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Subject: Re: Re: comments on Maurer's comments on
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 00:10:57 EDT
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	     You can live in the Soviet Union???? As long as you ignore
     the government the government will ignore you????


            This is light-headed bullshit.  How  can  you  ignore
     something  or  someone  who tells you how to preach, what to
     read and what you will be eating next fall?  I hate American 
     foriegn policy and oppressive tactics BUT I'll take the  USA
     anyday.   At least I can say this country sucks or Reagan is
     a son-of-a-bitch without fear of jail or camp.  I can always 
     say, "Fuck off, amerika, I've had  enough"  and  LEAVE.   I
     think    most   soviets   reporters   talk   to   say   more
     Pro-USSR/Anti-US things just because no one would be  stupid
     enough  to  make  a  foreign  correspondents'  day  with  an
     "in-house ripping" at the  expense  of  a  year  or  two  of
     "re-educating".  My friend was a foriegn exchange student in 
     moscow  and  he  was  getting  teased in a local bar one day
     because all the patrons found out he was american. They said
     no one was unemployed in the USSR, no one went hungry. Then my
     friend started a private conversation with the leading antagonist
     and started an ideology rap which probably centered around some
     of my prior arguments (Freedom of speech and travel ). As they
     began to debate, the antagonist started to cry and said "Look,
     we both know how bad things are for me. I have to live here
     for the rest of my life. I do not like it. Let's talk about
     something else." As he said this he was crying. Nuff said.
     Anyway, they don't have net.singles over there...