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This anti-Russia thing is going too far. It's beginning to sound like racism.

Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, has had his name removed from a Space Foundation fundraiser, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Yuri Gagarin has had his name removed from the US-based Space Foundation's fundraising event.

The Soviet cosmonaut was the first person to fly to space on April 12, 1961.

The nonprofit organization decided to change the name of the fundraiser amid "current world events."
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Some people like nothing better than mistreating someone in the name of a good cause.

I'm pretty sure Huxley said something to that effect in one of his novels.

Regardless, this kind of thing is stupid. It implies collective guilt, which only a fool would believe in.