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Subject: Re: Leaving the Promised Land
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Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 14:04:00 EDT
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[bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU ]
>>[Tom Albrecht tells a few stories of daring escapes from
>>Communist countries. He ends: ]
>>Long live the Great Socialist Experiment!

>Gee, that's twelve people out of probably 1.5 billion (I dunno, China
>alone is 1B, USSR I assume .3B, SE Asia etc.)

>Who's [sic] side are you arguing?

Barry: please think before posting. Can't you see  the  silliness
of  what  you  just  said?  Substitute  (as a thought experiment)
Buchenwald, or Simon Legree's plantation on the  Red  River,  for
the  countries you name. If someone told you what risks some peo-
ple took to get out of there, would your answer be the same?

Most of the escapees get killed, didn't you know?