Communism's Greatest Crimes

DinoDoc · April 8, 2002, 17:07

A little something for your friendly neighborhood Apolyton Evil, Capitalist Conservative Party.

Ecthy · April 8, 2002, 17:16

you forgot East Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Afghanistan and so on, but then those were crimes of Soviets. And as I have said on the other threads, such actions were carried out by powerful groups of people that pretended to qact for a cause that is actually a good one.

So stop the anti-communist or anti-Christian BS you damned superficial retards

Zoid · April 8, 2002, 17:17

Oh, joy. Another spree of copycating...

Didn´t the party copycating threads give you a hint DD?

*postia ante deletia*

DinoDoc · April 8, 2002, 17:20

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Originally posted by Kamrat X
Didn´t the party copycating threads give you a hint DD?

This was meant only to prove a point to one of my friends.

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*postia ante deletia*

Hopefully the mods let it stay long enough for it to accomplish its goal.

Sprayber · April 8, 2002, 17:21

Chegitz Guevara T-shirts
Little Red Books
Severe over use of the color red
Being too loud
All that invading and stuff
Taking themselves too seriously
Taking a little old white guy from Germany too serioulsly. (later to be repeated by their sworn enemy)
That constant re-education stuff

Felch · April 8, 2002, 17:35

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Originally posted by DinoDoc
Hopefully the mods let it stay long enough for it to accomplish its goal.

Are you presuming that there won't be a kneejerk reaction by mods who seem to think that Off-Topic means "talk about what we want to talk about?" And I thought I was a newbie.

DinoDoc · April 8, 2002, 17:39

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Originally posted by Felch X
Are you presuming that there won't be a kneejerk reaction by mods who seem to think that Off-Topic means "talk about what we want to talk about?" And I thought I was a newbie.

I already assumed that it will meet the wrath of Ming. I'm just hoping he fails to see it for a long enough time to allow che to see it.

faded glory · April 8, 2002, 17:43

Communism is done. It lies discarded in historys unmarked grave, of lies and deciet. Never again shall the hateful and self destructive teachings of Marx take hold on a large scale.

KrazyHorse · April 8, 2002, 18:55

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Originally posted by Sprayber
Chegitz Guevara T-shirts

Chegitz is a Yiddish word. Ernesto Guevara was known as "Che", a term of endearment in Spanish. I have yet to see a Chegitz Guevara t-shirt.

MrFun · April 8, 2002, 20:26

I'm not communist, nor am I anti-communist.

I just wanted to point out that I get bored with the extremist threads that refuse to give an ideology they disagree with, at least some minimum amount of respect.

Drake Tungsten · April 8, 2002, 20:30

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Chegitz is a Yiddish word. Ernesto Guevara was known as "Che", a term of endearment in Spanish. I have yet to see a Chegitz Guevara t-shirt.

I've got one. Che sent me one in exchange for a crate of Runzas™...

Mr. President · April 8, 2002, 20:46

All of the above, and much more besides.

Carver · April 8, 2002, 22:08

-other

Letting the capitalist west temporarily win the Cold War. Hence the benevolent sounding "globalization" - which in reality means IMF and World Bank induced raping of developing economies: forcing third world nations to lower trade barriers, thereby decimating local industry; forcing such nations to end price subsidies for basic commodities; forcing such nations to float their currencies. All of the above, naturally, results in lower standards of living for the world's poor while multi-national corporations are free to pillage local markets throughout the world at will. The crime of communism was not sticking with the fight. This is why praise must go out to Fidel Castro for keeping Cuba progressive.

Persevere comrades, the "peace dividend" capitalism is currently enjoying will not last. Indeed, capitalism's current pillaging of the world is what will trigger the revolution.

DinoDoc · April 8, 2002, 22:11

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Originally posted by Carver
Letting the capitalist west temporarily win the Cold War.

Letting? Temporarily? Even China is starting to give up on Communism.

Guynemer · April 8, 2002, 22:12

Oh merciful heavens, another one.

Natan · April 8, 2002, 22:26

This is just as ridiculous as the Christianity thread. I said Ukrainian genocide, although really I think that's tied with the Cultural Revolution.

DinoDoc · April 8, 2002, 22:32

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Originally posted by Natan
This is just as ridiculous as the Christianity thread.

