[ExI] the myth of the US "liberal media"

[Stefano Vaj]

On 17 July 2011 02:34, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since they had rules, and
> the East Germans broke those rules, they cheated. Simple. You didn't
> address the main issue, being that it was communist propaganda.

East-Germans have never been exempt from anti-doping tests, and those
who resulted positive were disqualified. They simply have been
actively searching ways to increase performances within what the rules
did not (yet) forbid. Taking the risk, sure.

> What's going on in Russia today is a very weird form of capitalism.

Western-style capitalism may well be vanishing there, the Eltsin era
has been over for a while. Which may be why the BRICs are believed to
be the vanguard of the future... :-)

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Stefano Vaj