Posted on 01/21/2006 11:58:47 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Another example of your communist-trained tactics. Distort what other people write. I have never denied the millions killed by communist movements. What I have disputed is laying blame on this solely on ethnic Russians. Archival documents from the period involved prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that this atrocity was committed by members of virtually every ethnic group. Your efforts to paint this as soley a Russian crime diminishes the actual scope of said crime. It's dishonest intellectually and morally. But, since it's you doing this I'm not surprised.
PS - don't think for one minute that your jumping back and forth from topic to topic eliminates the need to explain your public endorsement of the Communist-Nationalist rag "Zavtra".
I recommend you pick up a copy of the following book before you foolishly label the Russians as the only ones responsible for the millions of dead:
"ÃÓËÀÃ. Ãëàâíîå óïðàâëåíèå ëàãåðåé. 1918–1960. Ñîñò. À.È.Êîêóðèí, Í.Â.Ïåòðîâ. Ì., 2000
Ñáîðíèê äîêóìåíòîâ, ñîñòàâëåííûé ïî õðîíèêàëüíî-òåìàòè÷åñêîìó ïðèíöèïó, äàåò ïðåäñòàâëåíèå î âîçíèêíîâåíèè è ðàçâèòèè â ÑÑÑÐ ðåïðåññèâíîé ñèñòåìû è åå öåíòðàëüíîãî àïïàðàòà – Ãëàâíîãî óïðàâëåíèÿ ëàãåðåé. Ïóáëèêóþòñÿ äîêóìåíòû ÂÖÈÊ, ÖÈÊ ÑÑÑÐ, ÑÍÊ – ÑÌ ÑÑÑÐ, ðåãëàìåíòèðóþùèå äåÿòåëüíîñòü ÈÒË, à òàêæå äîêóìåíòû ÎÃÏÓ – ÍÊÂÄ – ÌÂÄ è ÌÞ ÑÑÑÐ, îòðàæàþùèå îðãàíèçàöèîííóþ ñòðóêòóðó, ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèå äàííûå, ðåæèì è ïðîèçâîäñòâåííóþ äåÿòåëüíîñòü âñåõ èñïðàâèòåëüíî-òðóäîâûõ ó÷ðåæäåíèé ñòðàíû."
You'll see plenty of Ukrainians, Poles, Belarusians, Latvians, Russians, Lithuanians, Hungarians, Germans, Jews, Uzbeks, Tadjiks, Turkmen, Estonians, etc., as BOTH victim and criminal. Figure it out.
Since the Russian font isn't coming through - try looking for the publication here: www.idf.ru (GULag 1918 - 1960)
If you prefer English, pick up a copy of this:
A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia
by Alexander N. Yakovlev
He details the victims AND the perpretators. You'll find there were more Russian victims of the GULags than any other group.
Don't change the subject.
Yet another ad hominem attack to avoid the real issue - why did Romanov and jb6 parrot the official Putin "temnyky" within hours of its distribution.
If you really and truly believe that you need serious mental help. But please answer why spanalot is sticking to "Zavtra" as a "legitimate" source of news?
Att: All Freepers,
Compare the following "talking points directive" issued by the Kremlin after a "mad slasher" incident with the subsequent post by jb6 and Romanov
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