Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (189439)	6/15/2006 4:40:34 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"Fortunately, every post is a matter of public record on SI." Agreed. So here is the direct chain of the relevant comments... Jttmab responds to this comment ”Communism is a horrible system of government and has killed tens of millions of people in the last century. Tens of millions in China alone, as a matter of fact. This is widely known. In fact, I'm sure you know it too. Message 22544069 You Respond " He failed his reading and comprehension course” “...and you expect him to understand more complicated matters!” Message 22546566 I respond Joseph Stalin Kill tally: Approximately 20 million, including up to 14.5 million needlessly starved to death. At least one million executed for political "offences". At least 9.5 million more deported, exiled or imprisoned in work camps, with many of the estimated five million sent to the 'Gulag Archipelago' never returning alive. Other estimates place the number of deported at 28 million, including 18 million sent to the 'Gulag'. Mao Tse-Tung Kill tally: 14 to 20 million deaths from starvation during the 'Great Leap Forward'. Tens of thousands killed and millions of lives ruined during the 'Cultural Revolution'. Prince Yasuhiko Asaka Kill tally: 200,000-350,000 Chinese. etc siliconinvestor.com “...to understand more complicated matters!” Too complicated for ya?