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Epoch Times - 'The Spector of Communism'
2020-03-29
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#23  Hey guys, Methanol does not work to cure the virus, but it does have it's effects :-)
Posted by: Beau   2020-03-29 21:27  

#22  ^ Hear, hear!
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 20:22  

#21  The only good Communist is a dead Communist.
Posted by: Albemarle Bourbon4037   2020-03-29 20:21  

#20  "This world is full of
Endless abstractions.
I won't be held responsible
For my actions."

Albert Heads West - Nick Cave
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 16:33  

#19  You think, therefore you feel you have a valid diagnosis. Be satisfied if not correct or happy, G.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 16:19  

#18  I think you been looking at the abyss too long, MM.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 16:16  

#17  As an abstraction any idea is harmless. It's in the realm of action where some ideas become toxic. Straw men bur hot and sometimes burn down the whole damn wheat crop.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 16:15  

#16  Ideology. Ideation. Rationalizations. Excuses. Etc.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 16:14  

#15  Straw men - I said difference in ideology, not actions
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 16:09  

#14  I mean, once you start killing people over differences of ideology - where do you stop?

Who will decide how many cannibals, child murdering pedophiles and Ed Gein types we keep?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 16:07  

#13  Asked how he felt about killing people, RafaÅ‚ Gan-Ganowicz responded "I wouldn't know. I only killed communists."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 15:48  

#12  Some people will be stuck saying "Not all communists are bad people. Some of my friends and family are communists. You can't just lump them all together with Stalin." Well. That's something some people can say and think...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 15:43  

#11  I suppose one might ask, did Ted Bundy belong in the electric chair? No? Really?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 15:14  

#10  Well, I don't like it.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 14:58  

#9  So let Pol Pot run on past so Bill Ayers doesn't get hurt. Sorry. No.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 14:36  

#8  #7 Most people are not evil by nature - they just run with the herd. Change the conditions, and your average leftist is totally harmless.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 14:24  

#7  "We'll just keep this black widow in the far corner of the child's crib. No possible harm..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 14:19  

#6  #4 I mean, once you start killing people over differences of ideology - where do you stop?

#5 I'm definitely not a Toynbeean.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 14:11  

#5  Cycles. Pendulums. You believe in them or you don't.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 14:06  

#4  Sure. Haven't you been saying for a while the Chinavirus mess has to burn itself out?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 13:59  

#3  I sure hope you're wrong MM - have you read on French Revolution?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 13:56  

#2  And no apologist nor accomodator from either side of the spectrum will be spared.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 13:48  

#1  Communism has been apologized for from the left and tolerated from the right for far longer than is moralistically possible. When John Dryden's dictum, "Beware the wrath of a patient man." plays out, what happens to the world's remaining communists will make Khmer Rouge Cambodia look like a petting zoo.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-29 13:42  

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