Michael Petukhov wrote:

"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...


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"Michael Petukhov" wrote in message
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| Disagree. If USSR would exist now Internet would be very well
| known and in use. There would be certainly some restrictions
| like those recently reported in China for instance which certainly
| cannot significantly stop free spread of information. Like
| a telephone for instance it is simply too important invention in order
| anyone can ignore or ban it. BTW telephone was pretty well known
| in USSR as well as all other telecommunication technologies
| known in the world. However there is irony indeed that internet (US


invention)


| kills US propaganda media by free disrtibution of true info and true
| foreign public opinions on US politics in US itself.
|
| Michael




Whats really funny is that Micheal has neglected to mention how
paranoid the Soviet authorities were about technology.



Which technology? USSR was number 1 or number 2 in almost all
technology areas with only possible exception of computers where it was
number 3 or 4.



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I have to hand it to you, Michael -- you're the funniest Russian since
Yakov Smirnov. Speaking of which, if you're ever looking for work,
maybe you could find a job at one of his theaters in Branson --
http://www.yakov.com