tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post2124370823402007976..comments2024-03-29T00:38:38.893-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Next time you hear someone praising Mao as a 'philosopher they favor' or some similar idiocy,Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-15717146729781196762010-09-18T13:33:52.311-07:002010-09-18T13:33:52.311-07:00I set off to read Jung Chan and Halliday's Mao...I set off to read Jung Chan and Halliday's Mao biograpy and only read the first couple hundred pages.<br /><br />There is only so much murder and thuggery I can read about, and Mao's story rapidly gets beyond my limit.<br /><br />Prof Rummel's researches at the University of Hawaii give the figure for murder by government (not including war) in the 20th century at over 200M, way more than all the wars in that century. Mao and Stalin had the biggest totals.<br /><br />It's an interesting site for a look around.<br /><br />http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/Keithnoreply@blogger.com