Gulag

[Edward M Dumanis]

So, applying the same logic,

Nazi concentration camps "is not a very good example precisely because it 
is a loaded term: if you said that one cannot major in" German "history 
without studying the functioning of" German "penitentiary system, because 
it played a very important part in certain period of this history, that 
would be incontrovertible."

Is this what you proclaim?

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>


On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, Andrey Shcherbenok wrote:
...................../snip/.....................

> My point is,
> however, a more general one: when speaking about educational gaps one should
> better try to speak about gaps in knowledge and lack of critical thinking,
> not about morally reprehensible positions that result from these gaps. GULAG
> is not a very good example precisely because it is a loaded term: if you
> said that one cannot major in Soviet history without studying the
> functioning of Soviet penitentiary system, because it played a very
> important part in certain period of this history, that would be
> incontrovertible.

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