[Goanet]USSR - unfriendly?
Jose Colaco wrote: Is the same USSR which entraped Indian diplomats and military 'attaches' with the help of Ruskie chicks (read KGB agents) and then blackmailed them into photographing Indian trade secrets? Is this the same USSR which dragged India into the quagmire of regressive Socialist inertia? Is this the same USSR that sold India suboptimal technology (for want of a better of a better word)? Is this the same USSR which "fought for democracy and against Imperialism around the world" but kept the various "Soviet Gulags" and Cuba as its colonies (read place to suppress Freedom)? Is this the same USSR which cracked wide open? A friend? ...give me a break! Chains with weights tied round the feet is more like it. No wonder the mindset of Indians ... is that Andaman is still Indian! Bravo! I say to those who are still Commie-ized Dear Jose, I could as easily pick a number of similar points and prove how USA was unfriendly, or UK. Anyway, I don't want to get involved in a 'international politics' debate that interests very few here on GoaNet *chuckle*. What I was trying to suggest to Bosco is that it is not fair to condemn an entire country, and its people, on the basis of a few decisions of its political leaders. Criticising an individual (eg. George Bush) or a party (eg. Republicans) is acceptable but one doesn't refer to an entire country as 'unfriendly' or whatever. Cheers! Cecil
RE: [Goanet]USSR unfriendly?
From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't [?Think] the USSR was ever perceived as an 'unfriendly' country by India. Why do you call it unfriendly? Was the USSR considered unfriendly by Canada? Cecil> === Is the same USSR which entraped Indian diplomats and military 'attaches' with the help of Ruskie chicks (read KGB agents) and then blackmailed them into photographing Indian trade secrets? Is this the same USSR which dragged India into the quagmire of regressive Socialist inertia? Is this the same USSR that sold India suboptimal technology (for want of a better of a better word)? Is this the same USSR which "fought for democracy and against Imperialism around the world" but kept the various "Soviet Gulags" and Cuba as its colonies (read place to suppress Freedom)? Is this the same USSR which cracked wide open? A friend? ...give me a break! Chains with weights tied round the feet is more like it. No wonder the mindset of Indians ... is that Andaman is still Indian! Bravo! I say to those who are still Commie-ized jc _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
[Goanet]USSR unfriendly?
Bosco D'Mello wrote: First off I don't buy Mario's assertion that he refers to Canada as Canuckistan affectionately because he has not had a single good thing to say about Canada. All he has repeatedly done is to compare Canada to the USSR and other unfriendly places in our world that rhyme with Canuckistan. Imagine Canada like the USSR, where state institutions like the KGB wrecked the lives of millions of people. --- Dear Bosco, I don't the USSR was ever perceived as an 'unfriendly' country by India. Why do you call it unfriendly? Was the USSR considered unfriendly by Canada? Cecil
