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Started by Martinus, September 02, 2009, 06:43:51 AM

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How do Hitler and Stalin compare, in terms of evil/being murderous bastards?

They were more or less equally evil
17 (53.1%)
Hitler was more evil than Stalin
13 (40.6%)
Stalin was more evil than Hitler
2 (6.3%)

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Martinus

September 02, 2009, 06:43:51 AM
The Polish President compared the Stalinist crimes to Holocaust, which caused a reaction of, among others, the Jewish Council of Germany, which denounced such comparisons, saying that it is unacceptable to compare the two, since Hitler was much worse.

So, what do Languishites think?

Syt

#1
September 02, 2009, 06:47:57 AM
Thread is incomplete without:
http://www.comics.aha.ru/rus/stalin/
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Caliga

#2
September 02, 2009, 06:48:36 AM
More or less equal.  Uncle Joe gets off easy because he picked the winning side in the Dubya Dubya Two.  :cool:
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Viking

#3
September 02, 2009, 06:50:13 AM
Hitler, working with a smaller population and a shorter time managed to kill the same number as Stalin. Hitler is more evil.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

barkdreg

#4
September 02, 2009, 06:57:18 AM
Quote from: Viking on September 02, 2009, 06:50:13 AM
Hitler, working with a smaller population and a shorter time managed to kill the same number as Stalin. Hitler is more evil.

Only if efficiency is evil.

Caliga

#5
September 02, 2009, 06:58:44 AM
Come to think of it, Jews > Ukrainians, so maybe Hitler was more evil. :ph34r:

(Hi, Beeb!  :) )
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saskganesh

#6
September 02, 2009, 07:00:57 AM
Quote from: barkdreg on September 02, 2009, 06:57:18 AM
Quote from: Viking on September 02, 2009, 06:50:13 AM
Hitler, working with a smaller population and a shorter time managed to kill the same number as Stalin. Hitler is more evil.

Only if efficiency is evil.

Pol Pot wins then.
humans were created in their own image

Eddie Teach

#7
September 02, 2009, 07:02:16 AM
Both pass the threshhold where such comparisons become ludicrous.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Caliga

#8
September 02, 2009, 07:03:44 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 02, 2009, 07:02:16 AM
Both pass the threshhold where such comparisons become ludicrous.
Correct.  It's like saying "Between Saturn and Jupiter, which has a less survivable atmosphere?"  :cool:
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barkdreg

#9
September 02, 2009, 07:06:49 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on September 02, 2009, 07:00:57 AM
Pol Pot wins then.

I was thinking the same thing.

Josephus

#10
September 02, 2009, 07:16:57 AM
There should be a "Evil is not quantitatively measurable" option.
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Viking

#11
September 02, 2009, 07:18:34 AM
Quote from: barkdreg on September 02, 2009, 06:57:18 AM
Quote from: Viking on September 02, 2009, 06:50:13 AM
Hitler, working with a smaller population and a shorter time managed to kill the same number as Stalin. Hitler is more evil.

Only if efficiency is evil.

The evil lies in the methods for killing chosen.. show me the soviet gas chambers?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Viking

#12
September 02, 2009, 07:19:02 AM
Quote from: Josephus on September 02, 2009, 07:16:57 AM
There should be a "Evil is not quantitatively measurable" option.

yeah, this poll  needs a jaron option.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Eddie Teach

#13
September 02, 2009, 07:19:22 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 02, 2009, 07:03:44 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 02, 2009, 07:02:16 AM
Both pass the threshhold where such comparisons become ludicrous.
Correct.  It's like saying "Between Saturn and Jupiter, which has a less survivable atmosphere?"  :cool:

I'm still wondering if we could regulate the atmosphere of Mars in a way that the air was breathable and the temperature over freezing or if it's just too far away from the Sun for that to work.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Tamas

#14
September 02, 2009, 07:21:52 AM
:yawn: dumbest debate topic on the internet, evah.
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