On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Richard Lawson wrote:

I had two reasons.  One was the Communist angle.  I wondered if making
Shampoo a Communist would turn off people.  During my formative years in
the late 70's/early 80's, Communism was A Bad Thing.  Russia was called
"The Evil Empire".  I take it as a good sign that no one's blasted me
for including Communism in my 'fic.

Going apeshit over 'Reds Under Beds' is a) stupid b) pointless c) 
hypocritical and d) makes the person doing it look really dumb.

Actually, I think no-one has blasted you for it because they either 
didn't notice (heh) or just accepted it as 'just a story' or 'another way 
of life'.

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