Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Definition of DESPOTIC from Merriam-Webster: " . . .exercising power > tyrannically." Another Orwellian obfuscation from the self-proclaimed > Critical > Thinker. > > [Arlo] > Words in context are much more meaningful that applying Merriam-Webster to > something written in German and over 150 years ago.
So let's have the German word in the original translated as "despotic." I have a friend who will be glad to translate again. Otherwise, your point is pointless. > But hey, don't let something little like that stop your propaganda parade. Quoting from the Communist Manifesto is taken as propaganda? That's "critical thinking" for you as practiced by a self-proclaimed academic. > As always, the Pee-Wee is fun, but the only "obfuscation" here continues to be > your embarrassing talk-radio rhetoic. Such as? Typical accusation without evidence. But expected from Mr."Critical Thinker." > I encourage anyone tempted by the typical bunk espoused by Platt to read the > collected works of Marx, and to find perhaps one annotated with translation > issues. As I suggested, the Wikipedia entries for Marxism and Communism, as > well as the Marxists Internet Archive (http://www.marxists.org/). Yes, by all means. While you are at it, check out: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/Communism.htm > Having said that, I am now done with this thread with you too. You can squalk > away all the distortive talking-points you want, the golden EIB mic is all > yours. But the truth is out there for anyone to find. It sure is, from the voices of the millions murdered under Marxist communism in Russia, China, North Korea, Cambodia and Cuba. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
