About social networks, the blockade and the Leningrad Zoo

Any modern social network is a breakdown of our society – as it really is. “In the bathroom, in the hospital and in the cemetery, everyone is equal.” Per, in the Internet, where all social boundaries and conditionalities are finally removed, they are still more equal.
Almost everyone is registered on various social networks: from first-class students to retirees. People of all ages and professions with pleasure and amazing dedication communicate with each other in a way that in reality would not work out: students with their teachers discuss university news equally, subordinates with their bosses – their projects and joint parties, distant relatives become closer to each other, shy young people dare to get acquainted with girls... It happens that you can even directly talk to a famous artist, musician, deputy, even the governor, if, of course, they are sufficiently democratic.
Absolute transparency whileining some anonymity gives stunning results: people do not be embarrassed to express their opinion on any occasion and without any reason, personal blogs flourish in color, on personal pages and in groups grow multi-storey essays, reviews, memories, opinions... Sometimes in the comments unfold real battles that affect the most acute problems of our society.
The case that prompted me to write about him happened in one of the popular social networks. The reason was a seemingly passing note that the white bear in the Leningrad Zoo is preparing for winter and intensely consuming fish oil. The discussion began with a provocation and ended with a verbal conversation. It has not ended, it has stopped. The provocation was that, in the opinion of one of the users, the zoo needs to be renamed, to bring its name in line with the modern name of the city. He was reminded that the name "Leningradsky" was preserved in memory of the feat of the workers of the beast in the years of the blockade of Leningrad: exhausted and exhausted people saved animals, sometimes at the cost of their lives. Do many remember today how under the German bombardment died an elephant and an elephant guard, who did not hide in a bomb shelter, but remained next to his pet? Many will remember that the Behemoth safely survived the blockade only thanks to the titanic efforts of a weak woman – Evdokia Dasina, who daily brought 40 vades of water (400 liters) from Nevada on saucers!Washing the animal’s scratched skin. Has anyone ever heard that when in November 1941 one of the monkeys gave birth to a baby, then in order to save and feed him, zoo workers hit high thresholds and managed to extract donor milk in one of the nurseries? People dying of starvation thought about saving their defenseless pets, calmed them during air disturbances, bound their wounds after artillery shots, tried to feed them rather than eat them... Is this not a feat worthy of eternal glory and eternal memory?
This is where the real panopticum begins. The user paralyzed that in those years the city was named as a murderer, a thief and a thief, that the blockade was long ago, that it would be time to live today, not a blockade, because the blockade was many years ago and it is time to return to reality, that it has long been to be renamed, making the name beautiful and bright, so that there is no shame to go to the future generation, so that its name is not associated with pain, blood and war...
Should I be ashamed to come to Leningrad Zoo? I am not ashamed! I am ashamed that I have to justify myself before a man who wants to destroy the memory of the feat of Leningrad. I would never have thought that I would live until the day when the word “Leningrader” would become blasphemy. That is why I am ashamed. The most striking thing is that this man is ten years older than me, a wealthy middle-aged citizen... It is often said that a generation has grown up knowing about war and blockade only from films, well if documentary, it is probably the grandchildren and grandchildren of frontmen and blockaders. But much worse, among the older generation, the sons and grandchildren of those who defended Leningrad, there are people like this User. And, apparently, such people will become more and more over time.
Apparently, no one doubts that the memory of the blockade is sacred, but it is rarely remembered, 4 times a year. And it turns out that in order to preserve the sacred status of this memory, it is not enough to walk once a year on Nevsky Prospect with a portrait of a grandfather or a grandfather, a bouquet of nails and a Georgian tape on a lace. After all, if one day in the year "I remember and I am proud", and 364 days "the blockade was a long time and it is time to live today" - it is no longer a sacred memory, nor is it a memory at all.