Vitaliy escribi=F3: >A fascinating and extensive rec= ounting of the technical achievements of the=20 >Soviet Union and of what was lost due to its demise.Worth looking at. > > http://www.geocities.com/jefferywinkler/sovietunion.html > & http://www.geocities.com/jefferywinkler/sovietunion2.html >From the site: "People that express happiness over the end of the Soviet Union are unawa= re=20 of the achievements of the Soviet Union and that these achievements will = not=20 continue in the bankruptcy and chaos of the new Russia or the post-Cold W= ar=20 world." Not to start a flame war or anything... but one should not forget the cos= t=20 of these achievements, and ask oneself: "were they worth it?" Nice thought although I think the 'American problem' is deeper than just = to think in Soviet Union... =20 The things that we see the people that we live outside United States, = can hardly be seen by the U.S. inhabitants. Only a few "can see the lig= ht"... the information is just not available for everyone. I have relat= ives there and they always tell us that the information that come on the= news is really 'censored'... the 'official discurse' reaches everyone .= .. a free country where anyone has FBI eyes on them? looking at their ma= ils all the time with the so called 'carnivorous' software? =20 Yes.. the ego make Americans to run faster to reach the moon... but now= ... American ego is to try to 'free the world of dictators and terrori= sts'? =20 Its fun to see that only terrorist live in irak... and now it seems to = be that they live in venezuela... precisely two of the biggest oil rese= rves of the world...=20 =20 What about africa? what about guatemala? what about nicaragua? what ab= out colombia? isn't there violation to the human rights everyday? and ir= an? and north corea? and china? and pakistan? and india?=20 =20 So... I don't want to write more because this topic can be really exte= nsive and I have to continue working but I do think that Soviet Union ha= s a few things to do on the '2005' American way of seeing the world... =20 =09 --------------------------------- 1GB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo Abr=ED tu cuenta aqu=ED --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist