Re: Death of Zoya Krakhmalnikova, Russian Christian writer jailed by

On May 20, 3:57=A0pm, Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 20, 4:42=A0pm, Marko Amnell <marko_amn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 20 touko, 00:29, ++ <fri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Marko Amnell wrote:
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> > > >"According to Transparency International, the only
> > > >country with higher income per capita and more
> > > >corruption than Russia is Equatorial Guinea. That is
> > > >hardly a standard worthy of a great nation."
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> > > >http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1016/42/362262.htm
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> > > >Still no evidence? Well, why don't you contact
> > > >Transparency International and ask them how
> > > >they arrived at that conclusion.
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> > > And you are assuming that people here aren't familiar with
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> > > International...
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> > Let's get back to my initial disagreement with you.
> > You said that Russia is a Western country. That
> > is what I disagreed with. The high level of corruption
> > is just one indication that Russia is not a Western
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> If pollution, dehumanisation, bigotry, wiping out wildlife, etc. are
> measures of corruption, then all Western countries are not Western.

Dehumanisation? Ah yes, the West is uniquely
dehumanising, compared to other civilizations,
especially the pure ancient Indian civilization
except when it was later weakened by Buddhism,
etc, according to you usual mantra.

I forgot to mention that the West has foisted the
false equation E=3Dmc^2 on us (oops E=3Dmcc).

ObBook. _Occidentalism: A Short History of
Anti-Westernism_, by Ian Buruma and
Avishai Margalit