Originally posted by Saladbar:
We should throw Pol Pot in there too coming in third by numbers alone. Though if you say Hitler started World War 2, then his death count is between 36 and 40 million.
Really, though, what difference does it make? The end result is the same: corpses. All three were profoundly evil people and just great role models for murderous megalomaniacal tyrants!
I wholeheartedly agree. I just think that it is important to understand how evil Stalin really was, and what he had done to much of Eastern Europe. Too often it is forgotten in favor of arguments of how the US was "paranoid" about the Soviets who simply wanted acceptance of their economic system.
While the fear of communism itself might be true to a degree, it is also important to remeber who was behind the regime in Russia, a genocidal paranoid who killed ally and enemy alike.
And yes, Pol Pot can be tossed in there as well. You could add Idi Amin as well.
BTW - Welcome back, I haven't seen you around in awhile. Always nice to see a familiar face.
And as far as movies go..."Triumph of the Will" should send shivers down
anyones spine.
