Whatever the numbers, the principal survives. I find it interesting that you respond to my reply about 10 days later. Once in a while that happens, and I wonder about other seeds planted, will they germinate?
>Walter Duranty could not see, or would not see, 7 million Ukrainians starved and murdered by Stalin.
Generations of leftists could overlook 100 million dead catalogued in the Black Book of Communism because it was as nothing compared to the ultimate truth. So if 6 million kulaks die in Ukraine, Walter Duranty does not see it because it does not fit.
Actually, I believe that 7 million was the total dead from all of Stalin’s famines, which didn’t affect only the Ukraine, but also Southern Russia, and also Kazakhstan and even the Volga region as well.
One modern estimate that uses demographic data, including that recently available from Soviet archives, narrows the losses to about 3.2 million or, allowing for the lack of precise data, 3-3.5 million. Nevertheless, a lot of people died, and Duranty turned a blind eye to their suffering. They probably would say that you can’t make a omelette without breaking a few eggs, or that good things require sacrifice.
>If you look at the body language of Barack Obama, which resembles that of Mussolini, you will see an arrogance in which he dismisses not just the point of view of others but their very worth as human beings. He is special because he has a unique apprehension of ultimate truth.
I’ve always felt that Barry was arrogant. Look at his Greek columns display.
>If the national health service in England is causing suffering, is not seen because the quest is not for better care but for equality of care-a greater and ultimate value.
I think that the Left’s idea of success if different from ours. They’re interested in enforced equality.
>Not incidentally, that is why there is no individual salvation to a leftist but group salvation-which Obama has time and again emphasized in his speeches.
The Left is always collectively oriented. They love humanity as a collective whole, but as for individuals? Tough.
Whatever the numbers, the principal survives. I find it interesting that you respond to my reply about 10 days later. Once in a while that happens, and I wonder about other seeds planted, will they germinate?