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Discuss Amongst Yourselves - November 17, 2005

Are you now--or have you even been--a member of the Communist Party?

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Anonymous said…
Um, can't say I've ever been a member.
kris said…
crickets
Rebecca said…
Nope. But I did have an honours seminar with a guy who was a member of the Marxist-Leninists (you want to be VERY careful about identifying which wing of the Communist Party someone is from - G/god(s) help you if you misidentify a Trotskyist as a M-L!)

Anyways, he was annoying as hell, and I told him to shut up on more than one occasion. Plus, he was a support of Quebec independence, which made him all the more obnoxious.
Anonymous said…
Kris: Nice
Rebecca: Fists speak louder than words.
Katie: You commie bastard. GWB is going to git you.

I, on the other hand, speak a little bit of Russian. What does that make me?

J

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