Quote Originally Posted by starrysky
Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
About these bands... you mean like this:
Well, those photos (they don't show in your post but I looked 'em up at the site) are definitely disgusting (especially on the vodka bottles) but it doesn't mean that the idea behind it is bad.
They could have chosen any other symbol but this.

Георгиевская лента — это атрибут множества боевых наград Российской Империи, Советского Союза и современной России, характеризующийся как особый знак отличия.
I think that wearing these bands diminishes the deeds of those who wears them by right.