You mean like the Crusades or the Islamic conquest of northern India or Timur-Al-Lenk's conquest of Asia?
You still miss the point, its not the ideology they follow, but what they do. You can have a Norman Bethune or a Mao Zedong - both were communists, one saved millions and the other killed as many. Both followed the same ideology. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > J > "The point is that it isn't just Communism (which has never existed at least > as Marx defined it) but also Nazism, Falangists, and dictators of every > stripe. You're missing the basic concept, absolutist dictatorships were the > perpetrators, not just those who happened to mouth a particular philosophy." > > You're right. It has happened under governments of every stripe. The > numbers under communism/socialism utopias dwarf the numbers of other > governments. > > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain > > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326247 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
