Re: A86: Re: Re: Re: freeservers web space [ot]

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Re: A86: Re: Re: Re: freeservers web space [ot]


Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> 
> The Civil War does not prove that democracy is practiced wrong.  The Civil War

If we use the argument that communism is bad.

> was necessary for ending a lot of things wrong with the United States that
> couldn't be settled any other way, not just slavery.  Most countries in history

Such as?

> have had at least one civil war, and then after that they usually learn from it

All the more reasons democracy failed.

> so it doesn't happen again.

Why cant we do that with communism?

> 
> Communism is ALWAYS practiced wrong because the whole idea of it is that humans
> act perfectly, which is contrary to human nature.  Just look at Russia and Cuba.

Perhaps the wrong humans are picked?

> China is also communist, but not totally.  They have let in some ideas of
> capitalism in during recent years, and that's why their economy isn't in the
> pits.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mhlandry" <mhlandry@bellsouth.net>
> To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: A86: Re: Re: Re: freeservers web space [ot]
> 
> >
> > Communism is not such a bad idea.  It is the corrupt people that
> > are put in charge, and if they are not corrupt when put in charge, they
> > soon become corrupt.  Now, if you really want to start an argument say
> > that democracy is bad.  People like Clinton and Jesse Ventura get
> > elected.  Furthermore, when nine out of thirty-one million voting people
> > believe in something so strongly that they will give their lives for it
> > and the democratic government that we have drives people away from
> > eachother, things like the Civil War happen.  So now in addition to
> > saying that communism is bad because it is practiced wrong, you
> > can say that democracy is bad because it is practiced wrong.
> >     If we are going to be off topic, lets be as far off topic as
> > possible.
> >      - Matthew
> >
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