gdelong@cvman.UUCP (Gary Delong) (04/11/89)
Well, I see they have gone well beyond "Perestroika" in Georga.
It seems that there is a very short leash on what is and it not
permitted.
To paraphrase: "They talk the talk, but do they walk the walk?"
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In article <551@cvman.UUCP>, gdelong@cvman.UUCP (Gary Delong) writes: > Well, I see they have gone well beyond "Perestroika" in Georga. > > It seems that there is a very short leash on what is and it not > permitted. > > To paraphrase: "They talk the talk, but do they walk the walk?" Gary, very funny and appropriate. Still only 16 dead and the fact that the demonstration happened at all implies a lot. In the old days, the people would have been so frightened that 1/2 of them would be dead or in jails that the fact that the demonstration happened at all is evidence of significant improvement. The question is to what extent do these demonstrations make the entrenched powers want to crush the reforms and the rebellions. I hope that the road we are on with the SU can proceed to fruition. I believe that if the SU and China can be democratized, then the rest of the world will have to follow suit. If the SU and China can be democratized by 2000, then the petty dictators will either be gone by then or could be destroyed in short order.