"GZ Have you ever read the Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn? "
I have, Osi, a long time back....... time for a re-read one day if I can find it.
Was fascinating reading. One classic I used to quote to exploration geologists was how geologists were rounded up and shot for treason...... by virtue of not finding ore bodies that the State knew must be there. Loved that, should be able to apply it today to some penny dreadful companies to extract a bit more effort.
Re " From there on the Soviet forced labour camp system reads like a clean boarding house (I could never say 5 star hotel) in comparison to what currently exists in North Korea."
Osi, is there literature available on life today in NK?
Iran (i prefer to think of it as Persia) was once a cultural hub of learning ........ till the brutality of the US/UK puppet Shah drove the people into the clutches of the Mullahs. Was told the people are great. Pity about the rulers.
