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From: alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.followup
Subject: Re: Stalin and slavery
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Date: Tue, 20-Dec-83 16:46:03 EST
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  > From: tim@minn-ua.UUCP (Tim Giebelhaus)
  >   Come on, are we all that better?  The people in Russai, even those in charge,

Yes, we are quite a bit better even though we are not perfect.

  > are human, too.  Lets not be so self righteous.  We still discriminate, use
  > propaganda, and do injustices every day.  Don't think so?  Do you know how
  > easy it is to get thrown into a mental institue never to be seen again. 

At least, in this country, discrimination is not a matter of government policy.
Ask any Jewish person in the Soviet Union, or any Christian.
People are not thrown into mental hospitals for having beliefs which differ
from government policy in this country.

  > Don't tell me that the CIA is any better than the KGB.  Look at our foriegn
  > policy: I am not very proud of it.  Amoung other things, we are the ones who
  > are making and placing all the new nuclear weapons.  If Russia did this we
  > would be screaming WAR MONGERS all over the place.  Since it is us doing it,
  > though, we are just protecting our intreasts.  HA!!  When Ressia places new
  > weapons, any new weapons, do we say that they are just protecting their
  > intreasts.  NOOO!!
    > Don't get me wrong; I am happy, even privileged, to be able to live in
  > this country.  Lets keep nationalism and propaganda down, though.  Remember, 
  > we *have* to live in the same world with them and if we don't do it well, we 
  > will *all* suffer.  

The *NEW* weapons we are "making and placing" is in response to Soviet
missile deployments which have been continuing for the last several
years.  We did not put the first nuclear missiles in Europe, the Soviet
did.

If you truly believe the Soviets are not making any new nuclear weapons,
then your grasp on reality is tenuous at best.

Allen England at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
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