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From: twltims@watmath.UUCP (Tracy Tims)
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Subject: Re: Grenada: Eyewitness report (flame)
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Date: Tue, 8-Nov-83 05:02:43 EST
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	As I read the various articles on this subject, it occurs to me that
	this healthy exchange of view points would not be possible under a
	typical Marxist government. . . .

	Ken

If you mean repressive government, say repressive government.  It is not clear
to me that Marxism requires repression, any more than it is clear that a free
market state guarantees a lack of repression.  The part of the quote referring
to Marxist government is no more than unsubstantiated speculation.

There are repressive states in the world.  Some of them claim to be Marxist,
Communist or what have you.  Some of these states also claim to be democratic
and free market.  We can criticism them for being repressive.  THAT'S THE ISSUE.
What quarrel could you have with a Marxist state that wasn't repressive?  There
may be a fairly good correlation between repression and "Marxism", but they are
NOT the same thing.  Suggesting such is semantic confusion.

Any responses to this should be posted to net.politics or net.flame.

	Tracy Tims	{linus,allegra,decvax,utcsrgv}!watmath!twltims
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