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re: How do we compare mass murderers?

Larry J — 1/14/2004 2:26:23 PM (archived)

First, I'm grateful to your parent's service during the war. I've read that one out of every 7 Canadian men were in the military during the war. I think the percentage is roughtly the same for American men. That's almost mind-boggling. My own parents were still in high school when the war ended.

Someone once said that if Hitler had never existed, novelists would've had to invent him. He and his minions are the embodiment of evil (and yes, Raoul, evil exists.) That the Nazis gained control of an advanced nation and systematically murdered millions of people within recent history is hard to believe, yet it's true.

At the same time, Stalin was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people and the forced relocation of millions more. Was he more or less evil than Hitler? How do you even compare them? They both invaded other nations. They both enslaved millions. They both set up police states. If there is such a place as Hell, I can only hope that both are in an especially unpleasant corner pulling some really gruesome time.

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US Supreme Court upholds "Night and Fog" - Mourner - 1/13/2004 3:03:19 AM
- A Canadian weighs in on the comparison - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2004 12:53:34 AM
- Yes, of course a mental midget jumps right in trying to compare Pres. Bush to Hitler - ebnelson - 1/13/2004 3:22:02 AM
- Wow. Yet another Bush - Hitler comparison. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 3:21:24 AM
  - Ah, my friend, you forget, or neglect - - - - Freedom fighter - 1/14/2004 4:48:41 AM
    - And if you babble like an idiot, what does that make you? - Larry J - 1/14/2004 9:08:11 PM
      - re: And if you babble like an idiot, what does that make you? - Mike B - 1/27/2004 10:57:24 PM
        
        Michael Moore. Wow. Way to come up with a credible source. - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 2:44:37 AM
        
        Yeah, he is credible. - Mike B. - 1/29/2004 1:40:29 PM
  - Leaving aside the Hitler comparison... - Mary Anne - 1/13/2004 2:38:55 PM
    - Let's not leave the comparison aside just yet - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 4:05:19 AM
      - Oh my God - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:05:53 PM
        
        I think the comaprison you make is weak - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 2:32:19 PM
        
        The distraction - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 5:06:05 PM
        
        If you read the article - ebnelson - 1/15/2004 3:23:26 AM
        
        For a genius, Hitler sure did some stupid things - Larry J - 1/14/2004 9:05:04 PM
        
        Hitler was not a general, he was a demagogue, a brilliant one. - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 3:28:39 PM
        
        I'm not buying that Hitler was brilliant at all - Larry J - 1/15/2004 3:46:25 PM
        
        The Germans are an intelligent and a highly cultured people. - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 11:24:53 PM
        
        re: The Germans are an intelligent and a highly cultured people. - Larry J - 1/16/2004 2:52:17 PM
        
        re: intelligent and highly cultured - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:04:35 AM
    - Is the slope really slippery - FrankC - 1/13/2004 9:58:10 PM
      - Yes, I'm afraid it is. - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:21:29 PM
    - re: Leaving aside the Hitler comparison... - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 8:33:39 PM
      - Number One: - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:19:49 PM
        
        re: Number One - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 5:30:35 PM
    - Bush IS the new Hitler......successful regimes are built on this - Lindy - 1/13/2004 4:18:12 PM
      - I don't like the sound of these 'ere boncentration bamps. - Greg - 1/14/2004 1:10:44 PM
      - Bush is a national socialist - Greg - 1/14/2004 11:56:28 AM
        
        Greg, Lindy, Mourner(or whatever youre calling yourself) - Tony - 1/14/2004 8:46:22 PM
        
        It is kind of funny... - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 11:10:16 PM
        
        No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon. - Tony - 1/15/2004 1:51:44 AM
        
        re: No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon. - Greg - 1/15/2004 2:55:35 AM
        
        Mud wrestling - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 3:39:59 PM
        
        Fascism - Greg - 1/16/2004 3:58:17 AM
        
        Legacy Admissions are national socialism? - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 1:42:15 PM
        
        re: Legacy Admissions are national socialism? - Greg - 1/14/2004 4:17:53 PM
        
        Typical dodge: don't answer, just obfuscate - ebnelson - 1/15/2004 5:21:39 AM
        
        re: Typical dodge: don't answer, just obfuscate - Greg - 1/15/2004 7:22:50 AM
        
        You still can't answer - ebnelson - 1/17/2004 2:40:21 AM
        
        re: national socialism? - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 6:31:35 PM
        
        re: national socialism? - Greg - 1/16/2004 10:35:50 AM
        
        you seem to have garbled that so badly I have no idea what you are talking about, and neither do you probably. (n/t) - Greg - 1/15/2004 2:57:04 AM
      - Lindy: clueless opinions poffered relentlessly - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 3:51:09 AM
      - Good Gawd, Lindy - McFly - 1/13/2004 5:52:56 PM
        
        How do we compare mass murderers? - Larry J - 1/13/2004 9:07:34 PM
        
        re: How do we compare mass murderers? - McFly - 1/13/2004 10:35:22 PM
        
        re: How do we compare mass murderers? - Larry J - 1/14/2004 2:26:23 PM
        
        Ok OK.........so maybe I was a little harsh.... - Lindy - 1/13/2004 7:26:47 PM
        
        Take care...see ya on da flip side :-) (n/t) - McFly - 1/13/2004 7:30:33 PM
        
        Well said! (n/t) - Betsy - 1/13/2004 6:18:34 PM

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