On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:19:29 -0800 joanna <123hop at comcast.net> writes:
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> >I suspect this is the case of a Russian immigrant who is trying to
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> >catholic than the pope and show his loyalty to his new masters.
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> >deference to to authority is actually quite common in Eastern
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> >would suck up to whoever is in power at any given moment.
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> Yes. It's not that uncommon here either. You certainly see it in the
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> >despicable sub-species. Now you understand why Stalin belived
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> >this kind four wall are three too many.
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> This part doesn't make sense. Unswerving devotion to Stalin came
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> exactly such people.
Perhaps Wojtek's point is that Stalin had no problems dispatching such people whenever it suited him. A case of these folk getting what they deserved for having given Uncle Joe such unswerving devotion in the first place.
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> Joanna
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