Comments on: Dead Socialist Watch, #245 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:35:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: josh http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/#comment-12826 josh Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:13:46 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/#comment-12826 Well, Saddam was an admirer of Stalin, apparently ... However, I think that Ba'athism is socialist in much the same sense that National Socialism is. Given the absence of old Adolf et. al. from the DSW, I think Chris's policy regarding Saddam is consistent. Well, Saddam was an admirer of Stalin, apparently …
However, I think that Ba’athism is socialist in much the same sense that National Socialism is. Given the absence of old Adolf et. al. from the DSW, I think Chris’s policy regarding Saddam is consistent.

]]> By: Chris Brooke http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/#comment-12471 Chris Brooke Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:05:23 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/#comment-12471 I don't think I will be including SH in the DSW, no. I don’t think I will be including SH in the DSW, no.

]]> By: Michael http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/#comment-12022 Michael Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:19:08 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/12/27/dead-socialist-watch-245/#comment-12022 Does Saddam Hussein now count as a Dead Socialist, given that the Ba'ath party motto is "Unity, Freedom, Socialism"? Granted, this is Arab Socialism rather than the Marxist variety, but still... Does Saddam Hussein now count as a Dead Socialist, given that the Ba’ath party motto is “Unity, Freedom, Socialism”?

Granted, this is Arab Socialism rather than the Marxist variety, but still…

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