4588686 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 ...what is wrong with you? His mother is dead. He's fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Well, you posted before I could respond to Hasan. Sorry, you were an innocent bystander. Thanks for the clarification. I should have known you were taunting Hasan. :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Ah, young people. America is moving in a very totalitarian direction with more federal interference in every day life. Russia has also been moving, and it is certainly a lot freer today than it was prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. I know you probably have no memory of that system of government, but I do. Heck you probably have no actual memory of the Berlin Wall or anything else about the Eastern block. I'd actually agree with both of those statements. Totalitarian may be a bit strong. But the US is heading in a very concerning direction. Russia had more freedoms in some respect but the rise of racism and fascism is a very, very real phenomenon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Well, you posted before I could respond to Hasan. Sorry, you were an innocent bystander. It's ok. I don't talk to fatties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 i.e. ardills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'd actually agree with both of those statements. Totalitarian may be a bit strong. But the US is heading in a very concerning direction. Russia had more freedoms in some respect but the rise of racism and fascism is a very, very real phenomenon. I do not doubt that there are racist and fascist elements in Russia, but the same thing can be said of the United States, and of most Western countries, and Islamic countries, et al., human beings are not angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 The fact that a Russian postal court in a small municipal area in an insignificant federal territory banned a book that came from Saudi Arabia is hardly a reason to declare freedom to be a thing of the past in the Russian Federation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRPTZF5zSLQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Khrushchev was telling the truth about Stalin, but only for his own purposes, because once he consolidated power he closed thousands of Churches and imprisoned and killed religious believers and political dissidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 He's fat. I'm not fat!!!!! I'm big boned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Khrushchev was telling the truth about Stalin, but only for his own purposes, because once he consolidated power he closed thousands of Churches and imprisoned and killed religious believers and political dissidents. But that might actually conflict with some academic's PhD thesis somewhere. We can't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apteka Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) "We've stopped believing in a 'global village' and the 'family of man'." [youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4e7n7g1xAM [/youtube] Edited September 25, 2013 by Apteka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apteka Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Forget not, Apotheoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 But... there are only beautiful things in the koran... islam is a religion of peace... I just don't understand their thinking - :stars: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Khrushchev was telling the truth about Stalin, but only for his own purposes, because once he consolidated power he closed thousands of Churches and imprisoned and killed religious believers and political dissidents. That is true. But he did bring a lot of genuine reform to the Soviet Union Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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