Your opinion of Stalin?

[Razgovory]

This thread reminds me of a family episode a while back.  We used to have a relative that was a vulgar piece of shit.  He had no redeeming qualities about himself.

Up to this point in your post, I wasn't sure if you were talking about Stalin or grumbler. 

Neither, actually.  I don't think grumbler is vulgar, and I do think that Stalin had redeeming qualities.

Well he's dead for one.  That's a redeeming quality.

[ulmont]

No one except you, me, Raz, Valmy, Ulmont, and Wayland appear to  be the slightest bit interested in Stalin! 

It's tough for me to advance my "best of the worst" theory any further, since we don't have much of a control group.  The most you can really say is that Beria did some liberalization post-Stalin.

[crazy canuck]

What I got from this thread is that Stalin and Tim can be considered intellectuals because they both read history books.

The question of whether Stalin actually understood anything he read appears to be an open question for Brain.

Nobody has yet taken the position that Tim has understood anything he has read other then the final score of yesterday's football game.

[DGuller]

No one except you, me, Raz, Valmy, Ulmont, and Wayland appear to  be the slightest bit interested in Stalin! 

It's tough for me to advance my "best of the worst" theory any further, since we don't have much of a control group.  The most you can really say is that Beria did some liberalization post-Stalin.

Some say that Beria's liberalization was a tactical retreat, and just a way to curry favor with the people so that he could cement his power.  Like many in his position, Beria was a sadistic murderer.

[The Brain]

What I got from this thread is that Stalin and Tim can be considered intellectuals because they both read history books.

The question of whether Stalin actually understood anything he read appears to be an open question for Brain.

Nobody has yet taken the position that Tim has understood anything he has read other then the final score of yesterday's football game.

Also I have a big cock.

[The Brain]

No one except you, me, Raz, Valmy, Ulmont, and Wayland appear to  be the slightest bit interested in Stalin! 

It's tough for me to advance my "best of the worst" theory any further, since we don't have much of a control group.  The most you can really say is that Beria did some liberalization post-Stalin.

Some say that Beria's liberalization was a tactical retreat, and just a way to curry favor with the people so that he could cement his power.  Like many in his position, Beria was a sadistic murderer.

BB has yet to murder.

[crazy canuck]

What I got from this thread is that Stalin and Tim can be considered intellectuals because they both read history books.

The question of whether Stalin actually understood anything he read appears to be an open question for Brain.

Nobody has yet taken the position that Tim has understood anything he has read other then the final score of yesterday's football game.

Also I have a big cock.

A giant in a land of midgets may still be short in comparison to the rest of the world.

[The Brain]

What I got from this thread is that Stalin and Tim can be considered intellectuals because they both read history books.

The question of whether Stalin actually understood anything he read appears to be an open question for Brain.

Nobody has yet taken the position that Tim has understood anything he has read other then the final score of yesterday's football game.

Also I have a big cock.

A giant in a land of midgets may still be short in comparison to the rest of the world.

I rarely leave Languish.

[Barrister]

No one except you, me, Raz, Valmy, Ulmont, and Wayland appear to  be the slightest bit interested in Stalin! 

It's tough for me to advance my "best of the worst" theory any further, since we don't have much of a control group.  The most you can really say is that Beria did some liberalization post-Stalin.

Some say that Beria's liberalization was a tactical retreat, and just a way to curry favor with the people so that he could cement his power.  Like many in his position, Beria was a sadistic murderer.

BB has yet to murder.

[Valmy]

Like many in his position, Beria was a sadistic murderer.

His position of a Georgian in a position of authority?

[crazy canuck]

What I got from this thread is that Stalin and Tim can be considered intellectuals because they both read history books.

The question of whether Stalin actually understood anything he read appears to be an open question for Brain.

Nobody has yet taken the position that Tim has understood anything he has read other then the final score of yesterday's football game.

Also I have a big cock.

A giant in a land of midgets may still be short in comparison to the rest of the world.

I rarely leave Languish.

Where there is only one other person who feels the need to share info about the size of his penis.

[ulmont]

Like many in his position, Beria was a sadistic murderer.

His position of a Georgian in a position of authority?

I think we can generalize to "Russian autocrat."

[Ed Anger]

I like Beria. 

[DGuller]

Like many in his position, Beria was a sadistic murderer.

His position of a Georgian in a position of authority?

His position as head of secret police.  He also murdered plenty of people on the way up.

[dps]

What I got from this thread is that Stalin and Tim can be considered intellectuals because they both read history books.

The question of whether Stalin actually understood anything he read appears to be an open question for Brain.

Nobody has yet taken the position that Tim has understood anything he has read other then the final score of yesterday's football game.

Also I have a big cock.

Are you saying that crazy canuck can vouch for this?  That's, uhm, interesting