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Polish president's plane crashes in Russia + head of the Central Bank

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  • marklv
    marklv Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    Asheron wrote: »
    http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6390NQ20100410

    A heart-rending accident.

    Condolences to all, but not really relevant to the UK economy and political scene.
  • marklv
    marklv Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Is this a first non-conspiracy post? or do you think the Illuminati was behind it?

    Quite probably. The Polish president advocated a traditional conservative outlook, not the neo-con approach that the three main UK parties are all in favour of and that seems to prevail in the Western world. Yes, it could well have been a 'hit job'.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    edited 10 April 2010 at 11:50AM
    Generali wrote: »
    What set up? I don't get your point.

    According to the Wiki article (not historical 'truth' of course) the Soviets denied this until 1990.

    My point was you were fishing for someone to come back with oh it was that nasty Stalin man so you could have your go at Communism icon7.gif BTW it stated what Katyn was in the article.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Every Communist sympathiser has this as a stain on their moral being.

    Come on Generali, you're normally so level headed.

    That analogy is like saying every Muslim has 9/11 as a stain on their moral being.
  • Generali
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    Wookster wrote: »
    Come on Generali, you're normally so level headed.

    That analogy is like saying every Muslim has 9/11 as a stain on their moral being.

    A little OTT but only a little.

    9/11 wasn't central to Islam being set up. Stalin's actions in the 1940s were a big part of the consolidation of Communism.
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    edited 10 April 2010 at 11:59AM
    >That analogy is like saying every Muslim has 9/11 as a stain on their moral being.<

    Yep, I remember the outpouring of condemnation from all the 'moderate' muslims, and after 7/7 the ample intellignce given to the Police by the Islamic community. Oh, wait...

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  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    A little OTT but only a little.

    9/11 wasn't central to Islam being set up. Stalin's actions in the 1940s were a big part of the consolidation of Communism.

    Stalin was an utter !!!!!!! lunatic! That we can agree on.

    Quite possibly the worst mass murderer of all time.
  • PasturesNew
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    Communism works very well in Cuba. It works where there's no greed, where there's fairness.
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    amcluesent wrote: »
    >That analogy is like saying every Muslim has 9/11 as a stain on their moral being.<

    Yep, I remember the outpouring of condemnation from all the 'moderate' muslims, and after 7/7 the ample intellignce given to the Police by the Islamic community. Oh, wait...

    Its hard to take you seriously when you hold the view that Muslim's are going to take over Britain. Quite simply, that is utterly inconceivable.
  • tomterm8
    tomterm8 Posts: 5,892 Forumite
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    Stalin was an evil !!!!wit, but you don't need to be communist to be a mass murderer. It seems democratic countries such as britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise#Bomb_damage_assessment , and America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki , were also willing to kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians during the war.

    Given that we've only just finished up in Iraq where we killed an estimated 600,000 innocent civilians in what is believed to be an illegal war, maybe we should look to our own crimes?
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