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You'd think a party with such an iron grip on its citizens would show s little more self assurance. Confident people can take a joke.
by Jeff_Brown 5y ago
You'd think a party with such an iron grip on its citizens would show s little more self assurance. Confident people can take a joke.
- rp1 5y agoMaking then ceo of the largest bank in America kowtow seems pretty confident to me. They’re just flexing.
- bell-cot 5y agoPerhaps. But if it is well known that the third rail carries ample electrical power to fry an elephant, then no one intelligent enough to be CEO should ever risk touching it. "The design was not safe, and should not have been..." arguments cannot bring you back from the dead.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoAbsolutely. It's surprising they're like that, but nobody who's been paying attention should still be surprised.
- treeman79 5y agoRussia used to have a “Joke department” it was a serious matter if you crossed them the wrong way. Mentioned it in jest to an older Russian and his face went white. Said the Joke department was nothing to joke about.