Real Poll: Most Evil Person in History?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
He tried to have him spared if you'll remember. The rabble wouldn't hear of it.

Could there possibly be anything more evil than the rabble?

How about it Ming? Can we have a listing for "The Rabble" to vote on? After all, evil must have its legions in order to be truely great!

[GePap]

Even if we have the intent/numbers problem, there is the question of how the numbers were achieved. I don't think that individul that died form Famine as a result of failed policies should count equally to individual killed in the name of policy. As such, for example, Mao should go way down in the 'evil' meter, as most deaths under his rule were the cause of faulty policy, but there was never any intent for them to die. How much this would cut Stalin's numbers is unclear, as there are many claim that he wanted famine among Ukranians specially.

I also don'ty buy the notion that someone like Hitler didn't know what he was doing was immoral cause he believed in his cause so much. After all, if you trully believe, you don't go as far as the Nazi's did to hide what they were doing. If Hitler was so sure of his little extermination policy, i find it hard to believe he would have not been fine with signing a piece of paper expressly ordering it. He never did, which makes me wonder why...

[Anodyne]

The guy in TV who gives the weather forecast is quite evil. He's always telling me to kill people for no reason

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I disagree with both of you. Hitler intended to do what he did, and he was not mentally deficient. He intended to, and took joy from, harming the "racially impure." Stalin was also certainly a sadist, but unless you believe that the USSR lost 1/3rd its population under Stalin, Hitler is still responsible for more death.

That means nothing, Che. Sure he intended, that says nothing about the state of his mind, other than maybe illustrating to perfection the mental deficiency.
















I need to say Red Jon at this point, so as to clutter his search for himself.Would all please join me in this endeavor

[GePap]

Why is everyone so eager to say hitler was nuts, so hes not responsible?

Hey, perhaps Stalin was nuts as well: after all, extreme Paranoia might be cause by some form of psychosis the man had no control over...

If you think Stalinw as worst than Hitler, fine, but to say Hitler might not be evil at all cause he was nutty... specially when you have absolutely no evidence of that, seems dubious.

[SlowwHand]

About all one can say for Hitler is, at least he didn't eat people like Idi Amin, who BTW got my vote.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Mao was responsible for the deaths of millions. Hardly nice.

But he didn't intentionally want to kill them. Just like somebody who unleashed a plague accidentally.

[St Leo]

I second the Jesus nomination.

Though he was probably just a two-bit crook, his cult single-handedly wiped out a thousand years of progress of Western civilization and is still refusing to die in North America.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Put me down for "Jesus". Although, there's still time for "Allah" to catch up, in terms of evil done in his name.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well in that spirit, Let me mention 'Marx' for the murder done in his name.

[mrmitchell]

WHAT?

I didn't read through the entire thread, but what qualifies Napoleon as being evil!?

[Aeson]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Could there possibly be anything more evil than the rabble?

How about it Ming? Can we have a listing for "The Rabble" to vote on? After all, evil must have its legions in order to be truely great!

My vote is for the rabble as well!

[Nubclear]

Looks like Russophobia has broken out in the states!
And to commemorate this recent outbreak, I've decided to change my avatar

I voted Hitler. Voting for Stalin is absolutely absurd....How is Stalin more evil than Hitler or Bin Laden or Hussein?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Um because he killed a WHOLE lot of people. His massacre of the Russian General Staff almost led to Hitler winning in Russia. He killed his friends, his enemies, people he didn't know. He was a sick, sadistic bastard and the most evil man of all time, bar none.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Um because he killed a WHOLE lot of people.

Many people kill people. Hitler caused the deaths of many as well....

His massacre of the Russian General Staff almost led to Hitler winning in Russia.

Massacring the Russian Genereal Staff is evil. But again, thats killing people.

He killed his friends, his enemies, people he didn't know. He was a sick, sadistic bastard and the most evil man of all time, bar none.

Most dictators do these things. I'm pretty sure Mao also killed his friends, enemies, and people he didnt know...

Basically, hes evil because he killed people? Hmm....I'm sorry, thats not a very good reason.