Terry wonders:
>nr(reading): Robert Harris' "Archangel" about the modern-day discovery of
>Stalin's secret heir, living like a hermit in the woods near the White
>Sea. Great novel. So, was J. Stalin worse than Hitler?
>
Stalin said something like, "One murder is a tragedy.  One million murders
is a statistic."  By dint of numbers and time spent in complete control, I'd
say Stalin was worse. But once dictators pass a certain threshold of being
an abomination, is it possible to quantify these things?

Kelly

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