Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33
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On December 6, Canada will commemorate the 10th anniversary of one of the most brutal and savage massacres in the history of the world. Although the number who died is small compared to other horrible massacres, the nature of the victims and why they were shot puts this massacre among one of the worst in Human History. 14 women were savagely shot in a University in Montreal, by a madman who wanted to kill women because he hated feminists. The following link talks about the aftermath of the massacre, 10 years later.
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Certainly horrific, but I'm not sure it deserves the award for "greatest" massacre of all time.
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What about Stalin's regime that supposedly killed off 20-30 million of his own people? I'd say that's a quite a massacre, if not the greatest one.
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Just because the massacre in Montreal didn't kill a million people doesn't make it any less tragic. Although it certainly doesn't count as "the most brutal and savage" IMHO, it is very important because it portrays the power of hatred, and the danger when that hatred is put into action.
As for "the most brutal and savage massacres in the history of the world", the list is unfortunately very long, including Hitler's final solution, Rwanda and those already mentioned above to name a few. And, I would remind you, a large number have been perpetrated by the United States (and it's western allies) as well, so let's not have anyone trying to climb up onto high moral ground here.
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Yes, but Stalin (and Mao) used famine as a way to kill the people, thus restricting the amount of single massacres. Suharto was a big fan of big killings.
Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33
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I said "One of the most". You don't have to agree with me on that one.
Yes, I do believe that Genocide is worse, but this event really rocked my boat when it first aired. All the more reason to call it brutal and savage is because of the nature of the crime. In a Society which pledges equality among all, this is a real disaster.
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Canadian society does not stress equality among all.
DISCLAIMER No offence to Canadians either, had this been said about an event in Argentina, I would've said Argentinian society does not stress equality among all.
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There's no society on the planet that has true equality. Yes, ants too.
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[This message has been edited by Montgomery (edited December 01, 1999).]
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