I believe that Eric was making a statement about genocide committed by Democracies (in this case, the US) as a balance to the list presented Jerry of the atrocities committed by Fascist/Communist governments.
Cheers, Judah On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Pardon? > > What has that to do with things? > > At times you're even more obscure than you usually are. I mean that > statement is so far out in left field that its in the next state. > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> Don't forget the intentional infecting of North American Indians with >> smallpox via infected blankets as well as other massacres... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 3:23 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: how do they come up with this crud? >> >> >> "So a list of failed democracies would prove that democracy is a failed >> ideology?" >> >> It would be an interesting list. Throw in Republics too. >> >> >> "Sure. And malaria kills X amount of kids every minute." >> >> Yes, and malaria is an act of nature. >> >> >> I believe the reference was to more intentional acts of killing. >> >> You know like: >> >> >> National Socialist Hitler's genocide of 6 million Jews, >> Stalin's forced starvation of 6 to 7 million Ukrainians. >> Stalin's great purge of the communist party which killed between 700k and >> 1.5 million. >> Che's hand in killing over 10,000 dissidents in Cuba in the 1960's. >> Mao's Great Leap forward which killed 20 million people >> Khmer Rouge killing 2 million in 4 years. >> >> While anyone dieing of malaria is a shame, it isn't in the same league. >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms those entrusted with >> power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny - >> Thomas Jefferson on government >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325788 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