Duh! That was the point. It was supposed to show someone

how stupid the Christianity thread was.

chequita guevara · April 8, 2002, 22:35

I'm gonna have to go with the Ukrainian Genocide, though it wasn't specifically targetted at Ukrainians, and it wasn't a genocide. Still, it was the first deliberate mass murder carried out in our movement's name, and the biggest stain we have.

The Red Terror was nothing compared to the White Terror.

The Great Leap Forward was not a crime, but a well-intended disaster.

I have no idea what the Cultural Revolution was. Collective madness?

I'm surprised you didn't put down The Khmer Rouge, even though they weren't Marxists, but some combination of Mao and Robspierre.

DarkCloud · April 8, 2002, 22:37

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Originally posted by Ecthelion
So stop the anti-communist or anti-Christian BS you damned superficial retards

I am glad that someone here other than me is even handed even on issues on which they do not agree

chequita guevara · April 8, 2002, 22:38

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Originally posted by DinoDoc
Duh! That was the point. It was supposed to show someone

how stupid the Christianity thread was.

Allright, allright. Look, you may not believe this, but the other thread wasn't intended as a bash Chrisitianity thread. I was just curious cuz I got to thinking about all the knowledge that had been destroyed by that religion, and then I though if I was going to ask people what they thought about that, it would be insulting to leave out the actual people who were hurt.

DinoDoc · April 8, 2002, 22:38

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I'm surprised you didn't put down The Khmer Rouge, even though they weren't Marxists, but some combination of Mao and Robspierre.

I thought about including Year Zero along with a few other incidents but I didn't want the poll to get as cluttered as the Christianity's Greatest Crime was.

April 8, 2002, 22:45

Communism was worse than Fascism.

Natan · April 8, 2002, 23:19

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara

Allright, allright. Look, you may not believe this, but the other thread wasn't intended as a bash Chrisitianity thread. I was just curious cuz I got to thinking about all the knowledge that had been destroyed by that religion, and then I though if I was going to ask people what they thought about that, it would be insulting to leave out the actual people who were hurt.

But it's still offensive. I think everyone would see that if it were "worst crime of Islam" or "worst crime of Judaism." A "worst crime of religion" thread, with or without a poll, would have been fine, but singling out the Christians isn't nice. Be a mentch, not a shegitz! :doitnow:

Lonestar · April 8, 2002, 23:21

Stalin's Purges. Duh.

Ming · April 8, 2002, 23:28

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Originally posted by DinoDoc
I already assumed that it will meet the wrath of Ming. I'm just hoping he fails to see it for a long enough time to allow che to see it.

Why? In most cases (but there are exceptions), I usually let the first copy cat thread survive. But, when the kittens start arriving

Dr Strangelove · April 8, 2002, 23:33

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara

Allright, allright. Look, you may not believe this, but the other thread wasn't intended as a bash Chrisitianity thread. I was just curious cuz I got to thinking about all the knowledge that had been destroyed by that religion, and then I though if I was going to ask people what they thought about that, it would be insulting to leave out the actual people who were hurt.

The most important knowledge of the Roman world was Roman engineering, which like the great ancient literature, was lost to the world during the dark ages. The engineering knowledge wasn't lost due to book burning though, but due to the general breakdown in the political order and the virtually total abandonment of commerce. Urban life also nearly vanished. By 600 AD the city of Rome, once said to have nearly one million inhabitants, had a population less than 10,000. With no one to pay engineers, builders and teachers, and no surplus urban population to serve as a labor force technological knowledge vanished.

Let me point out again that despite reports of the demise of the Great Library of Alexandria some of its contents seem to have been mysteriously been lent out in during the golden age of Islam. Where do you think the great libraries of Persia and Moorish Spain got their stock of books?

Lonestar · April 8, 2002, 23:50

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove

. Where do you think the great libraries of Persia and Moorish Spain got their stock of books?

Lynchburg Municipal Library?

Sprayber · April 9, 2002, 00:01

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse

Chegitz is a Yiddish word. Ernesto Guevara was known as "Che", a term of endearment in Spanish. I have yet to see a Chegitz Guevara t-shirt.

I know.

No one gets my jokes ever

KrazyHorse · April 9, 2002, 00:07

Sorry.

Imran Siddiqui · April 9, 2002, 00:07

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Originally posted by Ming
Why? In most cases (but there are exceptions), I usually let the first copy cat thread survive. But, when the kittens start arriving

Damn! And I was thinking of making a "Imran's Greatest Crimes" thread

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