From: ROSSERJB-AT-jmu.edu
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 00:42:23 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Enver Hoxha


To Shawgi Tell:
     Enver Hoxha?  Really now.
     1)  Albania was far and away the poorest state in
Europe by any measure by the end of Hoxha's reign.
     2)  Men were not allowed to grow beards.  Holding
hands in public was forbidden.  Anyone getting near the
border was shot without question.
     3)  Wise Enver once pulled out a gun and blew away
a fellow Politburo member during an argument.  Great guy.
Oh well, the shootee was probably one of those wretched
social democrats.
     Frankly, Shawgi, North Korea looks better than Albania,
if you want to continue your increasingly bizarre defense of
Stalinism.  The DPRK at least had a pretty good record of 
economic growth for a while.
Barkley Rosser


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