Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Sat, 31 May 2025 16:19:40 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 31 May 2025 10:14:59 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:
 
<snippo>
 

Yes, always the same with religions.
When a minority the demand tolerance,
once on top they oppress,

 
Didn't the Bolsheviks follow the same pattern?

>
I don't think Lenin ever demanded mere toleration.  He did a pretty good
job of oppressing even when he was in the minority.

He never complained of the Tsar's secret police? He never expressed a
wish for more freedom?

Well, perhaps not. "Russian Communist" might have been better that
"Bolshevik", as being more inclusive and perhaps extending further
back in time than Lenin's arrival in Moscow.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"