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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 2 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.442s | source
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euroderf ◴[31 Aug 22 07:05 UTC] No.32659260[source]▶
Gorby came to DC for a summit with Reagan in December 1987. When his motorcade stopped to meet folks on the street, he was absolutely mobbed.

I remember the news coverage (WashPost et al.) expressing surprise and bafflement. I think the power structure in the US did not expect such an outpouring of obvious hunger from the man on the street for an end to all the Cold War madness. "More popular than Reagan ?!"

Mikhail Gorbachev requiet in pacem.

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1. fadesibert ◴[31 Aug 22 07:56 UTC] No.32659550[source]▶
Trivial pedantry - but the phrase is more commonly _requiescat in pace_

pacem would be the accusative[0] vs the ablative[1] - the difference being him being peaceful in rest, vs his rest being peaceful.

Nonetheless, I echo your sentiment.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case

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2. euroderf ◴[31 Aug 22 08:47 UTC] No.32659863[source]▶
I stand corrected !

"Requiet in pacem" is what I usually see on teh interwebz, which proves absolutely nothing.

FWIW I quit Latin in 10th grade.