[Petronski]

You've only posted part of my comments. Your post included this:

In all other respects, Stalin was an evil being.

But you did not include this:

He's still an evil person in many other respects.

Don't put words in my mouth. I did not say he was the same as Stalin, and in fact I used language stating that he was less evil than Stalin. Further, I never compared him to Hitler at all.

[Ditto]

But you did not include this: He's still an evil person in many other respects.

If I missed your point, I apologize, but I think you missed mine as well. Chris Hitchens is a flawed individual in some respects, just as we are all flawed. But I see nothing at all evil about the man.