Comments - RTW: Vietnam really won the war. - Civil Discourse Now2024-03-29T09:35:51Zhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6316350%3ABlogPost%3A14376&xn_auth=noThat's it. You get the offici…tag:civildiscoursenow.com,2012-01-12:6316350:Comment:143802012-01-12T11:38:29.316ZKurt Loreyhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profile/KurtLorey
<p>That's it. You get the official <em>sideways, squinty-eyed look of disbelief</em> on that lame attempt at a rewrite. One, you (used to be) talking about Vietnam, not the People's Republic of China (PRC), and two, your editing skills fall short of a total Mulligan on your comments above (see seguing from (now) writing about China, yet finishing with the original remarks about Hanoi).</p>
<p>Better stop there, before I <em>really</em> get my snark on. rofl</p>
<p>That's it. You get the official <em>sideways, squinty-eyed look of disbelief</em> on that lame attempt at a rewrite. One, you (used to be) talking about Vietnam, not the People's Republic of China (PRC), and two, your editing skills fall short of a total Mulligan on your comments above (see seguing from (now) writing about China, yet finishing with the original remarks about Hanoi).</p>
<p>Better stop there, before I <em>really</em> get my snark on. rofl</p> Kurt,
I did not say Ho Chi Mi…tag:civildiscoursenow.com,2012-01-12:6316350:Comment:142522012-01-12T10:37:21.327ZMark Smallhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profile/04vjqivrcsdny
<p>Kurt,</p>
<p>I did not say Ho Chi Minh was a Mao-ist. The current government in China is based on Mao-ism, i.e, grabbing for one's self all one can get. Sorry if there was a mis-impression there.</p>
<p>And Paul: (1) Vietnam came in because its workers are the ideal of the people pushing RTW---workers getting crap wages w/o any rights or abilities to protest and (2) Vonnegut because, well, you have to read "Player Piano."</p>
<p>Kurt,</p>
<p>I did not say Ho Chi Minh was a Mao-ist. The current government in China is based on Mao-ism, i.e, grabbing for one's self all one can get. Sorry if there was a mis-impression there.</p>
<p>And Paul: (1) Vietnam came in because its workers are the ideal of the people pushing RTW---workers getting crap wages w/o any rights or abilities to protest and (2) Vonnegut because, well, you have to read "Player Piano."</p> How in the world did you work…tag:civildiscoursenow.com,2012-01-11:6316350:Comment:145582012-01-11T14:48:20.033ZPaul K. Ogdenhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profile/PaulKOgden
<p>How in the world did you work Vietnam and Kurt Vonnegut into a discussion of RTW? I think you're rambling again.</p>
<p>How in the world did you work Vietnam and Kurt Vonnegut into a discussion of RTW? I think you're rambling again.</p> Who told you Ho Chi Minh was…tag:civildiscoursenow.com,2012-01-11:6316350:Comment:144672012-01-11T12:53:55.644ZKurt Loreyhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profile/KurtLorey
<p>Who told you Ho Chi Minh was a "Maoist"?</p>
<p>Marxist-Leninist, but not Stalinist or Maoist. And, certainly more pragmatic than dogmatic. But, most of all, anti-colonialist. Communism was an attractive alternative to the prevailing politics of the West, both philosophically and economically.</p>
<p>Who told you Ho Chi Minh was a "Maoist"?</p>
<p>Marxist-Leninist, but not Stalinist or Maoist. And, certainly more pragmatic than dogmatic. But, most of all, anti-colonialist. Communism was an attractive alternative to the prevailing politics of the West, both philosophically and economically.</p>