On this day every time I ask myself the same question: "was it worth me August 19, 1991 risk of personal freedom and well-being of his own family?".
The issue is complicated. Ultimately (as a result of our three day unarmed uprising) came to power the vanguard of the Communist Party, against the omnipotence of which we protested. The political dictatorship of the Communist Party dictatorship was replaced by the gendarmerie of the security part. Moreover, in the absence of any control. As part of the CPSU, and from civil society. Secret Service discredited and defeated the parties of the post-Soviet society. It was not in the ideology of these parties, which had no mass support for the general population. It was the threat of civilian control over the activities of secret police and had joined her bureaucracy, which emanated from itself the existence of these parties. That's what determined the creation of the secret police under the control of a ruling party today, with various beautiful names, have nothing to do with the substance and the results of their activities.
After 19 years everything has returned to business as usual. The people and still do not have enough food, clothing and spacious modern accommodation. Back then it was due to the physical absence of the above, then today is due to deficiency in the majority of funds for a normal existence. All the same meager pensions, the unavailability of free qualified medical care and quality of medicines, as well as the futility of youth in promoting and in housing for creating a family. Without the conditions included in the active support of the existing regime.
Poor countries has become a country poor and servile.
And it is - not the only change.
Then we thought that since you can not live, and in a state of emergency came to the square in front of the White House.
Today, if we come to the same conclusions, we can not meet in the same area, then called Freedom Square. It is fenced off from the people on the street very tall steel fence, and "native" Riot police seized and will be packing any number of people, which drew more than three people without government permission. Moreover, no state of emergency.
For all this I think is right its decision to participate in an unarmed revolution in 1991, which was not only a breath of freedom, but also caused a portion of the population in Russia is almost forgotten feeling - a sense of self-esteem.
Effect Perelman discussed in this topic, in my opinion, is a product of the revolution-91 and an adequate response halyavschine prevailing in the current society under the slogan: "At any price".
Decency - priceless.
Do an honest man can not buy it.
As it turned out, even for a million dollars.
Fortunately, Perelman is not alone - enough to carefully look around or go to the site:
http://ovoscham.net.
Personally, I think Perelman hero of our time, as children who died under the treads of August 91st. Their death averted a bloody assault on the White House and return the country during the Gulag. An example is Perelman can and should serve as a moral transformation of Russia.
We live in a country where you can not make people become honest. Neither the power of religion, no force of law, nor force of arms. The moral transformation of Russia is unrealistic without human decency, without self-respect to his every one of us. From our choice (the choice of each of us) depends on - whether we are free citizens of a free country, or with noodles on the ears will continue to slurp around us dirt.
Without moral transfiguration of our country is doomed to destruction.
I think so.
Defender of the White House in August 1991 (Group 19).