That was 45 years ago. Perhaps time to catch up. There has been the collapse
of the USSR since then. Miss it?

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Pete Theisen
Sent: Monday, 6 April 2009 8:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [OT] We Are All Comrades Now

Adam Buckland wrote:
> Shame Comrade translates to Comrade "friend", "colleague", or "ally" not
> as a left wing slur you'd like it to be Bob

> "Yesterday I spoke about this with my new comrade President Barack
> Obama

Hi Adam!

It is a left wing term. Khrushchev once apologized for calling an 
American audience "Comrades".

It was, maybe still is, the title of respect for a member of the 
Communist Party. That is about as left as left gets.

-- 
Regards,

Pete
http://pete-theisen.com/
http://elect-pete-theisen.com/

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