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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 23:51:00 EDT
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> >      Glad to know the Sandinista thugs were democratically elected.
> >But then , haven't you heard, so was Michael Gorbachev -- or have
> >you cancelled your subscription to Pravda ???
> >
> >                                Ari Gross
> 
> The force of your logical argument is nearly overwhelming, and I welcome your
> deep contributions to an intellectual and honest evaluation of political
> questions.  But I seem to be a bit slow; could you please restate the
> (conclusive, no doubt) historical, political, and moral justification
> for referring to the Sandanista [sic]
> government as "thugs"?  And could you please
> review your analysis indicating the parallel between the governmental
> structure of the USSR and Nicaragua?  
> 
> -- Jim Balter (ima!jim)

I cannot speak for Ari Gross, BUT if you ever see a country where
pre-schoolers are militarized and singing slogans in sweet unison,
you can bet your subscription to Pravda :-) that confronting you
is yet another implementation of a familiar model of government.
(There are other tell-tale signs, too...).  The country can be
called the USSR, nazi Germany, or Cuba, or Nicaragua, and the
slogans may differ, but the political structure , the "technology
of power"  varies remarkably little. Apparently, the model, to
work at all, must hang together. Besides, the craftsmen who
designed this particular copy, had their blueprints all ready.
E.g., Nicaraguan secret police has been planned, organized, and
is still run, by East German professionals, heirs to the finest
traditions of both Gestapo and the KGB.
 The word "thugs" is probably redundant here.

  -- Jan Wasilewsky