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Re: red herrings



On Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:42:21 -0400, mleaman@sccoast.net (Mark Leaman)
wrote:

>>>Whitewater is a red herring...
>>
>>        Isn't that what they said about early communism?
>>
>
>JenniferD:
>
>Communism is the most scientific of any form of government. Unfortunately,
>it's never been practiced anywhere in the world. Only corrupt forms that
>call themselves communist...and are actually a form of socialism. But taken
>in it's purest form, it's not at all unlike what Jesus preached.
>The big problem, of course, is greed. As long as there's greed, there will
>never be true communism.
>And thus ends our lesson for the day. Your assignment is to read Karl Marx
>and see what I mean. You might even enjoy it...I did, when I was about your
>age. It's good knowledge to have, even if you never use it.

What did Jennifer ever do to you?<g>

BTW, should she read it in the original German?


Kevin B. O'Brien
kob1@ix.netcom.com
"I feel a very unusual sensation--if it's not indigestion,
I think it must be gratitude." Benjamin Disraeli