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Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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Date: 
Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:15:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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  I discovered this page, written by a librarian:

  http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/tyrants.htm

  And it's actually quite eloquent.  He points out how hard it is to
  compare the monsters, to gauge intent, and to tally results.
  His numbers are pretty defensible on the whole, especially on Mao.
  The whole site, while not big on flash and graphics, makes for
  some really, really, REALLY sobering reading--and he gives his
  sources quite clearly.  Read the US litany anytime you're feeling
  *too* triumphalist...;)

I really enjoyed the scope of this guy's work: lots of comparison and
synthesis, mostly from a global perspective. His fun stuff is neat too -- I
particularly liked the alternative history of Moslem Australia.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/index.htm

--DaveL



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  Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
 
(...) any better an idea than I do who he is? Not having real contact info forces me to double check a lot of his sources as litmus tests, but he's really done a very good job of documentation. best LFB (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
 
(...) Nah, that's about the figure accepted for war-related mass democide. Stalin's tally is *on top of that*. (...) Now, this is interesting. What's the political deal you heard? I know that the Germans were evacuating soldiers and civilians en (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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