-- Steve Furlong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (Not that I'm particularly fond of the Prez, but I'm > not one of the LLLs who say he's worse than Hitler, > Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Ronald Regan combined.) (Stalin > doesn't go into that equation because he was, you > know, a good guy whose actions have been > misinterpreted.)
No no, Stalin was "a very bad man" - yet, not however, as bad as Ronald Reagan et al. Furthermore the five year plans involved no bloodshed whatsoever, well only a teensy weensy little bit, nothing like what General Motors does in its well known slave labor camps, and the liquidation of the kulaks was self defense against a vicious attempt by the peasants to starve the proletariat. :-) --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ikKvUYkvyBE7ikT3WsIGcsxLztiI6VjO7F+lbUPi 43u1MspIR5iABmysKM+9wkz7R+H7AgDDsuhTSZJ4A