<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Angelus Novus wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20060901063917.80921.qmail@web34011.mail.mud.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap="">--- joanna <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:123hop@comcast.net"><123hop@comcast.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Tony Soprano is a fictional character; heads of state are real people dealing with real events in real time. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here. </pre> </blockquote> I'm trying to say that fictional characters are much more deliniated, black and white, than real life characters... <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20060901063917.80921.qmail@web34011.mail.mud.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap=""> 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? </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Communism is a word that doesn't mean jack shit until people try to make something real; when they do, you evaluate the outcome. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Is there a movement or group of peoples on earth right now that you think is striving for communism? </pre> </blockquote> The indigenous people of Chiapas? <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20060901063917.80921.qmail@web34011.mail.mud.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap=""> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>