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From: fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Better DEAD than RED
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Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 09:13:10 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 11 09:13:10 1985
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In article <280@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
>While not too many people keep "Better DEAD than RED" as their motto,
>I think it is important to point out that the opposite is a very
>dangerous viewpoint.
>
>It has been suggested that most people would prefer living in a
>soviet dictatorship to being nuked.  That's quite true, but it misses
>the point.  The real question is who would prefer soviet slavery to the

	As I've said before, I believe in freedom and democracy! However,
to be realistic slavery does not form any part of communist philosophy.
I believe the word "dictatorship" is also not applicable. Communism is
at best distastful. The idea that a large economy can be controlled by
legislation and regulation is a pipe dream. It costs more than it gains.
This is why the western world enjoys a higher standard of living.
So given the choice, I would choose the system of government that
gives me the greatest freedom to choose my lifestyle, etc. But lets
not heap false abuse on the Soviets. It only waekens our credability.

>RISK of nuclear war.
>
>Nobody asks for nuclear war.  We got our arms buildup because we had
>to do something to protect ourselves from the soviets.  Otherwise we
>would be another Yugoslavia, Czechosolvakia, Poland, East Germany,
>need I go on?
>
	Yes, you forgot Afganistan.

	I believe the solution does not lie in weapons, but rather in
getting people to change the concept of hatred that is build up on
both sides.We all have to live with a certain amount of propaganda, 
People are pretty much the same the world over. We should all try
to be a little more understanding. If we can't, we'll all be dead.

Cheers,		Fred Williams