Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!rlgvax!plunkett From: plunkett@rlgvax.UUCP (S. Plunkett) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: RE: Reagan's joke Message-ID: <168@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 10:38:16 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.168 Posted: Fri Oct 5 10:38:16 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Oct-84 02:41:02 EDT References: <479@tty3b.UUCP> <1731@sdcc6.UUCP> <5971@mcvax.UUCP>, <1843@ucbvax.ARPA> <234@digi-g.UUCP> <1957@ucbvax.ARPA> <1961@ucbvax.ARPA>5 Oct 84 14:38:16 GMT Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 27 Xref: 5859 4461 > The only reason our country would > ever have anything to worry about would be if communism really was a better > system than our own dearest capitalist system, and I don't hear any of the > "defending democracy for our survival" folks claiming that!!! Rubbish. Communism never was and never will be a superior system, in any sense. Besides which a society does not select communism after a careful appraisal of capitalism vs. communism. Communism is foistered, using force, deceipt, and capitalizing (pun intended) on the common man's powerlessness and/or ignorance. > The governments being revolted against in south america are some > of the worst in the world when it comes to human rights and democracy, yet > when someone there tries to do something about it, we yell "Communists" and > dash in with all the support we can muster... If sending 55 military advisers to El Salvador, and floating a few fright-bombs in a Nicaraguan harbor is considered "dashing in with all the support we can muster," then we are all in dire straits. Last time "something [was done] about it" in South America, I believe it was Argentina converting to democracy after a military dictatorship. I understand we cheered at that. Are you really going to wait for the Marxist Nicaraguans to take the plunge? Scott Plunkett, ..{ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!rlgvax!plunkett