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To: OK
Too bad Stalin replaced Naziism with something just as bad.

Bad, certainly, but not "just as bad." There were no extermination camps in Communist East Germany bringing trainloads of Jews to the ovens like there was under the Nazis. The Nazis wanted to exterminate all the Jews in Europe as if they were a pest, just like you would insects or rats. East German communists, bad as they were, were never that bad.


15 posted on 05/07/2005 5:00:28 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

The "extermination camp" was the majority of the Ukraine when Stalin imposed a forced starvation. In total numbers Stalin murdered more people than Hitler, second only to Mao.


24 posted on 05/07/2005 5:22:01 PM PDT by rmichaelj
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To: FreedomCalls
Bad, certainly, but not "just as bad."

You're right about that. It was worse.

27 posted on 05/07/2005 5:27:46 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: FreedomCalls

While I agree that communism in East Germany wasn't "just as bad" within the scope of East Germany (ie, vs Nazism in Eastern Germany), when the larger picture is looked at, and Nazism and Soviet Communism are compared, I think it is very reasonable to say that they were approximately equal on the evilometer. Stalin exterminated large parts of eastern Europe by starvation as a means of maintaining control.

Hitler and Stalin= the bloodiest butchers in history.


28 posted on 05/07/2005 5:29:58 PM PDT by 95Tarheel
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To: FreedomCalls

If you want to go by sheer numbers stalin had hitler beat.


36 posted on 05/07/2005 5:40:08 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: FreedomCalls
In today's PC world, Communism would be simply viewed as lifestyle choice.

There was a time before in our nation's history when we could defeat such an enemy. That time has passed.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

42 posted on 05/07/2005 5:48:01 PM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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