Was Stalin really that evil?

[Nubclear]

Yes.

But SOMEONE on Poly thinks its a no. So everyone who agrees with me: Debate!

[KrazyHorse]

He was less evil-looking than Hitler, and had a better moustache.

[Az]

I think he was less immoral.

[David Floyd]

Less immoral than Hitler?

Stalin killed Jews too, don't forget.

[Boris Godunov]

Is it more immoral to kill people out of cynical opportunism or out of a heartfelt, fervent belief--no matter how twisted and mad that belief may be?

Or is there any difference?

[David Floyd]

In any case, quantity is irrelevant. The fact that either killed even ONE person makes them equally immoral. In fact, they are equal in terms of immorality with someone who killed someone during armed robbery.

Again, I don't find quantity relevant, and because of that, the two are equally bad.

[DinoDoc]

Why don't we ask the people of, for example, the Ukraine?

[Az]

Less immoral than Hitler?

Stalin killed Jews too, don't forget.

If you think I judge people's morality by how they treat jews, you're sorrily misguided.

So Hitler and... say... OJ are equally immoral?

[monkspider]

Stalin was a jerk who set back the cause of socialism by perhaps a century.

[Boris Godunov]

"Jerk?"

Whoa, careful with the strong condemnations, there!

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by monkspider
Stalin set back the cause of socialism by perhaps a century.

Let's not underestimate Lenin.

[monkspider]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
"Jerk?"

Whoa, careful with the strong condemnations, there!

He was a worldclass knucklehead even. Down with Stalin!

[David Floyd]

So Hitler and... say... OJ are equally immoral?

If OJ actually committed murder, then yes.

[DinoDoc]

You're wierd.

[monkspider]

Originally posted by DinoDoc

Let's not underestimate Lenin.

Lenin was a great guy. Say what you will about him, but he was a man who was truly dedicated to improving the lives of others.
Whether policies of his directly or indirectly led to bad stuff is debateable. I don't think that Lenin did any serious damage to the future of socialism, on the contrary, I think his writings, and the experiment of the pre-Stalinist USSR will prove to be most advantageous to future socialism.