Exobiologist
Member 5523
Level 8.23
Apr 2006
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Aug 18, 2007, 01:10 PM
Local time: Aug 18, 2007, 01:10 PM
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It's hard to compare the Holocaust and Slavery. The holocaust was genocide.
I think if we are to talk about major travesty, we should also include in this discussion the communist revolution in China. In particular the "Great Leap Forward" under Mao Zedong. This cultural and economic upheaval led to the deaths of an estimated 70,000,000 people. One of the most memorable images of this time is families trading their children to be eaten by other families, to be spared eating their own children.
It's crazy when you imagine that kind of death. While you can probably imagine a field of 100 dead, nobody can comprehend 1 million, much less 70 million. At that point they go from individuals to a statistic.
How ya doing, buddy?
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Alai