On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:48:36 +0100, Richard Barker <Richard.Barker@VIRGIN- EXP.COM> wrote: >This is absolute nonsense. You Americans (not all of you) must surely see >that from birth you have been brain washed to believe that Communism is evil >and Capitalism is good. This is just simplistic rubbish. > >Communism is not some forced method living, it's a political ideal. >Christianity is a forced method of living as it has a moral rule book to >live by. Communism just promotes the idea that people are equal and that >wealth should be distributed evenly. It doesn't stop you going to the shops >or watching a film. Unfortunately your only understanding of Communism is >from the propaganda of the cold war. The USSR was run by a ruthless >dictator, in the same way many other non-communist countries were/are run >(Zimbabwe, Iraq, Chile, etc). Dictators are the ones that tried to control >the lives of everyday people, not communism. > >Socialism and it's extreme form, Communism, comes from the autocracies in >Europe where the rich few had all the power and wealth. They weren't >elected or subject to the same laws as the common people. As a result the >people rebelled and started the principles of equality and the sharing of >wealth, two very good principles. > Thank you, Richard, for pointing out what should be obvious to anyone who is capable of independent thinking. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *