Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:14:59 -0800
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:22:16 -0800
> > Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Andrei Popescu wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:44:52 -0800
> >> > Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> >> > You're confusing socialism with totalitarianism. Please see
> >> >> > my previous posts about this.
> >> >>
> >> >> You're thinking there is a difference is the mistake.
> >> >
> >> > And there are 50 years of history in the Eastern Europe to prove
> >> > it.
> >>
> >> Totalitarianism and socialism aren't mutually exclusive, but
> >> neither is any other economic and political model combination.
> >> Correlation without causation.
> >
> > You believe in coincidences? I don't. And I think socialism *was*
> > the cause of totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe.
>
> You can claim a duck is really a chicken, but that doesn't stop that
> it's really a duck.
Wow, you win! I can not possibly beat *this* argument.
Regards,
Andrei
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