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This is an argument about a difference of orders of magnitude. I think it is possible for Stalinism and the gulags to be alive while impacting much less than th
by rms 17y ago
This is an argument about a difference of orders of magnitude. I think it is possible for Stalinism and the gulags to be alive while impacting much less than the millions of people killed during Stalin's reign of terror, though I understand why you disagree.
- osipov 17y agoMorality of killing human lives should not be counted in orders of magnitude -- there is a qualitative difference between killing a man, a family, an ethnicity or a race. Saying that "Stalinism and the gulags are alive today" establishes a false moral equivalence.
- joeyo 17y agoA genocide begins with the killing of one man..." -- Kofi Annan
- osipov 17y ago...not for what he has done, but because of who he is" -- you should have posted the entire quote otherwise the meaning is out of context. Are you using Kofi Annan's point to claim that Russia government has a policy of genocide against lawyers?