Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Vietnamese Democracy

In the mid-90's, relations between the United States and Vietnam started to improve, as the countries started talking to each other and some sanctions were lifted. This story, however, sounds like it would come from China. Four people suspected of agitating for democracy were arrested and are going to be put on trial for overthrowing the government, almost a joke because basically nobody is acquitted of these charges if they're suspected of being against Communism. What's even worse is the charges are punishable by firing squad. All this comes around a recent crackdown on civil liberties, including the limiting of civilians on Facebook. Oh the joys of totalitarian communism...

Justin Lynch

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