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**Silpy** · January 17, 2003, 06:13

But, you may find a really primitive civ there, and you could become their leader, and teach them lots of new ideas! ( who knows, you may be the first person to try agricuture!)

**Al B. Sure!** · January 17, 2003, 21:34

How bad was Edi Amin's Uganda?

**Silpy** · February 6, 2003, 06:44

Well, living in Imin's Uganda would be fine if..

1) You were not Asian

2) Very stupid

3) Not remotly left-wing

4) Thaught cannabalisation was fine

5) Were not Jewish

6) Were a member of Imin's tribe (only about 5-10% were)

7) Generally did not 'get in the way' in his plan of looting the country.

8) Were not from the West or Soviet block.

9) Did not mention anything about corruption, executions, starvation and dire poverty.

10) Had noting to do with the former administration, in any way.

Would any of us live through 10 years of this?

**Al B. Sure!** · February 6, 2003, 17:27

the stupid part and the cannibal part brings me down...

**SlowwHand** · February 6, 2003, 17:33

Amin was, well, terrible. I can't think of anything bad enough really.
Hitler gassed millions of people, but at least he didn't eat them.

Khmer Rouge was also terrible.

**Al B. Sure!** · February 6, 2003, 17:51

he ate people?

I always thought all Edi Amin did was be all **** the UN... i figured him being a dictator he probably ruthlessly crushed the opposition (and Africa has a lot of problems with starvation, wars, etc. already)... but was it really his fault or were these things going to happen anyway?

thanks

**SlowwHand** · February 6, 2003, 18:11

I know it's bad in Africa, all over. The Ivory Coast, for another example. We have a family of refugees at our church.

Idid Amin info:

http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_499.htm

**Winston** · February 6, 2003, 18:49

What a depressing list of choices.

After some thought, option # 4.

**Al B. Sure!** · February 6, 2003, 18:54

i would probably pick Turkey or Afghanistan as the easiest to live in... they might not be too bad for me, especially not Turkey.

Az · February 6, 2003, 19:13

5) Were not Jewish

he wasn't an anti-semite.

**Mikael** · February 6, 2003, 20:30

I was actually living in Rwanda in 1994... of course it wasn't nice but then as a white person you weren't a "target" either. It was all between hutus and tutsis. If you were white and got in the way, then fine, you'd die. If you just pretended you didn't see anything, and just stayed at home, then you'd be about allright (but then you always have the minimal risk of stray bullets, artillery shells, etc).

**Kingof the Apes** · February 6, 2003, 22:00

This is a very hard choice. The easiest would probably be Germany, because I look very German and am not Jewish.

I have to give this some thought...

**Thud** · February 6, 2003, 22:05

I would say either Cambodia- not a nice place people, or Soviet Union during WWII.

**Silpy** · February 11, 2003, 11:50

Yes, Amin did eat human flesh. His ex-health minister (ironic in a sick sense) when he fled to the UK in 1974 that Amin had reported to him 'with some pride that he had eaten the flesh, organs and genitalia of his victims'. I dont think Amins victims were mere sheep.

**Daz** · February 11, 2003, 11:58

Easy one. Cambodia. No contest.

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