Originally posted by Don Jasani:
In terms of the total number of deaths caused by Hitler (those he was directly responsible for) and the total caused by Stalin, Stalin was the greater evil. Also, Stalin was directly responsible for the deaths of millions upon millions of his people, and some may argue that this is worse than what Hitler did. Again I'm not saying that I'm one of these people I'm just saying that an argument could be made.
Numbers depend on those who count. Nothing is so easily faked as history.
We are not to decide who should burn in hell.
I'm not arguing at all, I'm too old for it...
I just find it strange that someone can say "he was just evil". He might have done wrongs as it is, there's no necessity to accuse him of what he hasn't done. And there's nothing wrong with many good, even great deeds of his. Especially liberating the world from faschism. During his time many immigrants returned to the USSR, by the way. It was he, who stopped presecution of Christians and restored the Orthodox church to its proper place in the society. And it was he, who punished the Lenins bloody executioners who killed the Nation's elite almost entirely in 1920s. You are right to suggest that I'm personally partial - almost whole family of my grandmother was among them.
OK, let's not hijack the topic anymore.
