Biggest Criminals in History

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Well, Columbus was first there--he made the first opinions about Indians being good targets for enslavement, started the first cruel actions toward them.

If Columbus was an abberation and was abnormally cruel, then the Spanish would have chosen a different path. But they didn't. They did exactly the same and worse. That was simply the attitude of most Europeans during that time period.

The same attitude was behind the slave trade later in history.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by JohnT
Are you thinking about Nick Leeson of Barings Bank?

I rather think of George Soros. Nick Leeson happened after the great crisis of the early 90ies.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Cambodgians

pssssst its cambodians

[Spiffor]

Oops

[:) Smiley]

Bush II- while many of the other contenders are dead, this man's just starting his 2nd term and he's already set back progress by at least a couple decades.

[Spiffor]

Well, to be fair, it's not only his fault. There's a reactionary wave that sweeps much of the western world, and BushII is only one result among others.

[Drake Tungsten]

I fail to see how Bush is a reactionary, in terms of foreign policy at least.

As for Columbus...

[BeBMan]

Future - Darth Vader

[KrazyHorse]

Darth Vader lived a long, long time ago.

[BeBMan]

I think David Hasselhoff is also a good candidate for his music and "Baywatch"

[Verres]

Pol Pot, without a doubt. I refuse to discount genocide because....well, i just do.

[curtsibling]

Mao Zedong must rank as the worst in history, and Stalin as a second.

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[Bosh]

I don't understand why people think that Pol Pot committed genocide. What nation did he try to kill off He certainly was a horrible horrible murderous bastard, but I don't get the genocide charge.

[Jon Miller]

genocide was the common response for most of history

JM

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
genocide was the common response for most of history

JM

Wha?