Tony Soprano is a fictional character; heads of state are real people dealing with real events in real time.
Communism is a word that doesn't mean jack shit until people try to make something real; when they do, you evaluate the outcome.
Black and white thinking is good for adolescents, but silly for grownups.
Joanna
Angelus Novus wrote:
>--- Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>How on Earth are Chavez, Chirac, and Putin "nasty
>>thugs"?
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>All heads of state are nasty thugs. No matter how
>refined or intelligent, there is not a bit of
>difference between the morality of heads of state and
>a character like Tony Soprano.
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>Communism is the transcendence of state and value. I
>am not interested in any left that fails to recognize
>this.
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