[lbo-talk] Sistani, Elections, and Sectarianism (was Poll: They really don't want us there)

[joanna]

Angelus Novus wrote:

>--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>Tony Soprano is a fictional character; heads of
>>state are real people 
>>dealing with real events in real time.
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>I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here. 
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I'm trying to say that fictional characters are much more deliniated, 
black and white,
than real life characters...

>Do you mean it's wrong to make a comparison between
>the behavior of a fictional sociopath and real-life
>ones?  Or more generally that allusions to works of
>fiction, art, music etc. should be left out when
>discussing political topics?
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>>Communism is a word that doesn't mean jack shit
>>until people try to make 
>>something real; when they do, you evaluate the
>>outcome.
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>Is there a movement or group of peoples on earth right
>now that you think is striving for communism?
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The indigenous people of Chiapas?

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