I'd have put this on Vonster's "blog", but comments aren't allowed, so it goes here:
Vonnie says that communism "has killed 100 million people" in his new sub-title. Um, er, well, where do we start? I'm assuming from his tone and his past, we are supposed to say, "wow, that communism is the worst thing EVER." I'm here to tell you, communism isn't alone in it's vileness.
First, the total itself. How is that total arrived upon? It seems like a pretty vague thing to say. Does it mean Russia killed 100 million enemy soldiers? Does it mean that several million starved because they had no food, and "communism" was blamed? I mean, it's obvious that communism failed, and humans being what we are, it will never work. And thankfully, it is not the rule we live under. But we're not to be held completely innocent, either, are we?
But do you really want to go there with that stat, Von? Could someone not come right back with the argument "how many people has democracy killed?" How many American Indian nations were demolished "in the name of democracy"? How many slaves were beaten to death, or starved to death, or worked to death by the American white man? (I am, of course, an American white guy.)
Or should we look into how many have died at the hands of christianity? Or radical islam? Or religion as a whole? We really don't want to go there, do we?
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Little 16, thank you so much for visiting. I see from your blog you are from Croatia. Do you follow basketball? I was a big fan of Drazen Petrovic and was saddened when he lost his life.
Yes, I agree with you, communism was not a good thing and I'm so glad you no longer have that form of government.
Please visit often!
Hey FB, good comments. Amazing what "fair and balanced" can actually look like when it really is.
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