monkeydelarge: Why? Such a thread will probably start World Flame War I.
Elmofongo: Gives me perspective on both supporters and detractors.
Especially from the Germans who had Karl Marx and Russians and Eastern Europeans.
No one made a big deal when my Political Science class was discussing communism. Another reason it helps for my Major class, political science.
Your political science class is not the internet. If no one made a big deal, it's because everyone in the class is like minded(similar values etc). When it comes to the internet, you have a very diverse group of people who are passionate when it comes to their values.