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From: ed@plx.UUCP
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Freedom of faith (Communism) WARNING FLAMES!
Message-ID: <298@plx.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 20:41:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  9 20:41:14 1986
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> In article <293@plx.UUCP> ed@plx.UUCP writes:
> >> 	I will assume that this is intended to be a parody of the attitudes of
> >> many un-informed "McCarthyesque" americans.  Unfortunately, to be
> >> successful, a satire must exaggerate the opinions it is supposed to make
> >> fun of.  Too many people actually believe this for it to be a true parody.
> >> Better luck next time.
> >
> >WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO CALL PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS 
> >"UN-INFORMED!!!!!"
> >[Rantings about liberals, Bill Buckley, etc.]
> 
> I said "UN-INFORMED!!!!!", because to believe that ALL communists are
> trying to take over the world, you have to be extremely un-informed.
> 
Oh, since *SOME* communists are not interested in taking over the world,
then *NO* communists are interested in taking over the world.

Since both  China and the USSR both advocate the spreading the "revolution"
would it be safe to say that MOST communists are interested in taking over
the world?

> Unfortunately, the mentality that produced the communist witch-hunts in the
> 1950's still exists in many places.  This is based on one over-riding
> belief:
> 			All communists support the Soviet Union.
> 			----------------------------------------

	FALSE FALSE FALSE!

   All Communists believe in REVOLUTION (Marxists, Leninists, everyone) 

   I Don't care if it comes from the USSR, China, Cuba or another galaxy!
   I personally do not want to have to deal with the unpleasantries of
   a revolution.

   Furthermore, I enjoy capitalism. Unlike communism, capitalism has
   no axe to grind.  Communism was, as you said, designed to REPLACE
   capitalism.  A capitalist does not care if a group of people
   choose to start a collective commune somewhere while a communist
   advocates a workers' uprising. Marx, Lenin and others wrote of
   acts of violence which would bring about world revolution. 

   Now I do not wish to appear as an "Archie Bunker type John-Birch-Soceity
   KKK MacCarthyist" But I am an anti-communist and proud of it. Sure
   various communist groups have dissagreements. Some downright  HATE
   each other. They do have one thing in common. They all believe in
   a system which  was designed  to replace our current economic system.
   Not just here but worldwide.

   I certainly would NOT advocate deporting all communists or refusing
   them entrance into the USA. I do, however, feel concerned that  groups
   who revere writings which advocate violence and revolution are 
   allowed to spread their beliefs to others.  I cannot justify censoring
   them either. I would gladly wait in long lines for goods which are 
   always unavailable as long as I  was free to blame the government for it.
   Unfortunately, most communists will not allow you to do that.


Ed Chaban
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