Yes, it certainly is, just like syphillis or say, losing an arm to a chainsaw. It's a wonderful institution!

You can make a joke, but keep in mind that communism is a good thing. [/b][/quote]To each his own. I'll take my freedom and you can take your communism.

Communism is freedom. I feel you don't really understand what real communism is, and then I don't mean the dictatorial Stalin-like Sovjet-communism.

You can make a joke, but keep in mind that communism is a good thing. [/b][/quote]To each his own. I'll take my freedom and you can take your communism. [/b][/quote]Amen, D.A.

What kind of communism are you talking about then? How is communism freedom?


DS

What kind of communism are you talking about then? How is communism freedom?


DS [/b][/quote]Enzo is talking about pure Communism, I'm assuming. He's not talking about that of a dictator.

I'm one for Democratic Socialism myself.

What kind of communism are you talking about then? How is communism freedom?


DS

Communism will never work out. Fidel, Stalin, Zedong, Pol pot, and company.

Looking at some facts, just Stalin himself being responsible for almost 50 million people killed in USSR, I understand Communism is all about greed, murder and unhappiness.

Pol Pot in Cambodia was accused of killing around 2 million out of a 7 mil. population withing only 3 years.

In China Communist about 27 mil. died.

Whats the reason for all these killings ? Does Communism really bring freedom ?

Maybe Freedom of murder.

The shame of Communism rule is that even after decades of total rule (see USSR), they simply didn't seem to improve in their average person, but otherwise; making their own nation conditions worse than ever. I really thought that Communism would bring that freedom, feeling of greatness; Marxism was considered the greatest of the greatest. But after learning some things, I didn't believe it so anymore.

Could Communism really turn itself into history as an ideological alternative to democracy ?

Facts, facts, facts, words, words, words, jubilations, come and join the celebrations, and unite the nations.

Iraq's first elections. Progress indeed. I'm happy for them. I wish them all the best. And, let's be honest, the main reason why we're happy about this (as indeed we all are, in some way or another) is because we can start planning pulling our troops out. We don't really give a damn about the Iraqis. Do we? Not really. You'd be lying if you said you were. This is about our soldiers. And rightly so.

Kudos to George W. Bush, too. That man is a God. Luckily, I'm an atheist.

Lucy, is your sickbag full yet? Pass me it when you're done.

Smitty, this is worrying; you're becoming more and more fanatic every day. Irreversibly warped into your fascist state of mind. But don't worry, fascism isn't half as bad as communism. I'm the worst of the lot, it seems.

Apologies if I haven't fooled anyone with my fancy words.

A quote from Winston Churchill:

communism is the best system that doesn't work,
capitalism is the worst system that works.

Go Mick!

Amen, brother. God bless you.

What a shock. Some "poster" praises commies, but the Bush-bashers gloss right over that in their hatred for the man (and apparently the office). Wonder if it's an indication of true colors showing...? Hmmm...

No, no, it's the man, and what he has done in office, certainly not the office itself.

Once again I think I should re-affirm that - for my part anyway - while I think Bush is an abomination, it is no slur on the American people. After all, they didn't really choose him in the first place... but that's another debate...

Uh, I don't think the second election was in question.

Ahhh, so you admit the first one was dodgy then!!

The second one was like this: "Come on Senator Kerry, we don't need to actually bother counting the votes in California and the overseas ballots, Bush has quite obviously already won this closely-contested election, so stop being a meanie poopants and just give in."

Very democratic!

No, I don't admit it. But I knew others would. Anyway, since he won the electoral AND the popular vote the second go-around...

"Bush-basher" here.....

You make a fair point, Snake. Never let it be said that I gloss over anything.

I hate Communism. I also hate Facism. Actually, I hate all forms of extremism, including religious.

I'm all for the good old U.S.A. I love my freedom and civil liberties.

That's why I don't care for our President. "Hate" is way too strong a word.

For the office itself, I have nothing but respect.

They may call these communists states, but those you listed were totalitarian dictatorships (today's China and Vietnam probably count as some sort of transition between Marxism and capitalism -- definitely not communist is the true sense). That's why they sucked.

Communism seems to work fine in small groups, like tribes, clans, families, or hippie/religious communes.

Oh, Salad...not you, too???

Yes I believe Marx said something similar in Das Kapital.

Snake, don't despair: couple of things they probably didn't teach you in Memphis: firstly, Pi is not equal to 3, and second, communism is not inherently bad.

Good in theory, appalling in practice, Communism relies on a premise that simply does not exist: honest, trustworthy, incorruptable government.

Democracy is better than communism for one reason alone: it allows less opportunity for corruption in practice than communism. Even though communism is conceptually utopian, the fact that it is operated by fallible humans renders it useless in reality. Sadly.

At first I had my doubts, but I guess you really aren't anti-american!