(from The Onion): Communists Now Least Threatening Group In U.S.

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(from today's The Onion...)

Communists Now Least Threatening Group In U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC-- According to a report released Tuesday by the Pentagon, Communists rank last on a list of 238 threats to national security. "Communists may now safely be ignored," Secretary of Defense William Cohen said. "The Red Menace has been surpassed by militia groups, religious extremists, ecoterrorists, cybercriminals, Hollywood producers, and angry drivers." Other groups deemed more threatening than Communists include rap-metal bands (#96), escaped zoo animals (#202), and Belgians (#237).

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 20, 2000

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It's rubbish. If the system wasn't still scared to half death from the idea of communism, it would be freely discussed every day.

My dictionary (as probably yours) says: communism: advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community.

The definition in the Communist Manifesto is essentially the same.

Now ask 100 good american citizens what communism is and 99 will prove to be ones never heard of the definition.

Laszlo

-- Koltai Laszlo (klacika@freemail.hu), September 02, 2001.


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