Horse:
You are right; I regretted pushing the send button when I did it.
Horse wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> On 25 May 99, at 19:04, drose wrote:
>
> > drose: Great idea! Hitler did a marvelous job of reviving the German
> > economy and national pride.
> >
> > Stalin did a marvelous job of holding the Soviet population down while
> > building a military juggernaut. Just think how overpopulated the world
> > would be if not for him!
> >
> > Great accomplishments from otherwise flawed people. Yeesh.
>
> Er... I fail to see the connection or the point you're making. Their
> overall accomplishments - the destruction of millions of lives - was of
> low value. Do we need to bring their character or personality into it to
> show that what they did was wrong? I think you've missed the point
> of what I've said. The accomplishments of an individual stand on their
> own as good or bad. The character of the person is irrelevant to the
> argument.
>
> Horse
>
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