Thread: Does Communism still have a role to play, or is it dead?

Originally Posted by Hanna

That explains why I saw only 1 alcoholic in over 2 months in Belarus.
The police were practically charitable to him though - that was the amazing thing. Asked him if he was ok etc. He collapsed on the street and was very drunk.
They might have saved beating him up until they got to the prison, what do I know...

I think the chief doctor means special prison camps the ones where doctors torture their aloholic pacients with sulfa (sulfadiazine injections). My schoolmate was in such a camp for a year term, he said sulpha was real hell.