From Yorick,
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Communism is dead Dramnek.
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So you're ignoring 1 Billion Chinese people? Or the North Koreans, or Vietnamese?
And what has the change from Communism brought the former Soviet Union? Economic chaos? Starvation? A death rate that actually exceeds the birth rate? A whole generation that is being lost to drugs and alcohol? Government (any many other) employees, including military personnel, who are no longer getting paid? People who live in squalid conditions that make South Central LA or the New York "Projects" look like paradise in comparison?
The US had the chance to help the former Soviet republics, but instead we just gave them money, ignoring the time it takes to develop a sound, functioning democracy (after all, it has taken us 225 years to get to this point), and of course corruption took over, and all the aid just went to lining the pockets of a few government bureaucrats, and the people got nothing. Typical of our foreign policy blunders throughout history.
Cerek, lighten up...you've been following this thread for the last eight days like I have, and you know that there have been plenty of hard feelings, and flames, including from the religious side, despite claims to the contrary. To accuse anyone of flaming or putting forth "Flame-bait" or violating the TOS at this point is just ridiculous.
Yorick, If you have nothing else better to do than criticize someone's sigs...then I would suggest that you have argued yourself out and have nothing else substantive to add to the discussion. And what is it about Communism that bothers you so much? Does it directly affect you? I would suggest that the Christian view of tolerance that you espouse so highly (and frequently, although I can't really say that I see it that much in this country -- perhaps people are more tolerant in Australia), also should extend to ideological systems you don't agree with, even if they hurt people. And if you do feel that strongly about it, why aren't you IN Russia helping people, spreading the faith, and DOING something about it???