Freedom vs License - Page 2

Borodog · #11 02-13-2006, 02:47 PM

Jeez. Lincoln couldn't even get it to 1 million; he only killed 700,000. Pussy.

Kurn, son of Mogh · #12 02-13-2006, 03:49 PM

He tried

12AX7 · #13 02-13-2006, 04:14 PM

Interesting, Hitler wasn't #1. I'd have never known.

So is this to say the #1 killer of man is economic policy? (Other than aging, of course. LOL!)

BluffTHIS! · #14 02-13-2006, 04:18 PM

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Interesting, Hitler wasn't #1. I'd have never known.

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If you attribute to him not just all the victims of the holocaust, but also all european theater war related deaths, then the figure would be much higher, especially with Russian war dead of 20+ million.

12AX7 · #15 02-13-2006, 04:27 PM

Yes, I'm beginning to find that out. Just went and Googled on Stalin.

So are we saying that in addition to the 20M WW II casualties, Stalin killed another 20M?

BluffTHIS! · #16 02-13-2006, 04:29 PM

Yes. His killing of his own people is a separate figure from Russian WWII military and civilian casualties.

lehighguy · #17 02-13-2006, 04:42 PM

Commmunism is a political idealogy, not an economic policy.

lehighguy · #18 02-13-2006, 04:43 PM

lol

theweatherman · #19 02-13-2006, 06:05 PM

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So is this to say the #1 killer of man is economic policy?

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The people stalin killed were deliberatly killed, it has nothing to do with real communism or anything even close to it.

Richard Tanner · #20 02-13-2006, 09:19 PM

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Religion is the leading killer of people in the history of man.

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You're probably thinking of malaria. It's similar to religion, except instead of being an organized system of beliefs about the origins of mankind and the universe, it's an acute syndrome caused by a microscopic protozoan of genus Plasmodium. Here's a mnemonic to help you keep them straight: Malaria is a microbe, and religion is a regimented system of beliefs.

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This is funny but I'm not really sure why you bothered posting it. I'm assuming you disagree with my assertion about the danger of religion, that's fine, but I'm pretty sure (as it has a huge head start) that it's way up there.
Now some one pointed out that Political movements have killed more and as I don't have the numbers on all the Crusades, Jihads, and any other ritualistic or spontanious killing done in the name of a God, I can't easily debate that, good point though.

Cody