I WANT TO EAT A NUT OF LAERMA!

IS IT TIME FOR ME TO STOP CALLING YVES ENGLER "COMRADE ENGLER"?

Well, no... of course not. But there's this bloody hilarious opinion piece by moonbat Robert Sonin** in this week's Link, which argues, essentially, that Engler's views aren't anti-capitalist enough. And he's not being sarcastic... at least I think he's not.

My response:

Da, Comrade!

Hmm... Yves Engler's views aren't anti-capitalist enough? That's actually funnier than anything in the spoof issue... this guy is being serious, right? I mean, I'm an unrepentant right-wing bastard whom would never defend Engler's views on capiltalism (or, as I prefer to say, "laissez-faire Free Market-ism", since calling somehting positive a Marxist term like "capitalism" bothers me), but, come on... ["Mr. Slave" from South Park voice]"Jesus Christ"[/"Mr. Slave" from South Park voice]! This guy lost me when he said "Lenin would have called Engler's view..." and he wasn't being sarcastic. I guess it's time to ship Engler off to the gulag or the Siberian mines for being less "ideologically pure". Ah, internacene bickering on the left... it never ceases to amuse me.Steve B.

**I don't remember Robert Sonin from the bad old days of the "Communist Students' Union", so I don't know if I can officially call him "Comrade" according to my own rules (it applies to CSU executives from the Rob Green, Sabrina Stea/Patrice Blais, and Sabine Freisinger regimes), but, obviously, he deserves that. Maybe "General Secretary Sonin"?

posted by Steve Brandon @ 6:23 PM