlawed-russia/324627>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 3, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-outlawed-russia/324627 "2005-10-03T19:30:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-outlawed-russia/324627/21 "2005-10-04T15:25:11Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> As I recall, the reason this was such a big deal at the time was because the Soviets took him seriously and went into a full military alert. Cold war tensions were pretty high at the time. I remember thinking that the Soviets overreacted by quite a bit. I was like come on guys, you can’t possibly think that was a real threat?

The Soviet leadership thought he was a nut, a religious fanatic. I recall a news story a few years ago, where some Russian official was claiming that the election of Reagan caused the Soviets to seriously consider a nuclear first strike; pre-emptive self defense as it were.

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-outlawed-russia/324627/22 "2005-10-04T16:08:32Z")

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That weren’t no claymation, pardner: Fluck and Law’s latex puppets (and darn good ones, too!) were terrific, along with some first-rate voice talent (including Chris Barrie of Red Dwarf).

I **still** get the “Chicken Song” stuck in my head…

[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/spittingimag/spittingimag.htm](http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/spittingimag/spittingimag.htm)

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-outlawed-russia/324627/23 "2005-10-04T16:19:08Z")

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> [@Stranger On A Train](#):
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> How can you get away without mentioning the Genesis video “Land of Confusion” animated by claymation studio Spitting Image? “Water!”

And of course, Frankie Goes to Hollywood: "When to tribes go to war/ War is all that you can…

Well whatever it was.

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