XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
   XPost: soc.culture.nordic   
   From: kurkku@hassuserveri.fi   
      
   "David Friedman"  kirjoitti   
   viestissä:ddfr-2FE465.09434515082008@CA.NEWS.VERIO.NET...   
   >   
   > That is an assertion. It's been made many times in the thread. It could   
   > even be true. But I don't think anyone has offered any evidence that it   
   > is true.   
   >   
   You are rather dull. Have you ever considered to commit a suicide?   
      
   > ...   
   >   
   >> Alright then. What makes you believe that the trade was unprofitable to   
   >> the   
   >> Finns?   
   >   
   > I don't--as I've said several times, I don't know which claim is true.   
   >   
   You don't have to. I just cannot understand why do you spend time in these   
   nordic/baltic/russian groups. Why would Finns lie in this matter? Don't you   
   find your "suspicion" rather odd?   
   >   
      
   > The reason to suspect it might have been unprofitable is that the   
   > Russians were in a much better position to extort tribute from the Finns   
   > than the Finns were to extort it from the Russians. The reasons to be   
   > sceptical of claims that it was profitable made by Finns but so far   
   > unsupported by evidence are:   
   >   
   By all means ask any American economist about the Finno Russian trade.   
   He/she verifies the essence  (the trade was profitable to the Finns) what we   
   have said here thus far. Help yourself. Ask a second opinion. Finns didn't   
   have to make business with the Soviets. The Soviets didn't have to do so.   
   Business is made when all parties agree. But as said, ask an American   
   economist. You can always trust an American economist. America is freedom.   
   You are really a weird lot..   
      
   > 1. They have reason to want to believe it, and ...   
   >   
   > 2. The nature of the trade was sufficiently complicated so that the real   
   > terms may not have been obvious--and the people involved in the Finnish   
   > government had reason to want their citizens to believe that the trade   
   > was profitable for them.   
   >   
   You are like the other chap. Your problem is not ignorance about the Finno   
   Soviet trade but mental illness. Consult an able shrink. Moreover, you can   
   also consult an American economist........   
   How an earth had the Finnish government managed to convince all the Finns   
   that the trade was profitable when it actually was not. Go and masturbate   
   somewhere else. You are pathetic.   
      
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